Today Matthew had a play date. It is not the first that he has had, but it is the first where Ryan knew that he was not invited and he could not go. It's reality setting in. This is not going away anytime soon. Play dates will happen, hearts will be broken. As Ryan was crying crocodile tears while Matt left, he was yelling at me, "You're not a nice boy, Mom!!!"
I remember these days. My sister is four years older and I couldn't count up the times that she yelled from her bedroom to my mom or dad, "Can you please tell Heather to get out of my room, she is bothering us!" So I get this. I get what he is going through, and it will be tough, but one day Ryan will have his own friends and do his own thing.
I am off to play Wii with my little guy. As he was screaming and crying, I was offering everything I had to make it up to him. He finally took the bait. Off to play Toy Story Mania. My thanks to Kristin who came and got my big boy so that I could spend some speical time with my little boy.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Girlfriend
So I have this new girlfriend. I love her. Really love her. It was pretty much love at first sight. Ever since we "got together", we have pretty much been inseparable. Everywhere I go, she is not far from me. I go to her for a lot of things and she understands my needs like no other has before. We really have this immediate connection that it has taken YEARS for me to find. I love Rich and everything, but this is just a different kind of love. A new love. And we are going through all of those new relationship kind of moments where I am excited to see her each day, she travels with me everywhere I go, and she isn't embarrassed to be out in public with me at all. Sure people stare at us sometimes because they can't believe that we need to be together ALL THE TIME. For instance, we got a lot of stares at Disneyland because people just thought it was silly for us to be together so intimately while in line for a ride. They probably thought....you are with your family for crying out loud....you two knock it off. But I can't. I've tried. Maybe when the newness of our relationship wears off, like all relationships do eventually, I will not be so attached and in love with her .
What is nice about my new girlfriend, is that I don't have to share with Rich. You see, he has a new boyfriend too!
What is nice about my new girlfriend, is that I don't have to share with Rich. You see, he has a new boyfriend too!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Disneyland--October 2009
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, off to Disneyland we go!!!! This trip to DL was so much fun because Noelle, Greg, Natalie, and Nana joined us. And, Greg's parents drove out from Oklahoma to join us as well. The weather could not have been more perfect and the kids had so much fun.
This was Natalie's second trip to DL and I love watching her while she is there. My kids have been there so much, that it is understandable they don't get as excited anymore. They know exactly what they want to go and we go on the same rides OVER AND OVER. With Natalie, it is so fun because she gets so excited about all of the rides and things she sees. I think by far the tea cups and small world were her two favorite rides.
Here she is with Greg's dad and Noelle on the tea cups.
Here she is coming out of small world. This is a fourteen minute ride and she does not move the entire time we are on it and she looks at everything. I love it!
In her therapy sessions she has been learning all of the characters. So it was no surprise that she was super happy to see this guy!
When Rich and I walked into the gate at DL on Monday morning it was about 9:30am. He turned to me and said, how long before you think we will see someone from Lodi. I told him noon. At 12:01 we walked into the Pizza Port and saw Daphne and her family sitting at one of the tables. I had on sunglasses and tried to keep walking. I know this might sound mean, but I really don't ever want to run into students or families I know while on vacation. Well, they must have seen Matthew while he was walking through the restaurant helping Rich with the food, so they came over and said hi. They were super nice, just said hi and then left. The next day we ran into them on the Autopia ride and I snapped this picture of Matt and Daphne. Now, some of you might remember her...she was the little girl Matthew kissed the second week of kindergarten last year. But seriously...look at the picture. Can you blame him? Isn't she DARLING!!!! I had her older sister a couple of years ago and they are a neat family. Daphne wanted to share a car with Matthew, but unfortunately they were both too small to be by themselves.
Matthew and Daphne
Next picture is the boys on Toy Story Mania. By the way, Ryan calls it Toy Story Manier and refuses to be corrected. Shocking, I know! Anyway, this was the very first time they have been on a ride together without Rich or I sitting with one of them. After that, they wanted to ride all the rides without us.
Here is Auntie Noelle and Ryan on Autopia. Uncle Greg and Auntie Noelle were VERY NICE and UNDERSTANDING about the boys wanting to ride with them on EVERYTHING. Rich and I really were there to ride either together or watch them ride on rides with other people. I love this picture!!!!
