So it has been a lengthy gap since my last update but I think when life starts to get really busy, it all seems to happen at once. All of the kids are asleep, which is just a miracle in itself. Gia will probably be up in about 20 minutes.
So I guess I will just update a little bit about what we have been up to. Aiden finally started his first day of school. He was so excited to see his classroom and meet his teacher. His first day went off without a second thought. He was asking me when I was going to leave. His second day, however, was a different story. He started the day off really tired so I think that was his problem from the start. He cried when I dropped him off and I basically had to peel him off of my leg. I felt so horrible!! He then had an incident after lunch where he got into a fight with another student. He told me that the other kid hit him so he hit him back. When he is at home we tell him to stand up for himself when someone hurts him but I am seeing how that may have backfired a little bit...hahah.. His third day was his first time riding the bus. He got on, he was happy and had a wonderful day at school. The fourth day.....Another meltdown which ended in him refusing to get on the bus and me having to wake Gia and Rich up to drive him to school. To cap the week off, Friday he got on the bus with a little bit of tears, had a good day and went home to his dads for the weekend. Sunday morning he woke up with a swollen eye and his dad ended up taking him to the Dr. He ended up bringing home the lovely gift of pink eye. His whole second week of school he missed because of his prescription not working, clinic visits, pharmacy miscommunication...basically a slew of reminders of how our healthcare system is just completely failing. He was finally cleared to go back to school this Monday and it was basically starting over with the seperation anxiety. It was actually kind of cute his last day on Friday he got it into his head that this was the last day he would have to go to school....EVER. Poor guy. I had to let him down gently that he had a long road of school ahead of him!! He is doing so well with his school work and I am so proud of him. I am seeing a big change in him already.
Richard is still my ball of energy through the day. He was really excited for all the hub bub of Aiden starting school. He was so upset when he didn't get to stay at Aiden's school and when he didn't get to ride on the bus. Rick and I were talking about getting him into a preschool environment for a couple days a week to ease him into being away from me. He's only two but let's face it, at this point, I could really use a little bit of a break throughout the day too! His terrible two's are in full swing. Our biggest struggle with him right now is getting him to keep his hands to himself. He is a hugger and a wrestler and he just doesn't understand when enough is enough. He gets lots of laughs for sure and he doesn't mind at all being the center of attention.
Gianna is slowly but surely following in the footsteps of Richard. She is a diva without a doubt. She demands attention on her time and if she wants to be left alone, you better leave her alone. She has learned that she can scream and she is exercising those lungs!! She is turning into such a good eater. She loves her daddy and is so excited when he gets home. She is still not sleeping very well but we are working on it. I am reaching the conclusion that I need to just learn how to function on little to no sleep because catching up, at this point, is not going to happen.
Rick is in the same place with work. Working a lot and waiting for his day to come. He is next up for a promotion but it seems like there's going to be a lot of waiting for that to happen. His managing his own store would really help us out financially and I think would really boost his confidence in knowing that all of the hard work that he is putting in, plus time away from his family, will have finally paid off. I know everyone is at that stress level when it comes to money these days. God bless ya if you're not. We just have to keep doing what we're doing and hope that things get better.
I finally decided to get my butt back in school so today was my first day. I am pretty excited to get back into everything. I think at this point in my life I am ready and I have the determination that I didn't have out of high school to get a good education. My kids won't be small forever and when they are all in school I want to be able to have a good job that I love. I don't want to spend another day working in an environment that I hate. I want to be able to bring in a second income for my family and at this point anything extra would be amazing!!
Well I guess that is that! Gia is awake! Our all night party commences.....
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