Week In Review: April 19 - April 25, 2009

Here is this weeks Week In Review for April 19 - April 25, 2009

Sunday: Well, maybe CJ is getting back to his normal schedule. I hate to say I wish it wasn't this morning that he decided to be up at 7:30. I guess I needed to get up though. So I got up with him and finished off the laundry from Saturday. Then I woke the girls up to get them started on their rooms. I fed CJ breakfast. I cleaned up his toys in the living room. Then I had the girls get their breakfast. They helped clean up the kitchen (the table and floor is usually covered with their stuff anyways). I gave CJ a bath. Poor kid had a hard stool right after his bath. It was so hard for him to get out :(. I cleaned him up from that though and dressed him. Helped Natalie sweep the kitchen floor and Joe left for work. Then I put CJ down for his nap, vacuumed the living room, and took a shower. When I got out I got dressed, washed the dishes, and cleaned off the counter. Then my parents arrived. They had birthday presents for the girls and Easter presents for all three. CJ woke up from his nap shortly after my parents arrived. He was shy, but quickly warmed up and started playing. Then we had lunch (my parents weren't hungry). It was a nice day so we went outside to play and Natalie finally learned how to ride a two wheeler. We stayed outside until Joe got home from work shortly after 4. Then we went in so my parents could have the pictures of the kids off of my computer. Joe played Wii with the kids and my parents left about an hour later. I made dinner (chicken alfredo). CJ wouldn't eat and had a meltdown. So we got him ready for bed. I gave the girls a shower and sent them to bed along with CJ. Back to school tomorrow.

Monday: It's amazing the girls were up on time this morning. They weren't exactly staying on task though. They did manage to get ready on time. Lucky Natalie gets to start her week back with a field trip. Joe brought them to school and I gave CJ breakfast and did some stuff around the house. I brought Joe to work for 11 and then went to the bank and came home to put CJ down for a nap. Finished cleaning up the living room so Claudia could come over for CJ's PAT visit (Parents As Teachers). Finished that, had lunch, got CJ up, fed him lunch, and then Claudia came over. She was here for an hour reassuring me that even though CJ won't be getting Birth to Three anymore we'll keep on top of things and make sure he's developing normally. Then it was time to go pick the girls up from school. Then I went to the grocery store to do some of my weekly shopping and get stuff for Natalie's party on Saturday. Joe got out of work while I was shopping so he finished up shopping with us and came home and helped unload the groceries from the car. I put the groceries away and then started on dinner. After dinner I got a phone call from the fall fundraiser company we use at the school. Got some questions answered so I could sign with them again for next year. Looking forward to seeing their new dry cookie dough. While I was on the phone CJ apparently dropped his pacifier on the floor and called it Bob. Hmmm, he named his pacifier, interesting. I'm trying to figure out if they are all Bob, or if it's just the one. Before I knew it though it was 8:00 and bedtime so I got everyone in bed. Then I cleaned up the living room again and gave some more thought to Natalie's birthday party and what to get her.

Tuesday: Had to drag myself out of bed today. I stayed up way too late the night before. Just couldn't fall asleep. And my punishment for not getting out of bed on time was the girls didn't get ready. We should have been leaving the house, but they were still making their snack. Joe took them while I got CJ dressed. Then he came home and we went out for breakfast at Denny's. Then went to Walmart to look at bikes. Nothing jumped out at us there. We ended up getting some fishing supplies though and wiffle balls. Then we went to the Disney store. I had a coupon which pretty much ended up being useless. You see the coupon was for either 15%, 25%, or 40% off. Mine was for 25% off. But all the stuff I wanted to buy was on sale and you could take an additional 25% off, but you couldn't use the coupon to get another 25% off. That made me mad. Plus, they did not have a lot of Hannah Montana clothes. Now when we went 2 weeks ago for Kaitlyn's birthday we had a hard time finding Tinkerbell stuff. However, today there were tons of things we would have loved to have gotten for her when we were there 2 weeks ago. I found a dress which I'm hoping isn't too big on Natalie. It doesn't look like it will be. We also got her a pencil set and pencil sharpener that will be from CJ to her. Then we went over to Toys R Us and found a nice bike for cheaper than they had them at Walmart so we bought it. I just need to get a few more things to be from Kaitlyn and CJ to give her at her party on Saturday and she's all set. We came home and put CJ down for a nap and I rested before I had to go pick the girls up from school. Washed some dishes after CJ got up from his nap and ate something. Then I picked the girls up at 3 and brought them home where I had to stay for the rest of the night because Joe took the car to work. I cooked dinner and made Natalie's cupcakes for school. Then I washed dishes and made the frosting for Natalie's cupcakes. Watched some of the Mets game while I was doing all of this. Sadly the Mets lost, but the cupcakes came out great.

