Bye Bye cold

well Im pretty sure Skys cold is gone, I can hear him perfectly and can clear him with one set of cough and suction. But Ill keep up with everything for another day or so to be sure. Moni and Chan are both gone for the weekend, so it will just be Sky, Keith and I home for Halloween. Nothing planned, other then carving our last pumpkin and maybe watching a good movie. Skys never really done the trick or treat thing (to cold hear at the end of October) I didnt even get him a costume this year (for that I feel kind of bad, he likes to dress up) Maybe Ill buy him a few after Halloween so he can play dress up through out the year. Anyways I hope you all have a GREAT Halloween!!!!

Day 4 of cold

Sky this morning ready to go, go, go

Puffer treatment, I have to LOVE the age of 4, Sky will tell me when he needs a puffer (so cute)

crazy bed head, but happy

making a call to Lightning McQueen last night

Sky is doing great with this cold, its nasal and trunk, but with the help of puffers, CPT and cough treatments, its been pretty low key (yes Im knocking on wood) Sky had his first great nights sleep last night, I got up every 3 hours to check on him, and he sounded great all night long. Now this morning, holy cow, mornings seem to be when all the junk rises from no where, but we got it out and Sky in now enjoying some up time in his chair while playing with his race cars.

Colds, Pumpkins and Yummy Treats

Sky this afternoon racing his cars

Some of the pumpkins, we have 4 or 5 more to carve

eating some homemade frosting

Decorating his cupcakes

Skys cupcakes

Monis homemade cake and frosting

Pumpkins

So everyone in our house has been dealing with a cold off and on for the past week. I feel confident that it is just that, a cold (rhino virus). No temps, no chills, no fatigue, just runny nose and junk in the trunk. It never amazes me on how careful we are and how much I disinfect, that germs can run so rampit in our home.

Skylar has also come down with this cold, I think Im the only one who has not (and Im praying it stays that way) Sky is doing great, eating, playing, up in his chairs, talking and doing his norm except for the junk in his chest and runny nose. i will say the junk is getting better, not as much today as yesterday. So Im hopeful that with a few more sleepless nights Ill be able to get him back to his norm. Right now his sats are great 96 to 98 HR is up a little but not much and his RR is normal. Im doing cough and CPT with saline and albuterol nebs every 3 hours, so he is getting medicated nebs every 6 hours. no over the counter meds needed. If you didnt listen to him or suction him, you would not know there was a cold in his chest.

Chan is doing good, his tooth has not changed colors, so we are hopeful that it wont!

New and Old, it dosent get any better then this

Pumpkins

How Things Got Handled (NOT)

well no one talked with Chandler today at school. We found out from Chandler that this kid has been suspended for a week.

A few things that are making me upset:

1. we have not got a phone call from the school, expressing anything, nothing, zip!

2. we have not heard from this kids parents expressing anything, nothing, zip!

3. we are not happy about this kid only having 1 weeks suspension...

4. Chandler is going to be eating a liquid diet for 4 weeks.

5. I want to know who is going to pick up the medical bills?

Medical Bills so far in hand: Dentist bill for tooth placement $695.00

Medical Bills not yet received:

Xrays from the dentist office, Xrays from the doctors office, bill from the doctors office.

So there is allot of unfinished business, a phone call will be placed in the morning to the school, where I hope and i pray they will have some answers ready for us.

Chandler Update

Chandler is doing ok, he is in pain, but its manageable. He did not go to school on Friday, but will go in the morning. Sometime tomorrow he will tell what he remembers. We talked to the school and oddly enough they had NO KNOWLEDGE of Chandler getting assaulted at school or even hurt. How is that possible? Id want to know if one of my students was hurt, especially assaulted... So i am going to give them until Wednesday to contact me, allow them a few days to figure it out, and then on Wednesday I will call and expect answers. I am anticipating that the kid who did this will be expelled. And I am also anticipating that someone will be picking up the medical bills. So we are in a holding pattern.

CRAZY Day

I have to ask, What is wrong with some kids? Chandler was assaulted at school today, he has friends who saw what happened, Thank God, because Chan does not remember what went on. he had a front toot knock out and is pretty scratched and bruised up. he got to the dentist to have the tooth placed back, but that only has a 2% chance of taking. His tooth is now wired in his mouth to 5 other teeth to help keep it in place. Ya know my kids are all good kids, and he in no way desired this. We have filled a report and have the police looking into it, tomorrow Keith will go talk with the principle and give her the name of who did this and who saw it happen. So again, what is wrong with some kids today????

Hanging out

Sky giving a ride to baby kitty Whiskers...

Skys awesome drawing of a whale and jelly fish...

Ah... nothing like cuddles with sissy!!!!

Sky playing with his Obbi eyes

Just being cute!

