I'm going to Batman's house

Yesterday I told Sammy he had to go to the doctor for a check. He asked if he was going to get shots, I told him probably. He asked me how many, and I answered I don't know. He got sad, and said "why did you tell me that?"
So today we went to the appointment. Both him and Emma had check ups and both were going to be getting shots. Sammy also passed his vision and hearing tests. Then when it was time for the shots I asked if he wanted Emma to go first, or if he wanted to go first. He bravely said he would go first. After the TB test, he was ready to walk out, but of course he couldn't because the nurse and I were holding him down. After his shots were over he asked if he could go get his sticker...he said he didn't want to hear Emma cry. He then covered his ears. Emma did cry a tad but only for the second and third shot. After the shots were done she was chilling with her pacifier.
Sammy got an Iron Man sticker, and was sooo excited to be leaving the office. He then mentioned he was going to Batman's house. I asked him why and he said that Batman doesn't have to get shots, and he is healthy and strong. Now how can you argue with that logic.

Sammy it's time to get up

This morning I went to wake up John David to get ready for school. He came down from his bed and then told Sammy to get up. In typical Sammy fashion he said "oh, thanks." I asked John David why he woke up Sammy, he said because Sammy told him he was crying that morning when he didn't get to say good bye. Apparently there was some talking in their room last night before they went to bed. Makes me curious...what do they talk about?

Princess Pea

Emma had peas for the first time today. She ate them no problem because they were made with love since mommy was able to make her food today. My intent is to try to make her food if possible. I bought veggies to try to keep that going, but only time will tell if this is going to possible in our crazy house with four kids.

I didn't even tell him to have a good day

This morning Sammy woke up around 8. He asked me to confirm John David was still asleep. I told him John David had already left to go to school. He got upset and said that he didn't even tell him to have a good day, then he sat on the sofa facing the wall. He was quite sad, and was close to crying. I asked him if he wants me to wake him up, and he said yes. Most mornings Sammy is up before John David so it is not an issue, but now I know how important that good bye is.

Dogs have superheroes

This morning I had planned to go to the playground. However Gavin was too tired to go. So he slept and Sammy and Carlos got to play in the backyard. When Sammy first went out he sat right next to Jasmine, who was laying around. He asker her if she wanted to hear a story about Batman. I asked Sammy a story about what...and he answered dogs have superheroes too. Then he continued with his story because Jasmine apparently wanted a story because she kept giving him kisses. Then Carlos decided to go sit on top of Jasmine. It did not phase her any, and let him sit on her. It was quite cute to see Sammy telling her a story and Carlos trying to lay on her and give her a hug. This is the most the kids have ever interacted with the dogs on their own. Then before we came in Sammy went and told Jasmine bye and that if she was good then maybe next time he came out to play again he would tell her another story. way too cute!

I can ask my friend

I forgot to mention Sammy's reaction to the car ride without a carseat. He did not mention anything about the carseat. His only comment was that he could ask his friend how to fix the Tahoe. Apparently Sammy's friends are very handy.

Big Munchkin

Our friends Raja and Sharmila were over for dinner last night. Raja came up when I was putting the boys to bed to tell them goodnight. As Raja was telling them goodnight, Sammy started saying "goodnight big munchkin" and laughing. It was very cute!
Raja has always called the boys his little munchkins, so intelligent Sammy figured out that if he was a little munchkin then Raja was a big munchkin.

Paying attention

On tuesday when I picked up John David from the bus stop he was all excited to tell me about his day. He said that after snack they went to the cafeteria, and someone talked to them. He told me he had to bring the little book the next day if he wanted a prize. He also said that they needed money for the school, and that is when I finally understood what he was talking about. Their school fundraiser was starting that day. After getting home and seeing the materials I saw the little book he was taking about. Needless to say I filled the book with 7 names and addresses of some of you. Then I had him write his name on the seven pages. He told me he had to write a message to everyone. I told him I had already done that. It took him 15 minutes to write his name 7 times. Can you imagine how long it would take him to write a message? I was just shocked at how much attention he had paid to a random person talking to him about fundraising. He actually knows a lot of what is going on...things like this remind me how fast he is growing up.

BTW...He came home with a duck keychain. It quacks and lights up when you squeeze it. He showed it to me when I picked him up from school on wednesday. He was so excited because only three people in his class got a prize. I opened it for him as he was getting in the car. As soon as Sammy said he wanted to play with it, he asked me if I still had the wrapper so he could put it up. I let Sammy play with it for about a minute then it got put up. John David left the duck in his cupholder in the car. I asked him why...he said because he didn't want anything to happen to it. I guess he knows that is a safe place from his brothers.

What are you doing in the garage?

So on Monday night I was putting the kids to bed, and JP went to close the garage. At first I kept hearing the door open and close. I continued to put the boys to bed. Then I heard banging. I went outside and and saw that the garage was not completely closed but it was at an angle. I asked JP if he was in there. I asked what happened, he said he heard a strange noise in the garage when the door was closing, so by trying to fix it he got stuck in the garage. I went back in and unlocked the entry door from the laundry room, so JP could come inside. He and I tried to unjam our door with no luck. So after a few phone calls, and a couple hundred dollars later our door was fixed around 11pm.

I'm so excited...I never ride up front.

That was John David's quote as he was instructed to ride in the front seat of a vehicle for a one time opportunity. Let me start by saying no state laws were broken, but all of my kids are used to riding in carseats with 5 point harnesses.
JP was driving the kids home in the Tahoe. With Emma crying in the background he called and said that the Tahoe had stopped running, and he was on the access road of IH-35. I was at home because I had been at work last saturday.
I drove over to 35 to pick up my kids. He was stopped 50 feet from the exit of the highway so the cars were flying by. This was not a safe spot to move carseats, plus there was no guarantee that I could fit four carseats in the Maxima. I had the carseat that John David uses in the mornings to go to school, so Carlos got to ride front facing, he is still rear facing in my car. Then Sammy sat in the middle of the backseat, with just a seatbelt. I moved over the base to Emma's carrier, and she was on the other of Sammy. Then I moved the front passenger seat back as far as possible and buckled John David in.
It was only a 10 minute car ride home, but I was driving as carefully as I could. JP waited for the tow truck to bring him and the Tahoe home. Tahoe was fixed on sunday afternoon, and now we are back to normal.