A new look

Well, I finally sat down and made some changes. I wanted a different background, but the ones I was trying, kept making my posts go away. I finally put a pic and some blinkies on here. I'll probably do more, but for now, I'm happy :) Hope ya'll like it.

Our freezer went out in our refrigerator the other day. So now we have a bunch of food we have to eat before it goes bad. :(

Ross has been getting into trouble at school. Ugh! Having problems doing the whole raise your hand thing. Oh, well. We'll just have to work harder on it.

Can you believe it's almost Oct? It's crazy!

Trivia question~ Where does this phrase come from~ "The Lord helps those who help themselves"?

Please don't critize me

Kinda a rant~ just need to vent

I'm was looking into some new insurance the other day. The guy calls to find out info. Well, I tell him that Mark is diagnosed with ODD and ADHD. Then he begins to take our birthdays. Here's a part of our conversation:

Me: Gives Mark's b-day
Him: Oh~ he's only 4?
Me: Yeah
Him: And he's already diagnosed with ADHD and ODD?
Me: Yeah
Him: Just sounds like being a 4 year old to me. I have a 4 year old and she can be kinda wild, but that's just being 4.
Me:Well, he was having problems at school and at home
Him: I have a 4 year old and a 7 year old. My four year old can get rowdy and everything. Sometimes she doesn't listen. That's just a part of being 4.

EXCUSE ME??? Does he know my child? All he knows is that he's 4 and he assumes that there's nothing wrong?

Let me be clear with everyone. I wrestled for many months about taking him to the doctor. I knew something was going on and figured what it was. Just was trying to not take him to the doctor~ I knew what they'd say. I just know that a lot of parents use these conditions as crutches for not wanting to parent.

The past year everything has been going crazy. I just didn't want to resort to going to the doctor. I wanted to be "Super Mommy" and be able to handle it. Then it got so bad that he was even having problems in pre-school. It was to the point that I was in tears almost every night and was so discouraged. I had tried all kinds of discipline. I had tried all kind of reward incentives. I had tried the taking away of toys. I was at my wits end. I had no reserve left. I HAD to get help. If I didn't, I'd be in a nut house.

Since being on medicine, he is doing awesome in school. He's been paying more attention in school. At home, he's been able to get one "project" done before having to hop up and do something different. He's more compliant. He's listening better. He's getting better sleep at night.

If you don't agree, it's ok. A lot of people don't agree with children being put on drugs for these conditions. To each his own. Some people NEED them. My son is one of them

As someone told me when I was wrestling with this~ "If your child was sick, wouldn't you treat it?" That's what I'm doing. Helping him stay well.

Not doing so well....

....with keeping up with my blog :(. Well, I'm still here :)

Schools going ok. I'm having a tough time with my Astronomy. I hope it'll get better.

My schedule is CRAZY. I've never had to be in so many places as the same time and it's defiantly different.

Ross is starting Cub Scouts. I hope he'll stick with it. I'm just not sure.

L had his 20th HS reunion this weekend. It was cool, even if his "crew" wasn't all there. Met some of the people I've heard all the crazy stories about. They are talking about having a huge b-day party for them all when they turn 40. That's gonna be interesting.

Also, my "niece" had a birthday party Sat. So we were at the park from 11am to 7pm. Long day, but fun

My 10 year is next year. SO hard to believe it's been that long. Just crazy how fast the time goes by.

Time flying: Christmas in 3 months!; My 5 year anniversary in 4 months; Mark turns 5 in 4 months; I turn 28 in 5 months; my girls turn 12 and 14 in 6 months. CRAZY!!! Where~ please tell me~ has this year gone??!!

Pictures from this past Sat.

Write ya later.

Well, I'm hanging in there. Hope things are going good for everyone else.

School started for me last week. Such a different schedule for me. I'm going to school during the day since Mark is in preschool now. I'm such a night owl that this having to get up and be "ready to learn" at 8am is crazy.