Wednesday: Another Wednesday. But this isn't just any Wednesday. Today is Natalie's 10th birthday! Happy birthday Natalie! I woke up just before she did so I could be the first to wish her a happy birthday. Hey, I was the first to hold her when she was born I should be the first to wish her a happy birthday ;). She opened one of her presents (a Hannah Montana dress) and of course wanted to wear it to school. So she got dressed and we brought Joe to work. Then we came home and I made her (oh and Kaitlyn and CJ too) scrambled eggs and toast. Then I brought them to school and CJ to playgroup. CJ clung to me most of the time. I had to go with him to whatever he was playing with. He was sitting at the puzzle table and decided to get down off the chair the fast way (since he doesn't know how to get off of chairs) and landed face first on the floor. I thought he had caught himself and was just startled because I was able to distract him with some toys pretty easily. He has a huge welt on his head though. Not that ice would help at all though because he'd never let me put any on him. He was playing fine after that though so I'm sure it's one of those the facial/head injuries tend to look worse than they are. When playgroup was over we went over to my Avon ladies house to pick up some back orders and an exchange from the fundraiser. Then we came home for a few before we had to go back out again. We went to McDonald's to get lunch for Natalie and brought it to school for her. CJ and I got to eat lunch with Natalie who actually thought I forgot about her. She was very quiet. After lunch was over Natalie wanted to come home with me. I told her she had to stay for recess though and I would see her soon. I wished her a happy birthday and gave her a hug and kiss and was back home. CJ fell asleep on the living room floor. I had to wake him at 2:30 to go pick up the girls from school and Joe from work. Then we came home and Joe took the car to go get his tattoo for Kaitlyn done. I stayed home with the kids while they worked on homework. Then I started cooking Natalie's birthday dinner (homemade macaroni and cheese). I played a few games of Connect 4 with Natalie. Joe finally called shortly after 6 to say he was on his way home from getting his tattoo. Perfect timing too because it gave the macaroni and cheese a good cooling time. We had dinner, Natalie talked to my parents, we sang happy birthday to the birthday girl, and before we knew it it was bedtime. And that was Natalie's birthday.

Thursday: Got up and got everyone out the door to bring Joe to work. Then came home for breakfast. Then I brought the girls to school. Came home and fed CJ breakfast. He fell asleep in his high chair. I put him to bed. Then I was trying to figure out how to pay my TN speeding ticket. It's due on the 24th and I need to get a cashier's check, but it doesn't say who to make it out to. Oh yeah and waiting until the last minute is not a good idea either. The post office can't guarantee me overnight delivery. So I had to call them to get answers to my questions since I wasn't finding them on the ticket or online anywhere. Found out who to make it out to and that I have a 2 week grace period. Phew, now I don't have to pay an extra large sum of money to send this. I can just put it in the regular mail and they'll get it in time. So now that I'm feeling better about that I cleaned up in preparation for what possibly could be CJ's final visit with his PT. I had lunch and woke CJ up from his nap to give him lunch. Then his therapist came over. Turns out she can come for another month. She's very pleased with how far he has come and said he could model the gross motor skills because he does them perfectly. That's my boy ;). I went to get the girls from school and we came home for them to do homework. Then we went to pick Joe up from work. Then to I-party for Natalie's party supplies and Walmart for a few odds and ends. Then we went to Blockbuster to rent Wii Sing It for Natalie's party on Saturday. We needed a microphone so we headed over to Game Stop for one and then to Subway for dinner. We came home and ate. The kids got ready for bed. We played with them for a little while before sending them off to bed and Joe and I tried out the game and the microphone to make sure it will work. I think it's going to be fun. Joe then played the game he wanted to rent from Blockbuster while I did some e-mailing.

Friday: Got up and got everyone ready and out the door to bring the girls to school. Then Joe and I went to AC Moore to get some stuff for Natalie's cake. Next we went to Walmart for a few more cake things and gifts to Natalie from Kaitlyn and CJ. Then we came home and had lunch. Joe put together Natalie's bike. Unfortunately he couldn't pump up the tires because our pump was broken. So he'll have to do that tomorrow. Then we had to go to the school to pick up the girls. After that we went to the grocery store for a few odds and ends. We came home and Joe brought the girls fishing and left CJ here with me. CJ got into EVERYTHING. Ripped up some recipes, pulled all of the books off of the bookshelf, and whatever else he could find. I was trying to bake Natalie's cake, but CJ ended up making it fall. Then I had to get dinner started. Joe finally came home from fishing and we ate dinner. The girls were supposed to clean their room without argument as soon as they came home from fishing if we let them go out, but that didn't happen. I baked a second cake which came out great. Then I cleaned the kitchen, washed some laundry, cleaned the bathroom, washed the bathroom and kitchen floors. While the floors dried I wrapped Natalie's birthday presents and finished up the laundry. I went to bed after midnight.

Saturday: Joe woke me at the unGodly hour of 5:15 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Seriously, who's up this early? Anyways, we got ready and went to the fishing derby. It didn't start until 7, but we wanted to get the early to get a good spot. We were there before 6, but didn't get a good spot. We had much nicer weather than we've had in the past for this event, but sadly the kids caught nothing. They weren't disappointed though. They had a good time. It ended at 10 and we left. Went to the grocery store for some pediasure for CJ and then to the dollar store for some boy appropriate goody bag items. Boys that weren't invited were coming. Normally this would have me furious, but it's my friend and her daughter was invited and I guess they all decided to come. So I couldn't say no way to that or get mad because I know and like her kids. We came home and I decorated the cake and got ready for the party. The party began at 2. We had a blast. Watch for pictures and video of all of this stuff. It will probably be coming soon. Natalie got a new bike which she loves. Her friend stayed over after the party. She's spending the night. So they played outside in the lovely 80 degree weather for a little while and then we went up and the kids played Natalie's new Connect 4 game. Then we walked down to the local pizza place for a pizza and came home to eat it. The girls did some more keroke on the Wii and then Joe took them out to let off some balloons with glow sticks on the end of them. After that everyone got ready for bed. The girls were told they could stay up, but had to be quiet in their room. They had a hard time settling down and it's hot in the house. I think they did finally settle down though. I took a nice soothing bath and then went to bed.

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