Olivia's 11th Birthday Party....

We took a handful of girls along with our own 5 kids and headed to Amazing Jump here in town. I have to tell you, I think it was a big success and they all seemed to have a great time. Not always easy to get when you want her older brothers and younger sibs to have fun too. It included dodge ball and wall to wall trampolines. I think the best thing to do is upload the pics...

Olivia (2nd from left) and her posse

Emi and Simon had fun too!

Olivia in action

Dodge ball

We came home and opened presents then somehow I got gluten poisoned and felt awful for the rest of the night and even now I have a killer headache... (hence, the short post...) So onto Halloween costumes and then Simon and Emi's birthday in November!!!!

Monday, Monday....

Well, here we are at the start of a new week... I'm tired already. :) I was lazy over the weekend, so I am paying for it now with mountains of laundry to catch up on. My favorite part is that Kevin has a football game tomorrow and on game day, the players have to wear khakis, dress shirt and a tie. He looks adorable, but I could do without the ironing... So I still have to get that done today and figure out dinner. As you can tell, I was really phoning it in this weekend. I have no dinner menu planned, laundry everywhere, complete catch up day....

Saturday was fun, we celebrated Olivia's upcoming birthday (tomorrow she will turn 11!) at The Cheesecake Factory. Her choice and she loved it. Billy called ahead to see if I could eat there gluten free and the manager told him they had a "skinny menu" I could choose from... Ummm, not the same thing.. No big deal, PF Changs is in the same mall, so I ran in and grabbed my lunch and we were off... (I did miss out on the cheesecake, but my thighs didn't need it...) My dad met us there, so I'm glad he came out and had some fun with us. Next Saturday is the party with the girls, so I'm sure there will be tons of pictures then...

I need to set up an occupational therapy evaluation for Simon. I'm hoping of course that he doesn't need it, that he's doing fine and "normal". Wouldn't that be nice? I have to also take the shorties in to the eye doctor this week to see if Simon's glasses prescription is correct and to also check on Emi's stye on her cornea.

All in all, I can't complain. The big kids grades are good, they appear to be happy. Everyone is back in school and finally it feels like a normal schedule to plow through. If I can get myself back into menu planning and that stuff, we'll be good as gold....

Seriously, Is He Really Only 12???

Good Lord, how am I going to survive a surly 12 year old for 6 more years? My sweet Kevin, my sweet boy that has always been my sensitive one that tells me everything... has become a monster.... He is still sensitive, but now it's only about things that effect him or are directed towards him. I thought this was supposed to happen around 15-16??? It's unbearable....

On a happier note with Kevin, he started football and I became one of those moms.... :)

Today Simon and Emi saw their neurologist and he decided that they were done with Botox shots for their torticollis. Simon has also graduated from physical therapy and Emi is down to once a week. So yay for progress!

This weekend we will celebrate Olivia's 11th birthday at the Cheesecake Factory, her choice. Then the following weekend we have the party with her friends. I better get moving, the X Factor is on!

I Am Such A Bad Blogger.....

School is really kicking my scheduling butt this year. I have the three older kids in band and we added football with Kevin. Emi will start ballet next week, and Olivia's birthday is right around the corner. The days go by so fast and I am exhausted 4 weeks in. :)

Simon adjusted beautifully to his glasses. I guess I didn't give him enough credit, every night he puts them in their case and asks for them every morning. So cute. Today he was graduated from physical therapy. That's great news, we see the neurologist Thursday to see if he wants occupational therapy or if we will just see how it goes. Emi also had an MRI done a few weeks ago, so we'll see how the results there are. I'm hoping we're done with the Botox shots, they hurt and I hate sitting them down to have them done. School is going well for them, Simon of course, is slower to warm up to the new teacher and kids. :)

Olivia has adjusted to the middle school much quicker than I thought she would. She is still hyper emotional when she gets home, but her grades are high, no friend drama, so I guess I shouldn't complain. Her birthday is next week, so I am rushing to finish everything there.

Kevin has truly become quite the young man, no matter how hard I try to keep my baby. :( He's almost my height, his voice cracks and all he does is grunt answers. So far football is keeping him really busy (5:45 wake ups!) but he is enjoying it and his grades are still great. I was worried about 2 band classes and football, but he's adjusting better than I am.

Aaron is trucking along, he's happy but the grades are starting to slip. The most annoying part is that it's not understanding information, it's turning work in. He just would rather do the work and let it gather dust in his binder.

Everything else is moving along, Billy is really busy at work, I am still regularly examining my face for new wrinkles.... Working out has taken a serious back seat, but I tend to go in waves. I did run last week, but with orthodontist and neurologist appointments this week, I don't see it happening again. Never enough time in the day......

My Sweet Simon....

Well, he had to get glasses.... :( Made me sad and a little worried about a 3 1/2 year old keeping glasses on his face, but we're doing pretty well so far...

SOOOO stinkin cute!