The public schools started today. I'm going to pick up Ross from 2nd in a little bit.

Everything else is me just hanging in there. I know God is there for me.

Write ya later.

Wow

Didn't realize it had been so long since I had posted. My bad :)

Well, I'm starting a Bible Drill team with the children in Sept. and am hoping to start one sometime for the youth. I am so looking forward to it. The leader's guide I got has so many options of how to do things. It's awesome.

Started school today. Had my Intermediate Spanish class this morning. Then in the morning, I go to my Math class bright and early. Gonna be a big change for me, but I know I can do it.

Mark's doing better. He did get into trouble at school today. He wanted to be "line leader" and pushed another child out of the way. He has no patience (like his daddy hehe)

Next week~ Ross starts 2nd, Emily starts 6th (she's nervous about middle school), and Ashley starts 8th (she's happy about her last year in middle school). One more year before Mark is in "big boy" school.

Hubby's 20th year reunion is in September. It'll be interesting.

I can't believe how fast this year has gone! Where does the time go??

I guess that's it for now.

Write ya later.

The Zoo and news

We took the boys to the zoo last Wed. It was HOTT!

(Ross didn't want to make a good face for the pic)

They were able to "paint" with water on this chalboard.

This is a marble egg statue. It's made from Georgia marble.



This explains what eggs are what.

My boys on the egg statue.

My Shorty :) awww



Another pic of Shorty

Took Mark to the doctor today. I have been going absolutely crazy~ and I mean literally. I cried Sun. cuz I just can't handle how Mark has been behaving lately. When we went to the zoo~which is 5 MILES long and Mark walked the whole time~when we got home, you'd think he'd drop from being tired. But noooooo~ he was bouncing off the walls. Sunday, he talked for 5 hours straight and never got quiet. Now he's done a lot of this before, but it's getting worse and worse. He was diagnosed with Oppositional Deviance Disorder and will also be diagnosed with ADHD. She couldn't say ADHD until she gets an evaluation from Mark's teacher, but it's pretty clear.

The evaluation~ First 9 questions~the attention part of ADHD~have to have 5 out of the 9 questions.....Mark had 8 (I didn't answer one question cuz it didn't have to do with Mark~ so technically he had all the ones I answered)

Second 9 questions~the hyperactivity part of ADHD~ have to have 5 out of the 9 questions.....Mark again had 8

Next 5 questions~ODD~have to have 3 out of the 5...Mark had 4.

Then the rest had to do with depression and anxiety disorder~ which I knew he didn't have that.

So now maybe I can get some help for him AND me. I've been having a tough time dealing with him the last few months. Especially when I have Mark and Ross together. They just grate on each other and fight all the time. Just pray that I can get thru all this.

Write ya later.

Semester's over :)

Whew. The semester is over. I made an A in both World Religions and Intro to Computers. Yeah me :) Next semester: Astronomy, Math, and Intermediate Spanish 1. Astronomy~ I've always wanted to figure out where all the stars are. I can find Orion's belt....but that's it. I can't even find the Dippers. Math~ the math I'm taking is cuz I can't remember what I learned in HS. hehe. I had to take a test to place in college math and didn't do so well, so I have to take this one first. Intermediate Spanish 1~ I've been out of Spanish for 3 semesters now so I figured I needed to go back and take this one again. I'll take Spanish and Math at the school and Astronomy online.

Lewis stayed home Wednesday and we took the boys to the zoo. I'll post pics later. It was fun, but it was hot!!!

We're having a bit of problem with Ross. Don't know if his medicine isn't working right or what. He's also not sleeping thru the night, so I don't think his sleep medicine is working. So frustrating.

We did our first performance the other night at church. It went real well. I'll have to get the pics from my FIL and post them.

Hope to get our bible drill teams going soon. Don't know when, but hopefully soon.

Write ya later.

New Photos

Mark actually made this cake for Lewis. It was great!!!