I think hanging out is what we do best, we have had a good week. We had 2 trees taken down on Tuesday, that was such a good idea (one was DEAD). Moni and Chan are doing great in school, and Sky is just as awesome as ever. Hear are a few of my picture picks from the past week!

SPIDER

Play Time

NO idea why this poste sideways, and it wont let me fix it (sorry)

Skylar has been keeping me very busy the past few days, he is enjoying his time off his machines and actually asking for time off now (which is wonderful) he has found that his remote control cars race much better on the kitchen floor, and that if you set up 16 oz cups to crash into its even more fun. Time down has been limited, but when he has been down, he has been breaking in his

GEO Track train set.

Beautiful Morning

Sky enjoying some down time and Dora

WonderPets and a peek outside

Bed head :)

New videos

A must see very cool video

The joy of new toys and other things

Skylar has entered a new phase, the Cars phase, everything is Lightning McQueen and Mater... He still LOVES his Spongebob and Blues Clues, but Cars is taking center stage. Today he got his new Lightning McQueen bubble machine and his GEO track train. So we have been busy bees.

Moni and Chan got the WASL test scores today and both passed with flying colors!!!! Its so great to have wonderful smart kids. Chan went with some friends Tuesday to get the new HALO game, and let me tell you homework and chores have been getting done at super light speed so he can get online and play with his friends. Moni is looking forward to staying over night at one of her best friends houses Friday, and then they will stay with us on Sat.

My dads been up quite a bit the past few weeks, its been great to see him and visit. He has been working on his RV while Joyce (my step mom) and my little sis tour Europe.

Im starting to get my game plan and mind set to home school Sky, he knows so much I dont want to bore him, I hope to start next week.

Got to love it

Sky ready to take on the world

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful little man!

there is nothing better then a child who wakes up each and every day with a smile on... it makes the start of each day so wonderful :)

Chan and Moni start the first full week of school this week, so far both seem to be happy with school, classes and not so happy with how heavy the backpacks are. I swear they are both going to need a chiropractor soon.

Were getting ready for fall, next weekend we will have a few trees taken down, should make some good fire wood. Keiths busy with work and trying to get our place ready for winter.

Other then that, not to much is happening. we hope you all have a great week!

Time to think

So as most of you know we are looking at a duel flu season this year (yikes) The regular flu is enough to send me into germ Phoebe shock, but two...Dear Lord.... I know to most of the world I would appear to be a freak about the flu, always reading and watching, checking flu maps and getting CDC and WHO updates, but in the world in which I live, it is very necessary.

This year we are changing things up a bit... Skylar will not have a teacher come to the house this year and he will not have speech come to the house this year. The risk of them bringing something with them from the school is just too high, and to be honest... its not worth the risk. So I will be teaching Skylar this year, and I have to say he is doing great. He knows all the basics and then some, we are working on writing numbers and his ABCs, so far so good. And his speech has improved so much over the summer, he is putting 7 words together, and they make sense.

Moni and Chan will have to come home everyday this year and shower and change. normally we dont start this until about the end of November, but because the flu is already hear and going, we are doing it now. They also are not allowed to use my phone, and have t clean their phones every day. Backpacks will stay outside on the deck until I Lysol them and let them sit for 10 mins, then they can come in the house.

I have been doing my regular flu cleaning all year this year, so I feel pretty confident about our hard surfaces, door knobs and light switches, I also clean remotes regularly, vacuum and dust every day and do my best to keep all germs at bay.

So the downer of this is holidays, to be honest I dont know if we will be having anyone over and in the house until spring... yes spring.

I just wish that people would try to prevent the flu and not just prepair for it, Im getting pretty tired of reading news articles about schools preparing for the flu, but no one is taking the time to educate our children on how to prevent the flu. I can only hope and pray that it does not hit home and that my family will stay healthy.

So please, everyone: wash your hands, cough and sneeze into your elbow, and if your sick (stay home)

Crazy Pants Friday

Need I say anything more!

I LOVE them!!!!

Long weekend ahead, no plans. Moni and Chan are gone this weekend, so its just Keith, Sky and I... maybe we should just go for a nice drive, zoo maybe if the weather is nice :)

we will see, until then Im going to enjoy my Sky and his crazy pants!

Growing up

Miss Monica

Mr Chandler

Both ready to go


Mr Skylar

today is Moni and Chans 1st day of high school, they are growing up so fast... I am so proud of my kids, they are all such great kids!!!!

A few pictures

Wednesday we will all head out to do some shopping, look out Target hear we come, Moni and Chan need a few more things before school starts on thursday, and Skylar says he needs some new toys. Should be fun!!!!

Sky and his mail box

Sky reading his car book, look Grandpa I still Love the story reader!!!!