This was Natalie's second trip to DL and I love watching her while she is there. My kids have been there so much, that it is understandable they don't get as excited anymore. They know exactly what they want to go and we go on the same rides OVER AND OVER. With Natalie, it is so fun because she gets so excited about all of the rides and things she sees. I think by far the tea cups and small world were her two favorite rides.
Here she is with Greg's dad and Noelle on the tea cups.
Here she is coming out of small world. This is a fourteen minute ride and she does not move the entire time we are on it and she looks at everything. I love it!
In her therapy sessions she has been learning all of the characters. So it was no surprise that she was super happy to see this guy!
When Rich and I walked into the gate at DL on Monday morning it was about 9:30am. He turned to me and said, how long before you think we will see someone from Lodi. I told him noon. At 12:01 we walked into the Pizza Port and saw Daphne and her family sitting at one of the tables. I had on sunglasses and tried to keep walking. I know this might sound mean, but I really don't ever want to run into students or families I know while on vacation. Well, they must have seen Matthew while he was walking through the restaurant helping Rich with the food, so they came over and said hi. They were super nice, just said hi and then left. The next day we ran into them on the Autopia ride and I snapped this picture of Matt and Daphne. Now, some of you might remember her...she was the little girl Matthew kissed the second week of kindergarten last year. But seriously...look at the picture. Can you blame him? Isn't she DARLING!!!! I had her older sister a couple of years ago and they are a neat family. Daphne wanted to share a car with Matthew, but unfortunately they were both too small to be by themselves.
Matthew and Daphne
Next picture is the boys on Toy Story Mania. By the way, Ryan calls it Toy Story Manier and refuses to be corrected. Shocking, I know! Anyway, this was the very first time they have been on a ride together without Rich or I sitting with one of them. After that, they wanted to ride all the rides without us.
Here is Auntie Noelle and Ryan on Autopia. Uncle Greg and Auntie Noelle were VERY NICE and UNDERSTANDING about the boys wanting to ride with them on EVERYTHING. Rich and I really were there to ride either together or watch them ride on rides with other people. I love this picture!!!!
Autism Walk 2009
I have SO MUCH to catch up on. We have been SO busy since my sister and family got into town.
On Sunday, October 4th, we all went to the Sacramento Walk Now for Autism. This was our second year walking for Team Natalie and it was a huge success. THANK YOU again to all of you who donated. Team Natalie brought in $2,722.00, which was more than the teams goal. We had the best time with our family and friends who came to walk. Natalie has made so much growth this past year and all of this money is going to a wonderful cause in Autism research.
Here are some pictures from the day.....
GO TEAM NATALIE!
Matthew with the Mayor of Sacramento. (More importantly to Matthew...he used to play in the NBA)
On Sunday, October 4th, we all went to the Sacramento Walk Now for Autism. This was our second year walking for Team Natalie and it was a huge success. THANK YOU again to all of you who donated. Team Natalie brought in $2,722.00, which was more than the teams goal. We had the best time with our family and friends who came to walk. Natalie has made so much growth this past year and all of this money is going to a wonderful cause in Autism research.
Here are some pictures from the day.....
GO TEAM NATALIE!
Matthew with the Mayor of Sacramento. (More importantly to Matthew...he used to play in the NBA)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Dinner Time Antics
If you are a two year old, wanting to get out of dinner, and have tried EVERY OTHER EXCUSE known to man to get down from the table....what's next?
Well, maybe this line.....
Ryan: I can't eat anymore.
Mom: Yes you can, sit down and eat.
Ryan: I can't....my teeth are hurting me, so my can't eat anymore.
That's a new one.
Well, maybe this line.....
Ryan: I can't eat anymore.
Mom: Yes you can, sit down and eat.
Ryan: I can't....my teeth are hurting me, so my can't eat anymore.
That's a new one.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Baptism
Well...better late than never. Right?
Today both boys were baptised at St. Anne's, the church where Rich and I were married. The baptism was perfect because it was done especially for us and our close friends the Locke's and the Burrell's. A total of six kids were baptised and they all did so good!
A picture of the boys before we left.
You didn't think we could get them to all look at the camera at the same time, right?
Camden
Colson
Kirsten
Aidan
Matthew
Ryan
Today both boys were baptised at St. Anne's, the church where Rich and I were married. The baptism was perfect because it was done especially for us and our close friends the Locke's and the Burrell's. A total of six kids were baptised and they all did so good!