Can ya tell he iced it, too? hehe

Our new member of the family. He's such a sweetheart. He was free at the Animal Shelter. His owners abandoned him. I don't know how. His name is Shorty. He's a pug mix and is such a loving dog.

Great News!

Ok first~ I've got my new creative ministries group going at my church. It's so awesome.

Second~ I am starting some Bible Drill Teams with the children and the youth. I've got some information right now, just got to get a few more things.

Third~ I have been asked to help out with the youth group more. The lady working with them now and I are going to sit down sometime and find some new curriculum to get for them. I'm excited to work with them. It's what I've wanted to do for a long time. Just at my other church, I was so far away to really get as involved as I wanted to be.

Let me tell ya, these youth have been so neglected. During our Bible study on Wed's, I asked them one time who had ever given their testimony. They asked...."What's that?" I was like "Did I hear that right?" Also, these kids don't even know the books of the Bible, they have to look in the table of contents every time I asked them to look something up. At their age, I already knew them for years. So I had gone up to the pastor and asked if I could start the Bible Drill Teams. And he said yes. I'll do it with the youth and the children. I'm going to get ahold of the children before they are neglected too.

And fourth~ Saved the best for last~~My daughters got saved this week! I'm so proud of them. Just keep them in your prayers that their mother will support them. That worries me a lot.

L's b-day cake

My best friend got this b-day cake for L. It's so cool.



With 38 candles



Blowing the candles....



See all the smoke?! hehe

After candles taken out. Looks like he missed shooting the deer hehe

Not dead :)

I'm still around :) Just haven't been doing good at keeping up with everything. School's out for the semester in a week, so I'll be able to keep it up for a few weeks.

Went to NASCAR Speedpark last Sat. for L's b-day. It was a blast.



L beating Emily



Ashley



Playing putt-putt



Miniature L hehe (I made him do this lol)



Miniature Emily



Miniature Ashley

My unique items

I did two things cuz I couldn't decide.

This trunk is from my mom. It's over 100 years old passed down through the family(can't remember the exact # of years) My brother was supposed to get it, but never came and picked it up, so I got it :)

When L's step-father passed away, we got this. I just think it's so cool. We have it hanging up above our mantle. Definitely a conversation piece.

YEAH

We had our first practice tonight for our new group, Creative Ministries. It went well. We came up with our name: Water Walkers. It refers to a song I did when I first came, Voices of Truth. We are stepping out on the "water" and having faith that God has big plans for our group. Plus, I found out that our church name means "Living Water", so it fits us all the way around :)

Our first piece is "I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb" We did a great bit of work on it. We are already planning on doing it for the 5th Sunday sing. I'm sooo excited.

Just wanted to let you know how it went.

Write ya later.

I will miss you Chris

I don't know how many of you watch WWE. It's my bad vice. Pray for the family of this man. Chris Benoit. I've watched him for the past 10 years. Today, him, his wife, and 7-yr-old son were found dead in their house. The police at this time are saying it's a double murder-suicide and he was the one who did it. Although I don't know him personally, I don't believe he would do this. He was too passionate about life and such a loving father to do his kids. He has 2 other kids from a previous relationship. Pray for peace in their heart while everything is coming out about their father.

Just pray for the family and that the police will come out with the truth.

Well, been a while. Sorry. :)

Mark finished school on May 25th. He goes there for summer camp. He had the cutest little end of year program. He's the 3rd from the left.



He ate an olive. Didn't like it hehe.



Daddy just chilling with his big guy.



A couple of weeks ago, we went for a family "date" night. L, me, Emily, and Mark went out for pizza then out to the movies. We saw Night at the Museum. I liked it.







Well, almost 5 weeks ago, I started a diet and an exercise program. I'm only allowed to weigh myself once a week (so I won't know until Mon. what I lost this week), I've lost 8 lbs in 4 weeks. Although I know that's a healthy way to lose (2lbs a week), it's frustrating when I'm eating healthy and exercising and not losing more than that. I know I'm doing good, cuz I have a pair of shorts that I bought before I started and they are too big now. Pray that I can stick with this.

