Thursday, June 24, 2010
Jackson's Cow
Jackson made a cow in summer school this week. I don't know what it was about this cow that he liked so much, but he grinned and grinned as he was showing me and he seemed very proud. So I had to share! :)
Friday, June 18, 2010
Splashing!
Zoe LOVES the water! Today was a hot one so we suited her up and went out to play in the sprinkler.
Someone needs to buy this child a wading pool!!!! Yeah...it's on my to-do list!
Friday, June 11, 2010
blablablablabla!
Oh what a crazy day! I had to take the van into the shop to get the AC looked at today. Made an appointment for 10 and left with plenty of time but my stupid navigation system sent me all sorts of wrong ways and then said I had arrived when I was still about 20 minutes away! Meanwhile as I am trying to figure out where the heck I am, the school nurse called with questions about Jackson's feedings. The regular nurse retired at the end of the school year so this was a nurse that had taken over for her, although she has been at the school for a while.
When I finally got there, I sat and sat and sat and waited and 2 hours later they still hadn't even looked at the car! The guy came into the waiting room and said all his guys went to lunch and it would be another hour and a half!! Ok why did I even bother making an appointment?!! I complained to someone who was obviously higher up than the guy I was talking to at first and they got it done in 30 minutes. Grrrr! And I should mention they were not actually fixing the problem, they were only making sure they knew what the problem was so they can order the parts which will then need to be installed when they arrive in about a week.
Lee was home with Zoe and he had to cancel some appointments because it took so long for me to get back. It was so hot and muggy today, I sure could have used the AC on the way home. Then once I did get home I had to grab up Zoe and run to the grocery store before Jackson got home from school. It is so much easier to only take one kid with me and not have to push the wheelchair while pulling the cart. He had been off school for the last 2 days and I had been sick on Tuesday when I had originally planned to go so by now we were low on everything. And it's the weekend so if I waited I would have had to do the push-pull with Jackson tomorrow.
So then I got all the groceries (did I mention I forgot to bring my list!) loaded into the house and put away and I was about to sit down and relax when the phone rang. It was Jackson's school. The AC on the bus had broken and they wanted to know if I wanted to come pick him up. I asked how long of a bus ride it would be and they said 45 minutes so I did go pick him up so he wouldn't have to spend that much time on a super hot bus. Instead he got to spend 10 minutes in our slightly less hot van. (I should mention that I really like the aide they have on the bus for him. She was the one who let them know to call me to see what to do and she waited with him inside the school and brought him out to the car when she saw me pull up.)
So I got him into the house and was about to give him water. I looked on the back of his chair for his pump and guess what... It wasn't there! I called the school hoping that they would still be there. Luckily they were. Yes, the nurse had the pump in her office and had forgot to put it back on the chair when she was finished rinsing it. But she offered to bring it to us....YAY!! I was so relieved I did not have to get the kids back in the car and go get it. And we could not have done without it all weekend.
The other frustrating thing that was going on at the same time is that our halogen light in our living room had broken for good last week. I spent all week trying to find another very bright floor lamp since we have no overhead lighting in the living room, that is the main light source for the room we spend the most time in. I ordered one I liked and it had come today. I was trying to put it together but the very last part would not go together...the little tiny parts were bent somehow and just wouldn't slide into place. Of course it was 30 minutes after the company had closed for the weekend so I have to wait in the dark until Monday to see what to do.
Hopefully the rest of this evening will be smooth sailing! ;)
When I finally got there, I sat and sat and sat and waited and 2 hours later they still hadn't even looked at the car! The guy came into the waiting room and said all his guys went to lunch and it would be another hour and a half!! Ok why did I even bother making an appointment?!! I complained to someone who was obviously higher up than the guy I was talking to at first and they got it done in 30 minutes. Grrrr! And I should mention they were not actually fixing the problem, they were only making sure they knew what the problem was so they can order the parts which will then need to be installed when they arrive in about a week.
Lee was home with Zoe and he had to cancel some appointments because it took so long for me to get back. It was so hot and muggy today, I sure could have used the AC on the way home. Then once I did get home I had to grab up Zoe and run to the grocery store before Jackson got home from school. It is so much easier to only take one kid with me and not have to push the wheelchair while pulling the cart. He had been off school for the last 2 days and I had been sick on Tuesday when I had originally planned to go so by now we were low on everything. And it's the weekend so if I waited I would have had to do the push-pull with Jackson tomorrow.