A picture of the boys before we left.
You didn't think we could get them to all look at the camera at the same time, right?
Camden
Colson
Kirsten
Aidan
Matthew
Ryan
Monday, September 14, 2009
Signs
Sky diving is one of those things that tops my bucket list. I hate the term bucket list, but it is essentially the description of what you want to do before you die. I want to sky dive REALLY bad. I don't know why, but it has just been something I have always wanted to do.
Yesterday we drove to Sacramento because Rich found me a foot reflexology place that was cheap and runs a 10:00-11:00am deal. One hour for $12.99. Little excites me this much, but to say the least I was ECSTATIC!! As we were driving through the Lodi/Acampo area we looked up and saw all of the sky divers flying above us. The boys love them. I love them. As we were watching I said, "God, what a perfect day for a jump."
I had told Rich that I would do this one day. I would jump out of a plane on my own free will. However, I wouldn't do it until both the boys were older, because I simply can't justify to myself electively choosing to do something that could end my life and take a mother away from two boys. Yes, I could get in an accident tomorrow (God forbid), but still...the risk is not worth it for me. I would wait until they were grown, educated, and ready for life.
As we were driving back yesterday and say another group of jumpers scattered throughout the sky, I said to myself....SCREW IT! I'm, doing it! People do this every weekend and I am not going to wait. Just do it!
At 8:30 last night, Rich came in to the living room from being on the computer. He asked, "What time did we drive back from Sac yesterday?" Pause...."Um I think about 11:30am." Pause..."Well, today at about 1:30pm, two sky divers were killed in Acampo while practicing for a competition. There was actually three people who had their chutes tangled up and one of them was lucky enough to break free. The other two were not and they fell to their death."
I am a big believer in signs. And this is just short of somebody renting a Cal-Trans sign and putting it in my front lawn saying, "HEATHER...DO NOT GO SKY DIVING!"
Not now, at least.
Yesterday we drove to Sacramento because Rich found me a foot reflexology place that was cheap and runs a 10:00-11:00am deal. One hour for $12.99. Little excites me this much, but to say the least I was ECSTATIC!! As we were driving through the Lodi/Acampo area we looked up and saw all of the sky divers flying above us. The boys love them. I love them. As we were watching I said, "God, what a perfect day for a jump."
I had told Rich that I would do this one day. I would jump out of a plane on my own free will. However, I wouldn't do it until both the boys were older, because I simply can't justify to myself electively choosing to do something that could end my life and take a mother away from two boys. Yes, I could get in an accident tomorrow (God forbid), but still...the risk is not worth it for me. I would wait until they were grown, educated, and ready for life.
As we were driving back yesterday and say another group of jumpers scattered throughout the sky, I said to myself....SCREW IT! I'm, doing it! People do this every weekend and I am not going to wait. Just do it!
At 8:30 last night, Rich came in to the living room from being on the computer. He asked, "What time did we drive back from Sac yesterday?" Pause...."Um I think about 11:30am." Pause..."Well, today at about 1:30pm, two sky divers were killed in Acampo while practicing for a competition. There was actually three people who had their chutes tangled up and one of them was lucky enough to break free. The other two were not and they fell to their death."
I am a big believer in signs. And this is just short of somebody renting a Cal-Trans sign and putting it in my front lawn saying, "HEATHER...DO NOT GO SKY DIVING!"
Not now, at least.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Balloon Festival
We got up EARLY on Sunday to drive to Ripon to see the hot air balloons take off. They inflated a couple, but they never took off because of the wind. Matthew was interviewed by a local tv station....the one Rich is OBSESSED with...so needless to say it made Matt's day. Enjoy!
Here we are...6:45am-ish. I am not usually up this early on the weekends. :-)
Here is Matthew being interviewed by Alan Sanchez
Daddy and Ryan.
Matthew and Alan
Here we are...6:45am-ish. I am not usually up this early on the weekends. :-)
Here is Matthew being interviewed by Alan Sanchez
Daddy and Ryan.
Matthew and Alan
Friday, September 4, 2009
Picture
Here is the playroom. You know the saying "If you take it picture it will last longer?" Here's hoping....
And I thought I would share a sample of Ryan's artistic side.
His canvas...bathroom sink.
His paint...toothpaste.
His punishment...timeout.
And I thought I would share a sample of Ryan's artistic side.
His canvas...bathroom sink.