Next weekend, we won't have the girls (they're going to their grandmother's house in Fla) so we'll have a one kid weekend. I tried to talk L into going away for the weekend (since we haven't gone anywhere in almost 5 year), but it looks like it's a no go. They've loaded him at work and so he'll probably be working all weekend. :( Oh well.

We started a new youth group bible study. It's by the Billy Graham people. It's called Dare to be a Daniel. It's awesome. We started last Wed. and it's a 13 week study. I'm excited. It's a good bible study.

Also, on July 1st I'm officially starting my Creative Ministry group. We will meet every other Sun. night. I have 8 people so far. Might get more :)
This weekend is going to be crazy. Tomorrow~ morning: have a soccer game; afternoon: Mark has a Kindergym performance, meet up with my MIL; evening:soccer award presentation; MIL spends the night. Sun.~church in morning, family reunion afternoon, church at night. So it's all going to be interesting and tiring. Pray for me :)

Write ya later.

Saw this on mychurch.org and just had to post it!!

Whoohoo

I got my letter from the college. I'm getting my grant!! Yeah!! I thought I might only get to take one class a semester next year, but I got the grant to go full-time (if the classes I need are available). I'm so happy!!

We have a fly problem. It's driving me nutz. We have a fly strip in the kitchen and in our bathroom (there was 7 in there the other morning!), but they are like low flying flies hehe. They stay below the fly strip. The one in the bathroom got one yesterday and one today, but there are others and it's driving me nutz.

Mark's end-of-year party is tomorrow. The "school" year is over for him, but he'll go to WeeSports. It's a summer program for him. The schools aren't out until June 8th and hopefully Ross will get to do a summer program too.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Write ya later.

Pictures

Me playing putt-putt



What my niece did during her "naptime" hehe (click on the next 3 pictures to get the full effect :) )







Carnations I got for Mother's Day~ The white one in memory of my "mom" Charlene and the red one in honor of my mom, Anne

Mark's 1st award~ For knowing his opposites.

Ross' soccer game

Hola

Well, I'm still not keeping up with this as I wish to, but I'll catch ya up again.

*I made a C in my American History class (I forgot to do one assignment and one test grade killed my grade) I don't know yet what I made in my Abnormal Psychology class. (hopefully good :) )

*Ross is still doing good. I'm proud of him.

*I start my first class tomorrow night (Mon.). I then start my other 2 classes next week. I'm so excited.

*I started a new diet. Plus, I've been exercising everyday (I did miss one day) I know I've lost weight, but I don't know how much yet. With this diet, I'm not supposed to weigh myself but once a week, so I'll find out tomorrow how much I've lost (I'll keep ya posted) Plus my BFF and I have a challenge going with our exercise. I'm competitive, so I'm motivated :)

*Mark is doing great in preschool. He's getting used to having to go and he's loving it.

*I'll get some pics up this week. I have a bunch I need to get downloaded onto my cpu , so I'll put them on then.

Write ya later.

Hello everyone

Well, so much has been going on, but I'll just hit the hi-lites.

*Ross is eligible to get help from school. Yahoo. I was afraid they'd say no again, but I was pleasantly surprised.

*My spring semester is over. Yeah! I'm happy and can't wait til the 14th to start the summer semester :)

*Mark is loving his preschool. Soon it'll be time for WeeSports (the summer program).

*Ross is loving soccer. It may be rained out on Sat., but we'll see.

*Lewis' back has been bothering him. It's more on his pelvic bone than his spine, so I think he hurt a muscle.

*I get to start my creative ministry group on Sun. I'm so excited.

*On Mon., I am starting a diet. I'm actually excited about it. Also, me and my BFF has an exercise challenge going. It'll be interesting.