So then I got all the groceries (did I mention I forgot to bring my list!) loaded into the house and put away and I was about to sit down and relax when the phone rang. It was Jackson's school. The AC on the bus had broken and they wanted to know if I wanted to come pick him up. I asked how long of a bus ride it would be and they said 45 minutes so I did go pick him up so he wouldn't have to spend that much time on a super hot bus. Instead he got to spend 10 minutes in our slightly less hot van. (I should mention that I really like the aide they have on the bus for him. She was the one who let them know to call me to see what to do and she waited with him inside the school and brought him out to the car when she saw me pull up.)
So I got him into the house and was about to give him water. I looked on the back of his chair for his pump and guess what... It wasn't there! I called the school hoping that they would still be there. Luckily they were. Yes, the nurse had the pump in her office and had forgot to put it back on the chair when she was finished rinsing it. But she offered to bring it to us....YAY!! I was so relieved I did not have to get the kids back in the car and go get it. And we could not have done without it all weekend.
The other frustrating thing that was going on at the same time is that our halogen light in our living room had broken for good last week. I spent all week trying to find another very bright floor lamp since we have no overhead lighting in the living room, that is the main light source for the room we spend the most time in. I ordered one I liked and it had come today. I was trying to put it together but the very last part would not go together...the little tiny parts were bent somehow and just wouldn't slide into place. Of course it was 30 minutes after the company had closed for the weekend so I have to wait in the dark until Monday to see what to do.
Hopefully the rest of this evening will be smooth sailing! ;)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Last day of school!
Jackson had his last official day of the regular school year yesterday, so I now have a big 2nd grader!! He gets today and tomorrow off and then he starts summer school on Friday. If you didn't know, kids in special ed can go to school during the summer if the IEP team thinks they will lose skills with a long break from school. He loves school anyway so everyone is quite happy with the arrangement. He will attend 3 weeks of "school" (educational) and 3 weeks of "camp" (recreational).
Tomorrow we are getting his wheelchair and his stander repaired. His wheelchair brakes fall down onto the wheels (making it very difficult to push) if we are walking any distance. Also, his chair takes quite a bit more effort to push than the loaner chair (remember the purple chair?) did so I am hoping that they can do something to make it roll easier. His stander was actually repaired in the winter, but is again having problems. If I stand him at an angle above about 45 degrees, it will not lock into place. It ends up either creeping forward or back, which is not at all safe. At an angle below 45 degrees, it does lock into place but there is not much point at all in even putting him into the stander at that angle.
Tomorrow we are getting his wheelchair and his stander repaired. His wheelchair brakes fall down onto the wheels (making it very difficult to push) if we are walking any distance. Also, his chair takes quite a bit more effort to push than the loaner chair (remember the purple chair?) did so I am hoping that they can do something to make it roll easier. His stander was actually repaired in the winter, but is again having problems. If I stand him at an angle above about 45 degrees, it will not lock into place. It ends up either creeping forward or back, which is not at all safe. At an angle below 45 degrees, it does lock into place but there is not much point at all in even putting him into the stander at that angle.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Jackson is 7 years old!
Jackson turned 7 on Memorial Day! We celebrated the day before (thank goodness since Monday was quite rainy!) with a picnic and a little party. Granny came to celebrate with us and actually ended up staying an extra day due to the weather.
And pics of our little party...
Here are some pictures of our picnic! Zoe spent much of the time playing in the dirt under a tree. I found out that Lee can not stand to see her dirty! He is pretty obsessive about it. It made Granny and me laugh!
Jackson enjoying chilling in the great outdoors. Granny made him his own padded waterproof mat to lie on .
I showed Zoe how to put maple seeds on her nose. She thought that was great fun! Did you ever do that as a kid? Lee hadn't, so it was new to him as well.
Jackson was not quite as impressed with it though!
Here, try it! It's really fun!
And pics of our little party...
The cake. Jackson did have a little taste of the frosting and some ice cream.
A motion activated monkey that rolls round laughing hysterically. Jackson found it pretty funny but I think Lee liked it even more than Jackson did!
A big scary dinosaur! Jackson really liked that one and tried to hug it!
He got a ton of books!
Here is Zoe checking out one of his new books. (I made her skirt, I am so proud of myself!)
And they are holding hands while checking out another book together...how sweet is that!
Zoe and Granny reading
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