Some of APRIL VACA

Vacation for us was trying to get Kailyn through her Birthday party without being ill and then dealing with illness the rest of the time. At least one of my three children have been sick each day since April 7. That is fifteen days if you didn't feel like counting. Kailyn was throwing out low blood sugars and ketones for three day straight, Keira is not sleeping and seizures reared their ugly head again.  I am getting sick of it. No pun intended. But, thanks to the B-day party, Art Camp and Grammie and Grandpa being able to entertain the kids I think they had a pretty decent time. Sam did get out with friends once, but no friends or cousins over. It did not help that they think it is summer. This wacky weather makes them think we can go to the beach and actually swim in the water ;)  Ouch! Here are a few pictures of them learning to do their Ripsticks. Huge hit that they got for Christmas. Sam is so proud that it says for 8 years old and up and he can do it. :)  They started out going around the island in the kitchen and progressed to making it outside in Grammie and Grandpa's driveway. I am hopeful that summer vacation will be much better and I will be able to leave the house with them much more often.

 I LOVE the tongue!! He always does it when he is concentrating doing something physical. lol

I CAN DO IT!!

The only time Keira has gotten out is to the Doctors and to get the kids at camp. This is the only picture I have of her during the week. We did go outside, but not in public. What a nasty bug they got!! 

CAKE BOSS BIRTHDAY

You Can Be A Type 1 Diabetic and Enjoy

Decorating Cakes Too.

Kailyn's favorite show and one of her favorite hobbies among MANY other

 things is baking and decorating. Just to clear things up, yes, you can have sugar and be a Type 1 Diabetic. A Type I Diabetic needs to eat the same healthy lifestyle as a normal child and that includes treats once in a while. ;)

She wanted a cool party that incorporated the Cake Boss methods.

I helped plan (Thanks to Pinterest) and her Grammie made it happen.

I helped pick out material that was cool for the tween set, picked out the cake to be made, wrote their names on hates and aprons etc.. I was the planner.

Grammie sewed all of the tiers for the aprons. Made the cakes, learned how to do everything and then did it. Kailyn is lucky to have a Grammie like her.

SO, Kailyn had her dream birthday party and is now exhausted.

A ton of Type 1 Diabetes stuff (illness/large ketones/lows) went on this last week, but the party went on. (A whole other post I don't want to relive)

NOW she has memories to last a lifetime.

Here are some of the pictures:

KAILYN'S CAKE BOSS PARTY!

In a Sing Songy Voice

Kailyn-"I have a poof like Snooki"!  Me turning my head quickly. "Where did you hear about her? K-"I saw her on Cake Boss" (PG) One of her favorite shows she is allowed to watch. She also learned about the fist pump in that episode. I have seen it and it was fine.

Kailyn has been trying out new hair styles. Earlier this week it was a pink hair streak with glitter. We went to snip-its to get their hair cut (Her and Sam) and I owed it to her from a LONG time ago. Nothing I am allowing on a regular basis. She apparently got a lot of compliments on her pink/glittered streak (Including teachers), which did not help with me telling her it had to be washed out.(which she did do).

She got her hair feathered like all the other girls in the school. (Not the 80's type of feathered. An actual small hot pink fake feather) But, looked a little too Cyndi Lauperish for my liking today. She was so proud of her hair style that she did all by herself (a modge podge of a back pony tail, with the feather and the front of her hair hanging down. It was tucked behind her ears so her earrings would show) and her outfit. Maybe it's the growing up and finding her own style thing that bothered me more. She did not look bad, just old!! I liked when I could lay out her adorable little dresses and tights to wear without her contesting my choice. Like she never had an opinion. ;)

On the other hand, she did ask me, "I thought Snooki was the one that was voted the sexiest woman alive?"-Haha  Oh the joys of trying to keep your tween naive. lol

Vacation must have been WAY too fun.

Our kids are having a hard time getting back into the school routine. It was rough going, but we made it through the day. (I think, we still have 2.5 more hours of the day)

Highlights of the day.

Sam going to school. lol.

