Today and Tomorrow...last days of school!

Today was Callum's last day of Pre-K.  I am not sure that he gets it, as he was talking about something Charlie did tonight and said that he was going to share it with his teachers next week.  Guess we will see what happens next week:0) 

He had a great year this year.  He is a different boy than he was this time last year.  We are so proud of how far he has come.  He is so very special with a little bit of stubborn that just makes him him.  I can't imagine our life without him and can't wait to have a fun filled summer with him.  A few people have bets going to see if he comes home with a British accent after our trip.  It will be interesting to see......

Alex's last day of school is tomorrow.  She is excited but has stressed that she will miss her teacher and friends very much.  We have a surprise lined up for her on Saturday, so stay tuned for that!!

Great Weekend!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend.  Friday night was fun.  We ended up with 20 girls. 19 stayed the night.  The last girl finally fell asleep around 3:30-3:45.  Although I am feeling it a little today, we did have a fun night!  Yesterday was pretty uneventful.  Alex and I recovered from our lock in while Gareth worked.  Today, we spent time with friends after church.  It was a much needed, relaxing day!  

This week is the last week of school.  I can't believe how the time has flown by.  Alex is excited but will miss her teachers and friends over the summer.  Callum doesn't really have a clue yet, and since he will be in the same class next year, with the same teachers, he isn't really bothered by summer break.   I have lots on my list to get done this week to prepare for them being home all summer. I don't want to have to spend lots of time doing, "house stuff", so my goal is to get it done this week so we can play all summer.  Hopefully that will happen:0)

fun night planned!

Headed out tonight for a GA's lock in at church.  That would be me, my co-teacher and about 25 1st through 6th grade girls.  Alex is thrilled.  She was up pretty early this morning reminding me what today was, just in case I had forgotten:0)   Please pray that we have an uneventful night and that we do get 'some' sleep.  (am I dreaming there?)  Gareth will be home with the boys and Callum keeps talking about a boys night.  I think they will have lots of fun playing cars all night!!

Can we say "poor dog"?

Alex and one of her friends figured out recently that the clothes that they have for their Build a Bear fit Charlie. He is such a good dog, he sits there and lets them do it.  These pics were taken a few weeks ago during his first "fashion show".  

Wow, so we have been a bit busy.  Last week, we went down town for the Memorial Day parade. Although it was hot, we had a great time!

Callum has been having a lot of allergy issues lately to the point where his eyes swell shut.   We have taken him to the Dr. multiple times and tried different meds, but nothing has been working. On Monday, we got a call from one of his teachers. She said that he looked just miserable and that his right eye was almost swollen shut.  I called the Dr. and they were able to get him in within a few hours.  They went ahead and referred us to the same allergist that Liam went to.

I was dreading that a bit, and also knew that it usually takes weeks to get in to a specialist. 

Tuesday morning, I spent the morning on the phone trying to get through to the allergist.  When I finally did at 10:15,  the receptionist says, "we just had our 11:15 call and cancel. Can you be here by then?"  Are you kidding me??  All I could say was , "Thank you Jesus!!!"  

Callum was an angel at the appointment. He was very inquisitive, but barely cried while they poked his back.  When the doc came in 15 minutes later, he said that he had never seen such severe allergies in a 4 year old before.  (I did take a picture of his back to show Gareth, but I haven't figured out how to get it from my phone to the computer yet)  His back was one big welt!!! Praise the Lord, he is not allergic to any foods!!!  His severe allergies are to every type of tree and tree pollen, every type of grass and grass pollen, dust, dust mites, and cats!  

He is now on a regimen of 5 meds, but will be weaned down in the next few weeks.  After 24 hours on the meds, his eyes already look so much better.    

I have been pretty busy trying to get the house in order and organized so that when I go to pack in a few weeks, it will be done.  Did I mention that the kids and i are going to England for 5 weeks this summer?  If I didn't, we are.  We are all very excited.  Gareth will be joining us for part of the trip too, so that makes it even better.   There is only a week and 2 days left of school, and half of those are half days.  I can;t believe how quickly the second half of the school year has gone.

Hope everyone is doing well!!! I will try to keep the blog update a bit better from now on:0)

ok, so a quick update on the last few weeks......

Lets see..... we booked our tickets to England for the summer.  Very excited about that.  The same night, our washing machine broke.  (typical) So, we have spent the last two weeks searching for the best deal on washing machines.  I ran for PTA president and won:0)  Very excited about that.

Gareth and Alex went to a father daughter dance and had a blast. She looked so pretty and actually let me do her hair.  (will post pics later).   We had our last MOPS meeting.  After 6 years of helping run it, I stepped down.  A little sad, but I needed to move on.  We had our mother/daughter banquet at church.  I was very nervous, (my 2nd year in charge) but it seemed to go over well.  Now I am helping plan for our women's night in next week.  

That is our two week wrap up.   I will post more later.  At the moment, I am organizing the kids rooms and going through clothes.  don't enjoy that at all.  Alex has grown so much that I can't get another season out of her clothes.  Callum is doing ok for the summer clothes, but Liam is in between sizes.  Looks like he will be wearing shorts that come down to his shins:0)  Hopefully the end of the week will slow down a bit and i will post some pics.  Hope everyone is having a GREAT week!!!!

We are still here!

I received a call yesterday from a friend just checking on us.  She said, "I keep checking your blog and there is nothing new. I got a little worried."  So sweet. Thanks for checking.  We are doing well.  Just been pretty busy.   I have lots to catch up on, my posts, reading friends blogs. etc.   I will try and do that soon!!!  I think this is the longest I have gone without being glued to the computer.  Not a bad thing, but I do need to catch up!!!