Yep…Christopher lost his first tooth this morning.  I was helping him get his teeth brushed and he sometimes doesn’t do it properly, so per the pediatrician’s suggestion, I sometimes wipe his teeth clean with a little toothpaste on a cloth.  Well, as I was doing that, I wiped the bottom ones, and looked at the cloth and there it was, just lying there on the cloth!  I was so surprised, because he had not once mentioned that he had a loose tooth.  I just looked at him, and said, “Christopher!  You just lost your first tooth!”  And he didn’t know what to think of it.  I have been trying to prepare him for it, and kept telling him to let me know if one of his teeth feels loose.  In a way, though, I’m kind of glad it happened this way.  Because I’m sure I would have been worrying over it.  So here’s a snapshot of my toothless kid in all his glory!  *Sniff* My baby is growing up right before my eyes!

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Here’s a great video of Christopher finally pedaling his bike on his own.  He’s had this bike for 2 years, and it is so heavy, and always had trouble pedaling it.  I’m so proud of him, just wanted to share.

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Not doing anything special.  We may head to BR later today, but considering Steven has spent the past 5 days prior, driving back and forth, we probably won’t go.  I do want to though, there are some brand new condos that have open house today, and I would love to go take a look at them.  We’ll see…since it’s my birthday and all, I might just get my way, but after the NO Saints game is over, of course.

I have some good news.  Steven was pulled aside by his supervisor the other night.  She asked him if he would agree to attend their craps class (remember he works in a casino).  They are interested in promoting him to Dual Rate Supervisor, but only if he can attend their craps class.  He has already taken one with the company he previously worked for, but every casino does things a little differently.  So he has agreed to do it.  I told him that if he really wants to commit to this, then we need to move down there.  He can not continue to drive.  It’s costing us around $35 a day in gas.  Which is not good at all.  We could definitely be using that money in other areas.  He feels really good about this.  It makes him feel like they are taking him seriously.

So, this sounds like a good sign to me.  What do you think?

Well…Christopher’s teacher called this morning and asked if we could postpone the meeting until next Thursday.  I told her I didn’t have a problem with it.  I was having a bad morning anyway, and was going to have to take the twins with me, because Steven didn’t get in from work until 5AM this morning.  He was in no shape to watch them.  So in a way, I was kind of relieved it had been postponed, but a little disappointed too, because I was looking forward to getting something worked out for Christopher.

And still, there is this possibility of us moving, and wondering if it is something we should put him through right now.  Even after our visit to BR last week, we are still feeling disenchanted with the place.  The day started out great.  We stopped at the zoo first thing and the kids really enjoyed it.  From there, I phoned the woman that I was supposed to be meeting to see the house.  She had told me in an email to call her after 12pm.  So that’s exactly what I was doing.  When I asked her when we could see the house, she said, “How about Saturday?”  And I’m just sitting there, speechless, then I say, “Well, we were here today, is there anyway possible we could see it today?”  And she say, “Oh no, I’m in New Orleans.”  I felt like saying, “Well…it would have been nice of you to inform me of that in the emails.”  So I told her that we would meet her on Saturday, and we would ride by the house today.  Well, as soon as we got to the neighborhood, we realized that it was not the neighborhood for us, so that was a bust.

And then at that point, the kids were tired, and we were ready to get to the hotel.  So we found the hotel, and they tried to give us some crap about how we had to use our credit card to pay for the room. I had used it to reserve the room, but didn’t have the full amount available on it because I planned to use cash when we got there, but they wouldn’t have it.  So we ended up finding another place that was just as nice, and $20 cheaper, so it all worked out.

So, once again, we didn’t have that great of an experience in BR. We are just having a hard time with this decision.  It’s very confusing times, and very stressful.  Causing major drama, because Steven and I can’t seem to agree on what’s best.  I’m just hoping that something will happen, a sign or something, that will solidify things one way or the other.  I’m just ready to make a decision and stick with it.  That what’s my mama would always say to me, when I was having a dilemma.  Once you make a decision, stick with it and you will feel so much better.  Boy I sure could use her advice right now.

I hate that this is the first I’ve posted about this.  We’ve just had so much other stuff going on.  Christopher’s inclusion teacher spoke with me after school today about getting together on Friday with her, his teacher and the Director of Special Education.  Christopher has had some behavioral problems ever since the beginning of the school year.  We had this problem last year too, but things eventually got better.  He has trouble staying seated, and sometimes he just absolutely refuses doing any school work.  And today was one of those days.

So we will meet and hopefully the director will have some input as to where we will go from here.  We will be developing a behavioral plan.  The director is new this year, so I look forward to meeting her.  I’ve spoken with her on the phone, and she seemed very encouraged about him.  They rave over how smart he is, but this behavior issue is hindering him, and needs to get under control before he goes any further in school.  An I completely agree and look forward to getting together with them.

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Here’s a short convo between my 4 year old, Allie and myself:

Allie: “Mama, I wanna be Tinker Bell for Halloween!”

Me:  “Sounds great!”

Allie:  “What are you going to be for Halloween?”

Me:  “Hmmm…how about a Mama?”

Allie:  “Nooooo…your going to be a laptop!”

So what do you think she’s trying to tell me, huh?  LOL My guess is, I spend too much time on my laptop.  So, today I think I’ll talke a break from the computer and spend some quality time with my kids.  I could use the break, and I’m sure they will be happy to have mama all to themselves today!