Quirky Mom, Quirky Family
Michael & Sara graduated from high school last night. I can’t even begin to tell them how proud I am of them. Did they work hard for it? Yes. But doesn’t everyone? Some work harder or more than others, but in the end, everyone met a base line of requirements to receive their diploma. I am not proud because of that. I am proud because of what they went through in the years before they got to walk across that stage. [Read more...]
I’ve been jotting off one-liners on FB and twitter, I haven’t even been blogging (about personal life or news lol)
Hi! I’m Jenn! For those who don’t know I live in South Florida and I’ll begrudgingly admit I love it here. All three of my kids are Floridians, but I am from the DC/Baltimore metro area. Love it, it miss, don’t wanna live there. My mom died a few years ago and I inherited my brother and sister and father. The twins are off to college next year! They graduate June 7. Michael is headed to Stetson to do something involving computers and cinematography and Sara is staying local and transferring out later. [Read more...]
so… Eshiva was recruited for company dance for next year. Apparently this is an honor because normally the 5 year olds have to take a year of normal dance before being allowed to even try out for company. OK, yay Eshiva! Here’s the down side – it means we have to sign her up for three dance classes (for a total of 175/mo which is less than we pay for pre-k right now – 260 – 325/mo depending on if it’s a 4 or 5 week month). That means 3 recitals (470$ total). That means more tights, leotards and shoes (which I admit we’d have need for if it were one class or ten classes). Company is paid for entirely by the parents and fund-raising and, if I understood correctly, is a separate registration fee plus registration fees for competitions and what not. I am going in next Wednesday earlier than usual to find out exactly what company means money and time wise for me. [Read more...]
but before you get upset for me, they were very happy tears. Up until not too long ago I had a sister named Erin. Erin had cerebral palsy. She had it from shortly after her birth (real shortly, she wasn’t breathing, which is what caused massive brain damage). Erin didn’t walk. She didn’t talk. She didn’t eat by mouth. She didn’t do much other than sit there and love pretty much everyone she came into contact with. Not a bad gig if you ask me, barring the obvious physical restrictions. [Read more...]
Life keeps going whether I pay attention or not! So much going on. This morning we woke up and headed out to the Coral Springs Earth Day Festival. The kids got piggy banks made of recycled money & plastic, pencils made from newspaper, pens made from corn, safety whistles, made pine cone bird feeders and picked out plants to bring home. I had wanted to pick a plant each, but it was a clusterfuck there so the kids each picked and we left. Eshiva picked a bush/shrub of some sort and the boys each picked a tree (no clue what they are, but they each got different types).
Came home, cleaned the kitchen, ranted for a bit. Michael left for work and dad went with me to Whole Foods and Home Depot. Picked up probiotics for Malachai . I’m a little worried about his gastro-issues. He is always gassy (seriously foul gas) and only has a BM every other/every third day. He isn’t in pain though. It’s probably his dairy and carb intake, but… the boy lives on dairy and carbs. Autism and GI problems go hand in hand. Mal only sees his normal ped. We don’t go to the neuro anymore, never had a developmental ped, no gi docs. We see the nutritionist once a year, but she is mostly there to make sure he gets a varied and complete diet and isn’t deficient somewhere. So here’s hoping the probiotics work! I also picked up some digestive tea for my dad, which I hope he uses.
After WF we went to Home Depot and ogled fridges. Remember last month when we had to empty and defrost the fridge? It did it again. I give up. We got this bit of love. They didn’t have the one I had chosen in stock, so they marked this one down to the lower price. Yay! It’s still about 600$ more than I had planned on spending. Boo 
It was also 10% off plus we’ll get 20% back from the state for buying an EnergyStar rated fridge. Yay again! It wont get delivered until May 1, so thankfully we have the fridge in the garage to move the dairy & meat to. I don’t think we lost too much. It’s inconvenient, but it could be worse.
Also picked up some sod to cover a bare spot in the front yard and bought a tangelo (honeybell!) tree (impulse buy). Got home and Michael vacuumed out my car (the sod made a huge mess) and dad and I cleaned out the front yard area. I planted Eshiva’s shrub after that. I’ll need Michael to help me dig some holes for the trees.
Um…. dinner time? We need to clean some more. The party is tomorrow. The boys are excited! Me too 
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