I cannot believe Lucas will be 5 yrs old in 2 mos. That went way too fast.
here are the birthday ideas I have so far, of course everythign he sees he says " Put it on my birthday list" I can't keep track of it all
Leapster games he would like and does not have
Toy Story (new)
Spongebob
Any Star Wars one
Wolverine and Xmen
A dinosaur one I do not know the exact name of
Smartcycle game
Toy Story (new)
The Playdoh ice cream swirl shoppe
he loves games, so any games in his age range. he already has Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Ants in the Square pants
ANYTHING "Superhero" He is so into Superheroes, does not matter which kinds. Marvel has these little 2 packs of the smaller Superheroes that are the size of the Galactic Heroes he gets in Star Wars, anything in that line is perfect. Batman also does a similar thing, they have the different guys and then cars and sets for them.
he has been interested inn Iron Man stuff
he would love any kind of big Super Soaker type water guns
he does not really need any clothes, he will be wearing a uniform to school and we have so many clothes that will still fit him next fall, but he could use a couple pairs of size5 jeans, adjustable waist. Not slim, cause although he is so skinny, they tend to shrink up fast and get too tight faster.
Any of the new Toy Story toys out
He loves his Hot Wheels, so thats always an idea as well
Thats what I have come up with for now, I will let everyone know as it gets closer if there is anymore good ones!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Another week in paradise
The updates first: Lucas has continually improved with the throat and belly pain. he still complains a bit, but yesterday I did not even give him the meds. He is seeming now to only complain at bedtime (of course) or when he is supposed to do something he does not want to, or when he eneds to eat. it certainly seems the anxiety is playing up now, not the actual pain. If he is busy, he never says a word. So we will just see how this one goes.
Omar does not have an ulcer, Pannus (an autoimmune Shephard breed disease of the eye) or glaucoma. We found out in 10 minutes, and 65.00 later, my delicate flower of a 75lb dog has allergies. So now he is on a new allergy eye drop. he is much improved. of course he is. I certainly want nothing wrong with my baby, I am glad he is ok, but still, really?
Lucas, who has never met a place with other kids he did not like, was so nervous about going to Vacation Bible School this morning, I could not believe it. Last night he said he was not going cause he was nervous. We talked to him forever about how its only one week, just games and a snack and back home, it will be lots of fun etc. Finally he went to sleep, he had a hard time falling asleep due to his nervousness.
This morning, his tummy hurt, he could not go. he would not like the snack they would have and therefore would not eat it, he was sure it would not be fun, or that they would not let him use the bathroom if he had to. he told me he was not going, he was mad, but also near tears, he argued and argued all morning. My mom and I took him and told him to just SEE when we got there, gave him the old "you never know unless you try' speech. he said he would go but if he did not like what he saw, he was not staying. we told him we would talk about it when we got there.
The place was all kinds of chaos when we arrived, it was their first VBS and it showed. They had pre teens and teens helping, they did not really have a clue, but they tried to help. There were lots of kids though. One teen got his nametag and showed him the kids of his own age and where to sit, got him situated with crayons and a picture. I took him to the bathroom cause he insisted he had to try. Then I told him it was starting and the grown upd had to leave, it was time for the kids to have fun. The teens assured him he would have so much fun. he decided we could go after all, he was eyeing the three boys his age sitting across from him, I could tell. he loves to make new friends.
The actual conversation when he called me after mom had picked him up went like this:
Him: Mom, I LOVED it!
Me: Thats awesome Lucas, I knew you would, mommy would not send you somewhere she did not think you would like it, now would I
Him: nope
Me: What did you guys do?
Him: We had chocolate chip cookies for a snack, and I liked them, so I ate them. i was not allowed to go to the bathroom with the 7yr olds
Me: Cause they were too big for your age, did you get to use the bathroom?
Him: Oh yes:
Me: Good, and I am glad you liked the cookies. What activities and games did you play?
Him: Umm, I don't remember
me: Well, do you want to go back tomorrow?
