Posts Tagged "April"
Mal is developing his own personality!
Meant to post this on April 7 – not sure why it got stuck in my drafts.
Michael mentioned yesterday that Malachai is finally developing a personality of his own. He brought up how it was sort of blunted before, you could interact with him, but there wasn’t anything about it that screamed, this is me, I am Malachai.
He loves Alice Cooper. He wants to dress up like him for Halloween. He loves scary movies and fast rides. I kind of attribute part of that to his sensory issues (if he needs BIG input physically it makes sense he’d love roller coasters and stuff, and if he needs it physically, why wouldn’t he need BIG input mentally too? So scary stuff = more input to his brain) but it’s giving him and Michael something way cool to bond over.
He said something yesterday and I can’t remember what it was (Michael told me I should have posted then and there lol Silly me for not doing it) but it was what brought on this conversation. He might be coming up on seven, but he is finally turning into… himself. It is giving me great joy to see it happen. Dorian had his own personality around 3 or 4, and Eshiva is loaded with personality, but Mal… he was just kind of rolling along. Now he pops up with little quips and stories and is fierce about what he likes and doesn’t like and what he does and doesn’t want to do and why (as opposed to being engrossed in one thing and woe be unto you if you tried to do something else).
It’s not all sunshine and roses, but this is just amazing to me.
Read MoreApril 15… Tax Day
Except we did our taxes back in February. That money has come and come. Can I file twice? ;)
Went to the EvilEmpire* this morning. Didn’t they realize their new logo looks like a golden asshole? Guess no one pointed it out. Spent way too much, but the boys got shorts and shirts and undies and socks. Eshiva got a dress. I need to do laundry and find the rest of their clothes. UnderBed tends to eat them, no matter how many hampers we have out to collect dirty clothes.
I also got sunblock (two kinds!), tiki plates for the kids party next month, a new shampoo to try (the first ingredient is aloe and it’s rosemary/mint – hoping it works well on my hair), and some misc. other stuff. They are a time and money suck.
Been chatting with an old friend of mine. Haven’t seen him since we were in our teens. Yah, old friend indeed. I wish he was closer than Arizona. Of course, the world would explode if we were in the same state and in touch, so maybe it’s for the best.
We put 800$ away towards Michael’s new car. At that rate, we can afford more car than I expected, as we’ll have a larger down payment. Here’s hoping it keeps up.
Went to school this morning for an awards ceremony. Dorian made honor roll again. Malachai did not get an award, but we took a photo of him and his best friend holding his award. I am going to print it so he can take a copy for the kid tomorrow. They were both soooo excited. I didn’t realize my boy was short – he is one of the shortest in the class. He might also be one of the youngest – he turned 6 right before school started this year – are kids turning 6 before or during first grade these days? I know Dorian is one of the oldest, because he just missed the cut off, so he’s sort of a year back. Mal just makes the cut off (my boys are 2 years apart in age, but one year in grade).
Read MoreMy brother rocks
He ran out to walgreens (my sibs don’t drive – this was a walking trip… I guess he might have ridden his bike… it’s not far, but far enough I wouldn’t walk it lol) and stopped by slev (7-11) to get me a slurpee.
I’ve been wanting a freaking slurpee for a week now. A red one. (Red is it’s own flavour, didn’t you know that? lol)
I have no cash on me, so my sister says, if I was going to get one, what would I want?
I said a red one, the dollar size. You know, the tiny one.
My brother, who only recently started to get “cool” to me (we recently gave him a pair of Michael’s boots, and he wants a black trench coat and he’s into writing scripts and cinimatography and stuff – he’s starting to be cool, m hm) walks in with an X Men Wolverine cup with a nifty straw that has a Wolverine figure in it that sticks to both the straw and the stand it came with.
Bad. Ass.
It’s a reusable cup too – score.
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I haven’t blogged in a while. My blog is more like a journal for me anyway. This is worthy of blogging though.
Eshiva just came up to me with a picture of Erin that is in a red heart frame.
She told me “Mommy, this is my love”
I asked if she knew who that was (of course not) and I told her.
She said “I love her, can I put this on the piano?”
I said of course. She’s carrying it around telling everyone she loves her, this is part of my love too. She’s a part of my family.
Malachai is telling her that she (Erin) is dead, and two people in our family are dead.
Eshiva is telling him she isn’t dead, she is a part of our family. T
They are going back and forth. It’s cute.
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Eshiva is named for Erin (for those who don’t know). She died in 03, Shivie never knew her (obviously) – I don’t know that Malachai even remembers her.
She just came up to me to tell me Erin is dead, but we love her and she is still a part of our family and we have a picture of her when she was alive.
Read MoreToday
We’re hitting the beach. We haven’t been yet this year, cold fronts, rain, etc… The kids are excited. Me, not so much. It’s just more sand. Sand to get in your creases. What, you don’t have creases? Meh, even BK (you know, before kids), when I didn’t have creases, I got sand in my creases. Now that I have lots of creases, it just means more sand in them.
I am pretty excited about dipping my hair in the ocean though. I haven’t been spraying it down with saltwater, so it’ll be nice to have my dreads tighten up a bit more.
I think we’re heading berry picking tomorrow morning. I joined a new meetup group, mainly because Punky Moms has no local group. What’s funny is, meetup.com has Punkymoms as a freaking interest and nothing we have done has made them remove it. The name is a registered trademark. It’s irritating to say the least. Tangent aside, it looks like a cool group. I wish we didn’t live in suburbanite hell. No one lives around here. They’re all south of here. I’m not bitching. Much.
I think we might try and get into the shop tonight. But we’re going to a water park in a couple of weeks, so I’m undecided right now. Two weeks is long enough to scab over and peel…. tough choices.
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