*I get to pick up Mark's first "school" pictures next Thurs. I can't wait (plus, my MIL has been bugging us for an 8x10 of him so now I can get her one)

Well, I've hit the hi-lites. So much has happened and so much time between my posts, that I'd bore ya if I tried to tell ya everything. :) Hopefully I'll do better and keep this thing up :)

Write ya later

AWESOME

Ok~ I am the youngest of 5 kids (Braxton, 45 Blake 44, Deatra (died 3 days before she was born) would've been 39 and Derik 37 almost 38) and I am 27. I was closest to my 2 younger brothers Blake and Derik. They're my favorites.

Seven years ago, I lost touch with Derik. I was crushed. He was my "Gar" ~ don't know. My mom said that one day I just started calling him "Gar" and Blake "Big Gar"

Sat April 21st, 2007~ I heard from my "Gar" I cried. I was soooo happy. Hopefully we will be the bro-sis we were before.

One more test and one more writing for American History~project and a final for Abnormal Psychology and this semester will be over. Whooo. Summer semester~Intro to Computers (not many classes to chose from hehe) and World Religions. Then also taking a class (non-credit) Conversational Spanish. I am so excited to begin next semester.

I'm starting my Creative Ministries at my new church on May 6th (oh, in case I forgot to tell ya, I have joined the church I've been visiting. I'm loving it there) I am so excited to be doing all the things I'm doing there. It's an awesome church to be at.

Anyways~ Just wanted to let ya know of all the awesome news I have. It's great.

Write ya later.

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone. I pray that God heals your hearts.

Just wanted to get this one on here for Crystal and D. I drove around this truck 3 times to get a good pic of it:) Hope ya'll like it.

I've been kinda slack huh? I'm still here~ just trying to adjust to my new schedule hehe.

Mark's loving preschool. The kids are out of school this week, so he has no school either and it's driving him nutz hehe.

Ross has been ok. It's not as great as he's been, but it's not bad either. He did pretty well on his report card. He had an encounter with a bully last week, but he's resilient.

L is working all the time. I should be used to it by now, but by him being at another company for a year, I guess I got spoiled by how much he's was home.

Easter weekend was great. Sat. the youth sponsored an egg hunt at the church. They had games and prizes and of course the egg hunt. That afternoon my MIL came in and spent the night with us. Sun. we went to church (of course :)) Then had our own egg hunt at our house. It was so funny. We put some in very obvious places and the girls would stand beside them saying they couldn't find anymore. They were too busy trying to find the "hard-to-find" eggs that they didn't see them right in front of them hehe.

Emily's been staying with us for this week. It's been fun having her around.

We have to take Mark and Ross to the urologist today. It's time for them to check on his one kidney and make sure the other one is completely gone. Hopefully everything is how it's supposed to be by now. Ross is having a check-up to make sure he does't have an urinary infection.

This weekend also showed me how times have changed! Ashley was wearing some jelly bracelets. I don't know if ya'll have heard of this or not, but they are called "sex bracelets" now. Each color represents what the wearer will do. Sheesh~~ when I was in school, they were just bracelets. I went online to find out what the colors meant. Let's just say about half of her bracelets had to come off. Then me and my BF sat down with her had had a long conversation about "things". So much stuff she has heard and when I was her age, I didn't hear of til years later. Please pray that she will be open with me and not go out to "try" things to figure them out. I feel as tho I've made her feel comfortable to come talk to me, but you never know.

I also finally shooed some Jehovah Witnesses off. There was one lady who kept coming and seeing me for about 6 months now, but I never felt as tho I had the ammo to tell them I didn't believe in what they believed in. I honestly don't know everything that they believe. Well, they came by Sat and was talking to me and I was doing my normal "smile and nod and zone out". Then she handed me the magazine like normal. I always go back in the house and throw them away immediately. Well, she asked me if I enjoyed reading their magazine. I told her "I honestly don't read it." She said "Really?!" I said "Nope. I don't believe what ya'll believe" She said "Well, just read it and see if you do or not" I said "Nope. I KNOW I don't" She said "Oh. Well, if you don't read it (I hand the magazine back to her) Thank you for being honest" Her and the other lady got back into their car and left. I thank God I could do that. I know I should know how to talk to them, but that's something I need to work on.

