10 on Saturday

So, I am stealing this "idea" from a WM friend, who stole it from another blog.  :)  I am busy with school, bringing up two kiddos, and "attempting" to have some type of social life, because oh how I need one.  Hopefully, if it plans out right, I will post 10 interesting facts (couldn't think of a better word) about what's going on in my life on SATURDAY.  I'm thinking I may have to program this to my calendar, to "remind" me, because I am sure eventually I will forget.  Oops!!

• Lately Kai has become a nightmare.  He's saying comments he should NOT be saying to me when he gets upset and showing gestures with his hands, that he did NOT learn from any of the signing videos we've been watching.  I know a lot of his bad behavior has to do with me hardly being home and once I'm there, he's wanting all of my attention, but something's got to give.  He's been very winey (?) lately and throwing major tantrums and totally ignoring what I say.  So this has been a nightmare lately, that just has not ended.  Plump :(
• Mimi has been needy lately.  Waking up every few hours, just to get in bed (or the couch) beside me.  It's ok some night, but every night, not so much.  I love our cuddle time, but I prefer it be at a different hour and not 3 in the morning, when I have to be up at 6ish or so.  
• As I type, I am in Greensboro.  I will be seeing Prince in concert this evening. I am STOKED.  I haven't seen him since 2004.  I think it's time for me to enjoy myself and party like it's 1999.  We will be in the VIP section (yes, I charged this to one of my many credit cards), section A, row 1.  I am hoping we are pretty dang on close.  
• School is becoming a hand full.  This usually happens when it gets close to the end of the semester.  But I know I will get through it, I always do.  Currently, I am working on my presentation on Cymbalta, that's due this coming up Monday.  
• I have so much to look forward to in the next couple of weeks, that it's so hard to stay focused.  But I must get a grip to reality and be patient and WAIT.
• Apparently, there's a big chance I will be teaching one of the Organic Chemistry labs this summer, to help prepare myself for round 2 of Advanced Organic Chemistry.  I am super nervous, but come April, I will be watching several videos to prepare myself, so I am not looking like a fool in a class full of undergraduates.  
• Kai will be getting his thyroid levels check next Wednesday, this occurs very 4 months for his hypothyroidism.  Mimi will be going to see her Geneticist on April 8; which I am glad for, since we haven't seen her since 2009.
• I need to find a way to STOP using my credit cards.  I was good at one point, but then I gave in.  Whomp!
• Currently, my favorite song is "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri.
• And my dang on "J" key on my laptop keeps getting stuck.  wth?!!!

Thanks for reading.  Hopefully, when I get a "free" moment, I will post a video of Mimi signing yes and apple. She was a little fussy, she wanted my iTouch, so the videos are a little here and there with her lovely behavior.  :)

  

A Month Later...............WOW!!

Oh my goodness.  Where did the time GO????  It's been a "month" since I've posted.  I know I've been swamped with life and school, but did not realize I hadn't posted a single blog since February.  Oops.  So, here's a breakdown on what's been going on in "everyone's" life..............

Mimi

Lately, Miss Mimi has been fairly cranky.  She has NOT wanted to sleep through the night and when she wakes up in the middle of the night, she thinks it's ok to stay up for an hour or so, either crying, babbling, or climbing all over myself or her brother.  In my opinion, it seems like she's getting taller by the day.  Before you know it, she's going to be caught up with her brother.  Today, she had a mini-evaluation for her transition at the age 3, to start school, etc.  It went pretty well.  She interacted fairly well with one of the OT interns and we were given three options for her to attend school.  Right now, I am leaning more towards the CDC, so hopefully, they will allow her to go there.  I'm not super stoked with the fact that she will most likely be placed in a "special needs" class, versus a class that's 50:50, but I guess it's something I have to live with.  I understand she's "special needs" but feel she would do better around other children who aren't considered "special needs", but it's all good.  :)

I haven't had the chance to work on signs with her like I've wanted to, mainly because I've been too busy trying not to burn myself out at school, but apparently my dad and Kai have been helping her.  She's been working on thirsty; instead of sliding her finger down her throat, she rubs at her whole face.  I'm working on if she wants something to drink or she's thirsty, she has to show me.  She can fuss and cry all she wants, but she will not get it until she signs it, which she's been doing very well.  She's also signing apple; which instead of bending your finger into your cheek and rotating, she's pinching at it and turning it.  Which is good.  I know what it is and she's making progress.  Another one is yes; she does that one very well.  Of course her brother taught her how to sign no, but I'm trying to divert her from that one.  All and all, she's doing good and she knows quite a handful of signs, and we are so PROUD of her.  

Kai

Lately, he's been a hand to handle.  He's not been listening or he's been doing the total opposite of what I ask.  It's actually about to drive me off the wall at times.  I know a lot of it has to do with the fact that I am at school all day, but this child just is not listening.  I know he doesn't see me most of the day, but jumping on mommy like I am a bouncy adventure or what not, has to give.  My poor body can only take so much.  

He's doing really good with his signing too.  It helps a lot, since he uses them with Mimi.  To be honest, I think he knows more than I do.  :(  But that's ok.  He learns a lot and seems to NOT forget anything.  

Just the other day, he started citing the Pledge of Allegiance.  I didn't even know he knew what that was.  He learns so much at school and tells me so little.

He has his More at 4 evaluation on Wednesday, so we will see how that goes.  Hopefully good, because I really want him in school.  I think it will do him so good.  If he doesn't qualify, I will be finding something for him.  I know he wants to go to school more than two days a week.  Being stuck at home all day can be tiresome for a 4 year old, this I understand.

Mommy

I have so much on my plate at the moment, but I am making it work.  Yeah for me!!!  If it has to be done, it will be done.  In the next couple of weeks, months, and even days.  I have so much to look forward to and trust and believe, I am super STOKED!!!  Let me get through the next couple of weeks, and I think I will be even more excited.  Right now, I am happier than I have been in a very long time and hoping the happiness does not go away, but no one can predict the future, right?!!

Well, this is just a little update on what's going on in my world.............

Signing shirts I had made by "Coming up Baby"

Malakai   & Mimi

Love them!!!