Him: YES
So apparantly he was fine, like I knew he would be. Cause I know nothing at all, just a dumb mom, a grown up who has no clue, right? KIDS
In other news, Lisa's APL Fundraiser was Saturday night, oh how our little politician loves stuff like that. The turnout was not as great as they were hoping, but it made up for it in raffles and tickets sold. it was a nice time and Lucas was the star helper, of course. He stood at the door asking people who came in if they were "there for the puppies?" Always put a cute kid at the door when asking for donations of any kid, for it will surely work. he went around the bar selling raffle tickets for the 50/50 raffle, called out numbers as he picked all the winners for both the 50/50 raffles and the basket raffles. he ran around mingling and playing the bowling machine for the full 3 hours, endearing himself to pretty much everyone there, he knows how to run a show, when he is not being a grumpy pants. I wish I got the pleasure of that Lucas all day every day, cause he sure is the fun Lucas
Omar does not have an ulcer, Pannus (an autoimmune Shephard breed disease of the eye) or glaucoma. We found out in 10 minutes, and 65.00 later, my delicate flower of a 75lb dog has allergies. So now he is on a new allergy eye drop. he is much improved. of course he is. I certainly want nothing wrong with my baby, I am glad he is ok, but still, really?
Lucas, who has never met a place with other kids he did not like, was so nervous about going to Vacation Bible School this morning, I could not believe it. Last night he said he was not going cause he was nervous. We talked to him forever about how its only one week, just games and a snack and back home, it will be lots of fun etc. Finally he went to sleep, he had a hard time falling asleep due to his nervousness.
This morning, his tummy hurt, he could not go. he would not like the snack they would have and therefore would not eat it, he was sure it would not be fun, or that they would not let him use the bathroom if he had to. he told me he was not going, he was mad, but also near tears, he argued and argued all morning. My mom and I took him and told him to just SEE when we got there, gave him the old "you never know unless you try' speech. he said he would go but if he did not like what he saw, he was not staying. we told him we would talk about it when we got there.
The place was all kinds of chaos when we arrived, it was their first VBS and it showed. They had pre teens and teens helping, they did not really have a clue, but they tried to help. There were lots of kids though. One teen got his nametag and showed him the kids of his own age and where to sit, got him situated with crayons and a picture. I took him to the bathroom cause he insisted he had to try. Then I told him it was starting and the grown upd had to leave, it was time for the kids to have fun. The teens assured him he would have so much fun. he decided we could go after all, he was eyeing the three boys his age sitting across from him, I could tell. he loves to make new friends.
The actual conversation when he called me after mom had picked him up went like this:
Him: Mom, I LOVED it!
Me: Thats awesome Lucas, I knew you would, mommy would not send you somewhere she did not think you would like it, now would I
Him: nope
Me: What did you guys do?
Him: We had chocolate chip cookies for a snack, and I liked them, so I ate them. i was not allowed to go to the bathroom with the 7yr olds
Me: Cause they were too big for your age, did you get to use the bathroom?
Him: Oh yes:
Me: Good, and I am glad you liked the cookies. What activities and games did you play?
Him: Umm, I don't remember
me: Well, do you want to go back tomorrow?
Him: YES
So apparantly he was fine, like I knew he would be. Cause I know nothing at all, just a dumb mom, a grown up who has no clue, right? KIDS
In other news, Lisa's APL Fundraiser was Saturday night, oh how our little politician loves stuff like that. The turnout was not as great as they were hoping, but it made up for it in raffles and tickets sold. it was a nice time and Lucas was the star helper, of course. He stood at the door asking people who came in if they were "there for the puppies?" Always put a cute kid at the door when asking for donations of any kid, for it will surely work. he went around the bar selling raffle tickets for the 50/50 raffle, called out numbers as he picked all the winners for both the 50/50 raffles and the basket raffles. he ran around mingling and playing the bowling machine for the full 3 hours, endearing himself to pretty much everyone there, he knows how to run a show, when he is not being a grumpy pants. I wish I got the pleasure of that Lucas all day every day, cause he sure is the fun Lucas
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Summertime
Seems to be in full effect. Lucas has certainly not complained about not going to school, thats for sure. He is going thru an even more difficult than usual behavioral stage which is maddening, oh boy. He truly is 2 yrs old again, in the sense he just screams and tries to hit when told no, or is frustrated. Really charming, I am so proud. he gives my sister and his grandmothers the roughest way, and I get really tired dealing with it. So I am constanly plotting new and evil punishments that may actually get thru to him. I really need to put them into play and see what works the best.
Nothing says summer like a yard sale either. Faith and I had one at my house this past week, originally it was to be at my mom's house, but her loony crazy, morons for neighbors made us think changing the venue would be the best idea, and it was. Successful especially on my end, still had some large, not being used baby items and most of it went. it was like lifting a big load out of the house. Lucas was glad to see it goes cause the amount of storage we recovered, he thinks equates to how many presents he will get for his birthday in a few mos. At this rate I will cancel a bday party (not really, but a good threat perhaps)?
