We had a great time at a party yesterday

We ended up staying 7 hours and of course we are paying for it today. It was a friend of the families 7 year olds birthday party. The kids had a blast as did the adults, but one thing we could not control was sugar numbers. Kailyn's were high and all over the place. Today she is exhausted and like a fish out of water. Crying for no reason etc.. So we need to get her back on schedule. It was nice to hang out with friends though since we had not done it in so long.
Now Kailyn wants ice skates because Isabelle and all the kids go so we are going to be on a quest to find some cheap ones. Maybe at play it again sports? I guess they go regularly on the weekends at one of two places. I hope we can find some. I have fond memories of ice skating right in my backyard. I had no idea how lucky we were. I skated every day at points in the winter. I think the kids would have a blast once they figured out how to do it. I remember ice skating circles around Seth when we first met because he did not do it as much as me growing up. ;)
Kailyn thought I said we were going ice skating today so that was another meltdown. She has wanted to try for years. I never knew where to go, but now I do.

I need cream!!

Sam kept saying this over and over again this afternoon and Seth and I could not figure out what he was talking about. We would ask, "Do you want cream cheese?" NO! "Do you want sour cream"? NO!! "Me want cream"!! I said to Seth "Does he want whipped cream?" Sam pipes in NO!!
We needed some OJ and veggies for dinner, so I told Seth to take Sam and have him show him what he is talking about. They just got home and Sam brings the bag right over to show me. He said "See, I want cream". It was sugar free chocolate pudding. I said, "That is pudding, can you say pudding?" He looks at me very seriously and says no, "Dat is cream, can you say cream?" :) :) So, if Sam asks for cream you are now warned that even though it is pudding it is cream to him and the name he has given it is NOT going to change. LOL

Sam and Kindergarten

They are sending us notices and calling us on the phone about Sam possibly going to Kindergarten next year. His birthday is Sept 3 and the cut off is Oct 15. Seth signed a form in error saying that Sam will not be going next year because that was the original plan, but now we really don't know. When I got pregnant I knew we would hold him that year, but at the time we did not know he would have special needs. It all depends on what services he can get where. He is definitely not where he should be, but is doing so much better then where he started. He does not have any friends in his class and can't remember their names. At either school. I ask him and he says "I can't know?" So, now Seth has to call his caseworker and tell her that we are not sure.

In the meantime, someone from the Gorham School Dept is going to go observe him in the classroom. He does fine in the classroom,(he follows visual clues really well) but his speech delay in a room with other boys his age will definitely stand out. That and he is very immature and I don't know what his ability is to create friendships. I am scared that he would get teased too because he can't talk well. I guess one of the keys would be whether or not we could retain him if he went to K next year. I am not sure of the Gorham policy. The whole thing just makes me really nervous and I hope he improves by leaps and bounds even by then. He did last year so it is possible again.

Sleep

I really do love it. I love the feeling of being well rested and I get much more done when I feel his way. I like it the most in my house out of all of us in the family, but ironically I am the one that can't fall to sleep until late at night. Sam fights it the most. He usually throws a tantrum every night. I leave the room and then he pretends to fall asleep on the floor. This is our new routine. I then pick him up, put him in the bed and he falls asleep within minutes. This morning he decided that 4am was wakeup time. I got up with him and fed him a bowl of cereal and oatmeal. We had to pick him up at school early because I knew he would be horrendous if he did not get a nap today with three hours less of sleep. So we went and got him at his developmental preschool at 12:30.
Kailyn goes to sleep reluctantly, but really loves to sleep in in the morning. This makes it hard to wake her up sometimes. I think she is going to be a night owl like me. Its hard for us to let her sleep in too late though because we are always worried about what her blood sugars are going to be. A few mornings this week she has been in the 50's upon getting up. Seth generally goes to sleep a lot later than me, but the last couple of nights has fallen asleep earlier so it feels really strange. I guess staying home with me really wears him out. :)
Hopefully I will fall asleep soon, but at least the late night comedy shows will be on soon to keep me company and Seth is in a deep enough sleep so he is not complaining about the tapping on the keyboard.

Sam Robie Street

Today Seth and I took the kids to school together. I have not felt well and Seth has been staying home to take care of the kids until I get better and now I am trying to push myself to do more, part of that is getting back into the morning routine. Anyway, we were actually early bringing the kids to school today. We waited in the Narragansett School parking lot for a while and then I brought Kailyn in (still a little early). I waited to leave until all the kids started coming in. We then proceeded to go to Sam's school, but we were going to be early for his school too. So when we got near our house I told Seth to go around Robie Street to try and waste some time. Sam starts to pipe in and says "Yes, that Sam Robie street, everybody has a street" So I try to explain to him that not everyone has a street with their name on it, but he just looked at me like, yeah, whatever. When we got to Robie Street I showed Sam the sign and said that this is where Robie Street starts. He said, "Yes, it say Sam Robie I see da S" (the St on the sign) So all the way down the street he kept saying it is his street so I pipe in and say well, Daddy is Robie and Kailyn and Mommy are Robie, so he says "Yes, it all of dour street with a big grin" Then points to the Robie St. sign at the other end of the road.