His paint...toothpaste.
His punishment...timeout.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Rich vs. Heather
If you are out and about this weekend, head on over to the Marini's because we are having our annual garage sale for end of summer/early fall. Please don't confuse this one with the end of winter/early spring garage sale, or the spring is over/let's make room in the garage before summer is here, garage sale. This one is COMPLETELY different than those other ones. Get it straight people!
My goal for this garage sale, like ALL THE OTHERS, is to get rid of as much SH@# as I can. I am not the kind of person that has emotional attachment to things. I get emotionally attached to things like children and Sandra Brown books...but that is really about it. Now, my husband on the other hand, can't throw stuff away. He might entertain the idea of making money from it, but Goodwill doesn't benefit from him ever cleaning things out. If you went into his closet right now there would probably be a shirt HANGING UP from the late eighties. He probably wore it one night to God only knows where, has a "hysterical" story that happened while wearing the shirt, so it will be with him for life. Me, on the other hand, I have nothing in my closet from last fall. If I don't have empty hangers, then what would be my excuse to Rich to fill them up?
I have been working in the boys toy room for the past 45 minutes. I think I am making great progress. I have successfully chosen a few toys to keep for the boys and boxed the others with the price tag $.10 or free to good home. Our boys have too much. All kids do. But, here the deal. Christmas is a hop, skip and a jump away...and so is both of my boys birthdays. So every year when we plead to the grandparents not to get toys again, they pretty much laugh at us and attack Toys R Us like it is the dollar store. I am simply planning ahead.
What I would like to document now is the "I told you so" part of the post. My "I told you so" is this....Rich told me to go through their toy room and box up all of the stuff that I think should go in the garage sale. Okay, check! Now here is where it gets interesting...tonight, when he gets home from work and goes through EVERY box I have put together, he will take at least 40-50% of the stuff out of the box and say, "No. No. No. No. We are not getting rid of this. And this...Heather, don't you remember when they played that game last summer for five minutes and had so much fun. We're not getting rid of it so take it back in the house." That is my "I told you so." Do you remember my previous post where I mentioned that Rich might be a hoarder? I wasn't joking.
The funniest part of this...Matthew told his teacher he would not be in to school tomorrow (Friday) because he had to stay home to work the garage sale. His teacher simply looked at me and I assured her that he would be at school and not to worry, we only abuse child labor laws on the weekends.
My goal for this garage sale, like ALL THE OTHERS, is to get rid of as much SH@# as I can. I am not the kind of person that has emotional attachment to things. I get emotionally attached to things like children and Sandra Brown books...but that is really about it. Now, my husband on the other hand, can't throw stuff away. He might entertain the idea of making money from it, but Goodwill doesn't benefit from him ever cleaning things out. If you went into his closet right now there would probably be a shirt HANGING UP from the late eighties. He probably wore it one night to God only knows where, has a "hysterical" story that happened while wearing the shirt, so it will be with him for life. Me, on the other hand, I have nothing in my closet from last fall. If I don't have empty hangers, then what would be my excuse to Rich to fill them up?
I have been working in the boys toy room for the past 45 minutes. I think I am making great progress. I have successfully chosen a few toys to keep for the boys and boxed the others with the price tag $.10 or free to good home. Our boys have too much. All kids do. But, here the deal. Christmas is a hop, skip and a jump away...and so is both of my boys birthdays. So every year when we plead to the grandparents not to get toys again, they pretty much laugh at us and attack Toys R Us like it is the dollar store. I am simply planning ahead.
What I would like to document now is the "I told you so" part of the post. My "I told you so" is this....Rich told me to go through their toy room and box up all of the stuff that I think should go in the garage sale. Okay, check! Now here is where it gets interesting...tonight, when he gets home from work and goes through EVERY box I have put together, he will take at least 40-50% of the stuff out of the box and say, "No. No. No. No. We are not getting rid of this. And this...Heather, don't you remember when they played that game last summer for five minutes and had so much fun. We're not getting rid of it so take it back in the house." That is my "I told you so." Do you remember my previous post where I mentioned that Rich might be a hoarder? I wasn't joking.
The funniest part of this...Matthew told his teacher he would not be in to school tomorrow (Friday) because he had to stay home to work the garage sale. His teacher simply looked at me and I assured her that he would be at school and not to worry, we only abuse child labor laws on the weekends.
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