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Monday, January 18, 2010

IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN DAY WITH THE FAMILY

It is nice and rare to have a day where everyone is off and we have nothing planned. It looks like we're going to meet up with some friends and go swimming around noon. During the summer I missed out on the swimming. Then we have the rest of the day free to just take it easy and do whatever. It... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 1, 2010

JUST TAUGHT MY BOY HOW TO READ A MARKED DECK OF PLAYING CARDS

While out and about today we stopped in a shop that had practical jokes for sale. I told my boys I had a batch of them at home and that we coudl go through them later. Well my deck of marked cards was in there. I started out amazing them by telling them wast card they picked without looking. My... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 25, 2009

MY BOYS GOT A THANK YOU LETtER FROM SANTA

At the last moment last night my boys wanted to leave Santa some cookies and milk. They were great about working together to get it out there for him and getting back in bed. Well they were rewarded with a 'Thank You' letter from Santa. They've really been enjoying Christmas this year and we still... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

MY SON HAS BORDERLINE CLINICAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

It really came as no surprise at all that our youngest son has borderline clinical OCD. He has had issues were he has stressed out and shut down on us due to anxiety on small things. What was interesting was the IQ tests they had him take. He got 150 on the basic test, but only 90 on the verbal.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

HE'LL BE IN A SLING FOR FOUR WEEKS

SO our little guy has to keep his arm in the sling for four weeks so his collar bone can heal. The doctors has said this is really as simple as it gets for a fractured collar bone, which means it should heal nicely. Then he'll have two weeks after the sling is off where he still has to be careful.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

POOR GUY FRACTURED HIS SHOULDER

Our boys were wrestling around yesterday before our Halloween party and our six year old got pushed off the couch. After that he was complaining of it hurting, but it was clear nothing was broken and he could move his fingers just fine. So we were hoping it was just bruised. Well today we took him... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

SNOW DAY, NO SCHOOL

Well. we're getting hit with a good little storm and the boys get to stay home for the day. It's my normal day off, so no real inconvenience for us. Once I wake up enough, we gonna be working on getting the house ready for our Halloween party on Friday. So by them getting this extra day off, they... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

THEY'RE LOOKING AT MY SWIMSUIT CALENDER

My six year old just came up to me with an old swimsuit calender of mine and asked he he could take it up stairs with him. And now both boys are talking about how 'hot' the women are. I'm trying to figure out how much of it is them playing and how much is them actually understanding sexual... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

HE'S REALLY GETTING INTO HALLOWEEN

My oldest boy is very much showing that he is my son right now. He has been going on and on about Halloween this year. We've been enjoying going around the shops looking at all the decorations and costumes. And very much like me he wants to get to the decorating of the house. The official deal I... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

HE DID REALLY GOOD AT CAMP

To follow up the last post, we were very happy with how our guy did at camp these last few days. He had no problem using the restrooms and had no 'accidents' while there. We were very pleased with how much he was willing to do in the lake. He normally has issues with water, but he did really well... Sign in to see full entry.

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