Of course, as my life predictibly goes, the night before the yard sale, while trying to get stuff set up, and guess what the weather would do in Cleveland, our son had us on a roadtrip to the ER at 9pm, why not, par for the course I figure. But really, the poor kid was complaining his pee-pee hurt, which was a new, alarming symptom besides the throat and stomach pain and lack of eating that had gone on for a few weeks that we had an appt for the next day at the peds office. The dip test came back a trace of blood, and they said they would treat for UTI and send out a culture. By the time we got hom from finding a 24 hour pharmacy that is NOT Walgreens, since my medical does not got thru them, it was nearly midnight when we got home.
My husband was kind enough to go into work late and help me finish getting the yard sale stuff ready, Lucas woke up screaming his throat hurt, but said he was fine otheriwse. We saw one of the pediatricians I like, but who is not his actual dr later that afternoon, and she suggested some of his pain was either viral or allergy related,a nd dismissed it all as him being anxious, much like his mother, which I buy to a certain extent, but Lucas has never said something hurts and cried about it if it did not hurt. She also said his UTI was not a UTI, culture came back clear, stop the antibiotics, and the pain in the pee-pee may just be irritation. But that we would also try Zantac to see if there is some reflux issues going on
Fri morning rolls around and my son wakes in throat pain, i give him Zantac which he pukes up shortly thereafter, great, I will never get him to take that again, I am thinking. But then is the slight diarhhea, oh boy, yard sale day number two was shaping up great by 7am. My poor baby LOOKED awful and literally laid on me for two hours, he does not do that even deathly ill. Call the dr office back, they say I can get his thorat swabbed ( should have done that the day before) I say no, he does not have strep. Lucas finally has some 7UP and miraculously recovers for the day. Running, playing, only mildly complaining of pain, eating a little etc. OKAY, well, good?The weekend goes by and he is ok, eating a bit not complaining a lot.
Monday comes, he throws a massive fit when I go to leave for work, even though grandma Jane was over to watch him, one of his favorite things. She calls me less than an hour after I leave to say he has been in the bathroom 4 times and complaining of UTI symptoms again. I call the dr office once more and they say he needs to come back in (Ya think)?
This time we see his dr. I picked this guy cause he replaced Dr Wilson last year, my beloved pediatrician we had from when Lucas was born, plus, awesome Nurse Linda came with him and I did not want to give her up. Plus, he was available and I had a nice chat with him about what I would and would not tolerate form a dr pretty early on, we decided we would let me pretty much tell him what to do. he likes to hear himself talk a lot and repeats useless stuff a lot, but he really does this more to Faith than me, she also takes the girls to him. I tend to be a bit more formidable and nip things in the bud with him lol. But he realized my son has cold sores in his throat. THAT makes sense! Finally! he always has a cold sore, for the most part, esp when he is fighting something off. And coupled with the fact he uses the allergy nasal spray, it makes him more susceptible. And little did I know, cold sores and abdominal pain go hand in hand. its an easy fix, 1tsp of Benadryl and 1tsp of Maalox. Now, the bendadryl makes him a bit crazy, as it does me, but the throat pain goes away and he eats again! Could not be happier about that one. The UTI COULD have been a kidney stone, I have them so there is history, but the two subsequent pee tests TH and Monday test clear. We are also taking him off the nasal spray since pollen season is coming to an end. The throat culture we finally did says clear for strep. We just decide to keep him hydrated and put Aquaphor on the little boy part and see how that goes. crisis over..for the moment, I never hold my breath it lasts long but I will take it.
In other news, next week he goes to Vacation Bible School for the week. I think he will like it, and hopefully there is little resistance, since its only a week.
Puppy Update on my sweet Toby-Woby Tubba Wubba. Yes, it was in my sweet high pitched baby voice, love that little guy.
he can:
Sleep thru the night, no more midnight potty breaks for him
Sit, lay down and shake paw on command
walk pretty well on a leash
do all his pottying outside
goes right in his crate when I say its bedtime
and he is getting so big!
In other doggy news, Omar has had some kind of conjunctivitis infection of the eye we had to get drops for. A week later its better but not gone, so he has to go back to the vet SIGH
Riley is as usual, like steel, and sweet as usual, and perfectly fine lol
Nothing says summer like a yard sale either. Faith and I had one at my house this past week, originally it was to be at my mom's house, but her loony crazy, morons for neighbors made us think changing the venue would be the best idea, and it was. Successful especially on my end, still had some large, not being used baby items and most of it went. it was like lifting a big load out of the house. Lucas was glad to see it goes cause the amount of storage we recovered, he thinks equates to how many presents he will get for his birthday in a few mos. At this rate I will cancel a bday party (not really, but a good threat perhaps)?