Well sorry for the novel hehe.

Write ya later.

1. Married to whom?
Lewis

2. How long have you been married?
4 Years

3.Where did you get married?
Rowan County Courthouse (w/my best friend~ double wedding)

4. Where did you propose or were proposed to?
At home.

5. Have you ever been married before your current marriage?
No

6. Who "wears the pants" in the house?
Mostly me.

7. Who is the "bread-winner"?
Lewis (after I get my degree, I'll help)

8. Do you have any children?
Yes 2 boys and 2 girls

9. Do you own a home or rent?
Own

10. How many times a week do just the two of you go out?
Never. Haven't been out in about 4 years

11. Do you have separate checking accounts?
Nope.

12. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
Right. (Is this a girl thing? or do the guys just take over the left side? hehe)

13. Who does the laundry?
Me. Lewis don't know how I like my clothes done hehe

14. Do you share a vehicle or each have your own?
2~ both given to us, so we don't have car payments

15. Do you get along with your in-laws?
FIL~yes; MIL~ not so much

16. Do you argue?
Sometimes~ we're both so stubborn and hard headed

17. What is one thing about your spouse no one knows?
If I told, then you'd know hehe

18. What is your favorite physical feature of your spouse?
His arm muscles and his blue eyes

19. What is one thing you would change about your spouse?
I'll have to think about that one

20. Name a movie that will always remind you of your spouse?
Jurassic Park III (movie on our first date)

Sooo busy!!!!

Wow. I'm not used to going, going, going. hehe.

Monday~ Actually not much :)
Tuesday~ Went and got info on getting Mark into preschool. Ross had soccer. Girls stay with us.
Wednesday~Took all 4 kids to school. Mark starts preschool. Go to church. Girls stay again.
Today~Take girls to school and Mark to preschool. Babysit my niece.
Tomorrow~Take Mark to preschool. Get things together for a meeting at Ross' school on Mon. Go bowling.
Sat.~ROG practice; take all 3 kids with me (L has to work)
Sun.~ Youth Sunday (Ash does children's sermon, I help children's choir)

I haven't been on the go like this before. I usually get to stay up late, sleep in a bit, and do household chores when I want. Now I have to schedule them in hehe.

As you saw above, Mark started preschool. AWWW I almost cried hehe. They are super nice (and super cheap hehe) So much for the the kids to do there. I love his teacher. She said he's still adjusting (since this is the first time in his life he hasn't been with me everyday). I figure he's gonna be adjusting for a long time hehe.

Ross has been doing AWESOME! I love it. Plus, his school is pushing all the paperwork thru to get him tested for help at school. It's great. Instead of waiting the 4-6 weeks, they are getting started ASAP.

Soccer with Ross has been fun. I'm now an asst. coach on his team, so he don't have to wait an hour before his practice. I'll post soccer pictures next week. Emily thought she was taking pictures...well, she wasn't. She didn't push the button down all the way hehe.

Now with Mark in preschool, I can go to school in the mornings and get more classes that way. Great! The night classes they offer, I've taken all I can (unless they finally offer something new this next semester hehe) I have my mid-term for abnormal psychology tonight. I hope I do well.

Hope everyone is doing great.

Write ya later.

Great News!

Well, we had Ross' MRI done today. He did great. I was so proud of him.

Soccer went great last night. They messed up with the scheduling, so Ross had to wait an hour while I coached a team, and then had his practice. He did so well. Now, if I had tried to do that when he was on his other meds.....forget it. I love this new medicine he's on. I have my little boy back. I missed him.

