Pre-K

I checked at the school and Zachary is enrolled in morning pre-kindergarten in Miss Tilley's class :) He'll start next month and I can't believe it. Zachary is excited and points out his new school everyday when we go to daycare (it's across the street from the daycare), he calls it 'kindergard'. I'm still trying to decide if I'll take him for his first day or not. I may take him and pick him up his first day.

Diaper Free?

Kaleb has been staying dry at daycare for a couple weeks now. He's had 2 accidents in the last 3 weeks. We took him out last Sunday in underwear and even though he couldn't reach the the potty since he stands when he pees and refuses to sit he held it for a couple hours until Jerry took him behind a tree and let him pee there. He's been dry at night for a few weeks also, we have been putting him in a pull up at night just in case and since he's been dry we just use it again the next night, he's been doing so well the pull up is falling apart, we may try no diaper tonight. Then last night he said he needed to go potty before going to bed then said he needed to poop so we sat him on his Elmo potty ring. He sat there for a few minutes and I figured he was stalling since he's never pooped in the potty. I told him it was time to get up and tried to pick him up. He put his hands out to stop me and said "No! I poopin", then he pooped so I told him he was doing so good and tried to pick him up again and he stopped me again and said "No! I not done, I poopin." So he finished up and we all clapped and he flushed the toilet and said "bye-bye" to his poops. So since he's been dry for the better part of 3 weeks and now poops in the potty I think we're done contributing to the diaper industry for good :) Our only issue is that if he's playing he wont' stop to go potty and will wet himself, then he'll come ask for new underwear but since he is so young (2 years 3 months) we adults just need to take the responsibility for that part and make sure he goes to the potty every hour or so.

Nothing new...

Not much going on, the boys are good and enjoying the lovely weather we're having.
Kaleb is supposed to be moved up to the next class in Daycare, he'll be the youngest in his class which doesn't bother me, what does bother me is that there is a 3 year old boy in the class who is autistic, that in and of itself doesn't bother me at all, both my kids are wonderful with kids of all abilities or disabilities, my concern is that this particular boy has outbursts and is bigger than Kaleb, at times he can be uncontrollable. He is actually, by age anyway, supposed to be in a different class, I assume that because of his learning level he is being kept with the younger kids, in my opinion he should be moved up to be in a class with like-sized kids and then helped more with the learning lessons if need be. I haven't decided if I'll talk to the director about it yet, I may just wait and see what happens. His old teacher Miss Michelle will still be able to see him all day since they actually share a room, there is just a wall divider that can be closed, she said she'd keep an eye on him for me and make sure he doesn't get hurt.
Zachary should move up to the next class when school starts in August, that transition will be hard, Zachary is very attached to Miss Melissa, he'll be across the hall but since a lot of his friends will be moving up with him and he'll be starting 'big boy school' he might surprise us with all the changes at once.

Some pictures from our trip...

The comments won't line up with the pictures but I'm sure you can figure it out :)

<--Kaleb just so dang cute in his hat. --The family



















The Cousins - Alexander, Zachary, Ashley, Kaleb
















--Zachary at the Aquarium of the Pacific










--Kaleb with 'chicken hair'



Zachary and Kaleb in toon firetruck













Yeah well, Kaleb wouldn't stand by Mickey. --Zachary meeting Mickey Mouse for the 1st time :) <--Zachary and Kaleb in front of the castle at Disney Land.



<--Kaleb at the park I used to play at.








<--Zachary at the park I used to play
at.
















--Zachary and Kaleb at the Grand Canyon.
--Kaleb enjoying birthday cupcake.

Back from Vacation

It went fast, but parts went so slooowwwwwly. The boys had a blast meeting Mickey Mouse and seeing the fish at the aquarium. They had a joint birthday party with their cousins and got to go on a lot of walks.
Kaleb started talking up a storm during the trip, confirms that I knew what I was talking about when I said his lack of talking/speech was because he could not hear NOT that he has an older sibling who was talking for him. Bull hockey! He now talks in sentences (less than 2 weeks after getting tubes he started).
The boys did really well on the long drive and remembered granny sue and grandpa Ted when they saw them.
Glad to be back but would love to still be on vacation!

Everyone CAN hear, not everyone is listening...

Kaleb's tube surgery went well. He had some sort of a laryngeal spasm when they put him under anesthesia but they gave him a shot of something and he was fine. He had a lot of drainage from both ears and a lot of blood but I was told that was all normal. He seems great now.
Zachary's post op check went fine, he can officially hear now. He goes for his 6 month eye check today to make sure his glasses are still working the way they should.
Jerry and I have decided that the boys don't get to go out to dinner with us anymore. Last night was just plain embarrassing. They were behaving so horribly and they never act like that. They were so bad they lost all their marbles (we do marble reward jars) AND had to pay for their own dinner since neither of them even took a bite of their food. Then we put them to bed at 6pm, Kaleb was out by 6:30 and Zachary was out by 7:30, mommy was out by :O

The boys and I leave for California on Saturday and I cannot wait. I've told the boys they will get to meet Mickey Mouse and they are excited too. It'll be a long drive but it's going to be so much fun.

How to get 2 boys to sleep at a decent hour...

Hours after we put the boys to bed, this is what we find...