I am slowly getting more organized. All the piles in the kitchen are gone. An organized system of piles in bins. My trip to Ikea proved successful in the getting more organized front. I love that place!

Sam saying, "I don't say the S or L words." (Sexy or Love) I had just told Kailyn not to sing the song "I'm Sexy and I Know It". He tries to one up her when I correct her behavior by saying he does not do it. The song is on the TV all the time and I guess the kids at her school sing it. Sam heard it on the TV this am (the Today Show was on in the background while we were getting ready for school and the beginning of the song was played) He sang, "I'm the S word and I know it". LOL  I told him he can say love, but for some reason he thinks that he can't. He also does not think he can look at people kissing. He hates when people tease him about liking a girl even though he chases them at recess on the playground.

Keira stinking her tongue out at me. When you ask her where her mouth is she goes, "aah" and sticks out her tongue with a smile. She has an infectious giggle when you tickle her afterwards.

Kailyn asking me not to transport her after she falls asleep. I let her go to bed in ours so that she would fall asleep early. I could not understand what she meant? Did she not want me to press a Star Trek like button and transport her somewhere? Then my tired brain started to think harder. She meant transfer her back into her bed. Well, we will. lol

Keira officially starting her ABA in home program. They were doing baselines for almost a month. Now the real work starts. She anxiously awaits either Mark or Brendan at the door once the dog starts barking. She even cried the other day when Mark left.

Highlights of the week.

My kids going to art class for four days. They loved it and made a pretty cool masterpiece using melted crayons.

Playdates. Kailyn had a few and we had one with their cousins. They seemed to have a blast.

Kailyn whispering to me in Boston that she knew the secret of what LMFAO was.
Laugh my fat a$$ off or Laugh my freaking a$$ off.  I wonder how long she has pondered what those letters meant and if she really knows what the F is? lol  If she does, she is really good at hiding it.  If someone has told her it was not us and she has not heard it in our presence. I told her to keep it a secret and not to tell anyone else. lol   It is impossible to hide my children from pop culture. Kailyn takes hip hop classes and it is around them all the time. Especially her.

My nephew asking me if Sam, "Customizes his Beyblades". He turned four in December.

Watching Keira learn how to use the Ipad. She is really good at her shape sorting game. It really impresses her teachers. She can barely talk, but can push and move complicated pieces into their right places.

Finishing up our paperwork for the Autism study.

Going to the Boston Museum of Science as a family. My kids favorite exhibits were the dinosaurs and the human body section. They could not get over looking at the real brains.

Going to Ikea (This is much more fun without kids though ;) )

Kailyn getting her bunny. It's annoying sometimes, but she loves Holly to pieces.

Being healthy over a vacation. The last one was a bust. We literally NEVER left the house. It was nice to be able to do things over the vacation.

Pure Joy is getting a bunny!

You have wanted for 3 years.

She started in on me when I was pregnant.

She was 7. I told her 10 years old.

I never thought she would turn 10. (In a month and a half)

She was told she would be responsible for her rabbit entirely.

I am not a huge animal lover, but my kids are.

She earned all the money to get the supplies and the rabbit.

The nice rabbit man gave her one of the gentlest bunnies he had.(Did not make her pay)

(I have no idea what kind. Just that it will be as big as my Mom's

dog Daisy. 8 pounds)

The bunny will stay inside until it gets warmer and then will stay in

a hutch out in our garage next to the heated side of the wall. She is too

young to be outside yet.

So: Introducing

Holly

The newest member of our family.

And her Mom:Kailyn

 Apparently, they were worried she would get lonely so they fell asleep in the Playroom. Sam did not find his accommodations very comfortable for long and woke up to move to the couch. The new unfinished playroom chairs just did not cut it. I then whisked him upstairs into his own bed. I then went and dragged Kailyn up to her room. Holly is in the cage with the blue blanket over it and a little opening.

Here's to hoping they calm down about the rabbit before vacation is over. ;)

A Big Thank You to Grammie and Grandpa for helping her research and taking her shopping for the supplies: I think ;)