Bragging and Blabbing

Let me start by saying that I promise that I will get the Halloween pumpkin background off this site before summer hits. I know you are wondering if I am also one of those people who leave their Christmas lights up until July (I'm not, simply because I don't put them up in the first place:)) The problem is, Mike set up this blog so I have to change all those kinds of things when I am logged in under him and I can't remember his login info and he never seems to be around to ask when I am thinking about it.

Ian came home from Superhero School today (a co-op style preschool that four friends and I do) and he had a big picture that he had drawn. They had him lay down on the paper and traced around him and then he filled it in by drawing body parts and organs. He colored red for blood, drew a heart, some eyes, ears, teeth, and a stomach. They funniest part of all was he added a port! He drew it in exactly the right spot which is about the only thing that was anatomically correct on the whole thing. I thought it was so cute.

He also informed me last night that when he grows up he wants to be a "prarie dog taker carer. I can give them food and stuff and lots of lots of grass on top of their food because they love grass." It was so random but so hilarious!

Ian continues to do well. He had chemo last Monday and things went really well. I wish I could have said the same for me! I had all the kids loaded up in the car so I could drop the girls off at school and then head up to Ian's appointment. All of a sudden, I hear a siren. According to the cop, I ran a stop sign which I totally DIDN'T ( ok, it may have been a California stop but I didn't tear through sign without hitting the brakes). The most humiliating part of it was it was right on the main road to the school so everyone was driving by seeing me in my glory. I had a friend who was sweet enough to stop and take my girls to the school. I asked the officer how much longer it was going to take because I had an appointment at the hospital for my son and he replied, "Lets not make it so that you both have to go to the hospital." I was sooo bugged. I hardly put our lives in danger.

Anyway, we received the final date of his treatment which will be June 26, 2011!!! It is going to be the biggest celebration anyone has ever seen!

Caleb will be one next Monday!!! He can stand for a long period of time and is up to about 2 steps before he falls. I am so surprised it has taken him so long to walk considering he crawled at 5 months (including going up the stairs). He finally started sleeping through the night about a month and a half ago with a random night here and there where he wakes up. Caleb is a human trash disposal and I am constantly running around trying to pick up any little thing that the kids have left on the ground because it goes straight to the mouth. I don't know how many times I've had to stick my finger in and pull out something in there that didn't belong, but it has been alot. He gets really excited and is easily egged on if he thinks the kids are laughing at him. He starts fake laughing and doing everything he can to keep them entertained.

He is a huge babbler right now. Nothing he says makes sense except for "Hi dad". His babbling will go on for 2-3 minutes at a time. It's so funny because if he gets mad, he has the same babbling but it takes on a different tone so you can tell he is telling on whoever is making him mad. He knows what he is saying even if we don't.

The girls had a Solo Festival for the piano over the weekend. They have been working really hard on a solo piece of music for the past 4 months. They memorize it and perfect it as much as they can in order to play it before a judge. I have 5 piano students of my own that were also involved. They all did FABULOUS! They were able to keep the nerves in check and play wonderfully for the judge. All received high marks and were in the highest category they could be in. Their teacher must be awesome:)

To all of my faithful blog followers and you know who you are, I promise I will do better about having more frequent posts! Thanks for reading!