Of course, as my life predictibly goes, the night before the yard sale, while trying to get stuff set up, and guess what the weather would do in Cleveland, our son had us on a roadtrip to the ER at 9pm, why not, par for the course I figure. But really, the poor kid was complaining his pee-pee hurt, which was a new, alarming symptom besides the throat and stomach pain and lack of eating that had gone on for a few weeks that we had an appt for the next day at the peds office. The dip test came back a trace of blood, and they said they would treat for UTI and send out a culture. By the time we got hom from finding a 24 hour pharmacy that is NOT Walgreens, since my medical does not got thru them, it was nearly midnight when we got home.
My husband was kind enough to go into work late and help me finish getting the yard sale stuff ready, Lucas woke up screaming his throat hurt, but said he was fine otheriwse. We saw one of the pediatricians I like, but who is not his actual dr later that afternoon, and she suggested some of his pain was either viral or allergy related,a nd dismissed it all as him being anxious, much like his mother, which I buy to a certain extent, but Lucas has never said something hurts and cried about it if it did not hurt. She also said his UTI was not a UTI, culture came back clear, stop the antibiotics, and the pain in the pee-pee may just be irritation. But that we would also try Zantac to see if there is some reflux issues going on
Fri morning rolls around and my son wakes in throat pain, i give him Zantac which he pukes up shortly thereafter, great, I will never get him to take that again, I am thinking. But then is the slight diarhhea, oh boy, yard sale day number two was shaping up great by 7am. My poor baby LOOKED awful and literally laid on me for two hours, he does not do that even deathly ill. Call the dr office back, they say I can get his thorat swabbed ( should have done that the day before) I say no, he does not have strep. Lucas finally has some 7UP and miraculously recovers for the day. Running, playing, only mildly complaining of pain, eating a little etc. OKAY, well, good?The weekend goes by and he is ok, eating a bit not complaining a lot.
Monday comes, he throws a massive fit when I go to leave for work, even though grandma Jane was over to watch him, one of his favorite things. She calls me less than an hour after I leave to say he has been in the bathroom 4 times and complaining of UTI symptoms again. I call the dr office once more and they say he needs to come back in (Ya think)?
This time we see his dr. I picked this guy cause he replaced Dr Wilson last year, my beloved pediatrician we had from when Lucas was born, plus, awesome Nurse Linda came with him and I did not want to give her up. Plus, he was available and I had a nice chat with him about what I would and would not tolerate form a dr pretty early on, we decided we would let me pretty much tell him what to do. he likes to hear himself talk a lot and repeats useless stuff a lot, but he really does this more to Faith than me, she also takes the girls to him. I tend to be a bit more formidable and nip things in the bud with him lol. But he realized my son has cold sores in his throat. THAT makes sense! Finally! he always has a cold sore, for the most part, esp when he is fighting something off. And coupled with the fact he uses the allergy nasal spray, it makes him more susceptible. And little did I know, cold sores and abdominal pain go hand in hand. its an easy fix, 1tsp of Benadryl and 1tsp of Maalox. Now, the bendadryl makes him a bit crazy, as it does me, but the throat pain goes away and he eats again! Could not be happier about that one. The UTI COULD have been a kidney stone, I have them so there is history, but the two subsequent pee tests TH and Monday test clear. We are also taking him off the nasal spray since pollen season is coming to an end. The throat culture we finally did says clear for strep. We just decide to keep him hydrated and put Aquaphor on the little boy part and see how that goes. crisis over..for the moment, I never hold my breath it lasts long but I will take it.
In other news, next week he goes to Vacation Bible School for the week. I think he will like it, and hopefully there is little resistance, since its only a week.
Puppy Update on my sweet Toby-Woby Tubba Wubba. Yes, it was in my sweet high pitched baby voice, love that little guy.
he can:
Sleep thru the night, no more midnight potty breaks for him
Sit, lay down and shake paw on command
walk pretty well on a leash
do all his pottying outside
goes right in his crate when I say its bedtime
and he is getting so big!
In other doggy news, Omar has had some kind of conjunctivitis infection of the eye we had to get drops for. A week later its better but not gone, so he has to go back to the vet SIGH
Riley is as usual, like steel, and sweet as usual, and perfectly fine lol
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