He did a drill where they tap the top of the ball with the toes of their feet. Ross accidentally tried to stand on it and *flip*, he falls on his butt. The coach comes over worried and asks if he's ok and Ross says "Yeah, that felt good" hehe. Later, as they play some soccer, Ross falls. The coach comes over and says "Did that feel good?" Ross~"No." and looks at him like he's crazy for thinking that. hehe

I forgot to take my camera to practice, but I'll remember next time. He looked so cute.

Thanks for all the prayers for us. I have felt them.

Write ya later.

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Good news....bad news

Well, we saw a new neurologist on Fri. We are happy with him. He told us that the last 2 medicines that Ross was prescribed.......he shouldn't have had, due to the kind of seizures he has. So the doc gave us a new medicine and he started it that night. So far so good. This doc is actually listening to us. Praise God!

Ross' MRI is rescheduled for Wed. morn. at 7:30am.

We had 2 b-day parties on Sat. Ashley had one from 2-5, then Emily had a sleepover. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. hehe

I start coaching soccer tomorrow night. I can't wait. I still haven't heard when Ross is supposed to start and that's aggravating me. I've called a couple of people and they don't know, so I'm gonna call around some more UGGG hehe

And the bad news.....Sat afternoon, our a/c and heat quit working. The afternoons aren't too bad, cuz we have a good wind going on, but the mornings are COLD. I just got off the phone with an a/c place and they are sending someone out between 11 and 1. I was happy someone could come today. I was worried about that.

Write ya later.

Another post

I know I know...ANOTHER one? hehe

Anyways, we are going to another neurologist tomorrow. I'm praying this one can help us more. He is the one that told Ross' step-mom that Ross shouldn't have even been given this last medicine, that it was bad for him.

Plus, we are to meet with an exceptional program lady. To try and get Ross some help NOW. Oh~ I just realized, I haven't told ya what happened yesterday.

I'll TRY and not make it too long :)

I get a call from Ross' PE teacher that he has hit her and began running around the gym and I needed to come get him. I get there and he is ANGRY. He won't talk to me. I tell him "Fine, get your coat on and let's go" Nope, he wouldn't do it. I put one arm in, he'd take the other arm out. Finally I get his coat on. Then he won't get up. Finally he does. We go to the door of the school and he stops, turns, and starts running down the hallway. I catch him and we start to go back out. We get one foot out the door and he drops his book bag and takes off! I look at Mark, tell him to go inside to the office and tell them mommy needs help, and I take off after Ross. He gets halfway across the parking lot (it's a big parking lot) and I'm afraid he's heading toward the busy road. He then turns a sharp left and starts running thru the school yard. I finally get him (I need to get in shape). Then I take him to the SUV and he don't want to get in. I get him in and he doesn't want to buckle. I get him buckled and the Asst. Principle asks me if I'll be ok. I tell her yeah. Get home~he don't want to get out. I had to literally drag him out. We get inside and he goes to his room. I call his step-mom and I tell her what happened. By this time, Ross has calmed down enough to tell us what was wrong. The rest of the day.......he was GREAT. He didn't talk back, did what I told him to, and was wonderful.

Ross, when he is told to do an assignment, HAS to do the whole thing at one time. He can't stop and pick it back up later. Well, his teacher had given an assignment and then realized they had to go to PE and had to stop doing the work. So he was already really upset with that. When they got in PE, he just got more agitated when the teacher wanted him to "be an elephant". At this time (if they'd listen to what we have TOLD them) they should have let him sit by himself and cool off, but they don't listen and that's where we found ourselves yesterday.

So how was your day? hehehe Just a glimpse into another day in our household. Just pray that we can get help...SOON.

Write ya later.

I finally remembered to do my M&M. hehe

Day at the park

Here's some pics from the park

He wanted to sit and "take a rest for a lil while" hehe

This is a duck that Ross called "Grandma duck"

This duck (below) kept following us around and hissing at us. I have a fear of hissing ducks/geese. I got bit by one on a field trip in school and ever since then, I can't stand to be around hissing ones. I was walking everywhere to get away from this one, but couldn't hehe

Write ya later