Our not so amazing walk yesterday...

Copied and pasted from the Aug 02 board so I don't have to retype.]

Yesterday our family signed up to do an Autism Awareness Walk to the new monument they built and were doing the dedication for. There was a long walk and a short walk. The long was 3 1/2 miles and the short was 1 1/2 miles. I really wanted to do the long. I wanted the excersize and I wanted to know I could do it! After the ceremony everyone was to walk back to the park for Root Beer Floats.

We made it 1/2 way NOT including any of the tough hills etc and decided to turn back. I couldn't carry Kailer anymore he was breaking me and Kaeden was whining and crying and really struggling (until we got back to the park of course) and I was frustrated knowing we weren't going to make it to the ceremony. We were offered a ride back by the 1/2 way point people and Steven said Nah we'll walk. If we hadn't had kids this would have been great, but with the boys it was turning into a very stressful event. As the 1/2 way point people left to head back to the park they stopped to double check we didn't need a ride. Kaeden was crying most of the way, Kai wanted to walk but was more interested in wandering and was downright tired of being carried and I said Yes, the boys need to a ride back cause I can't manage this for another 40min LOL Steven was then upset because not only did we not "finish" the walk but we had to get a ride back. We ended up leaving as soon as we got to the park before the walkers got back from the ceremony. We never got to see the monument up close (it's not far from our house and we've talked about making the short walk after we drive most of the way to see it LOL) We didn't get rootbeer floats, adn we left feeling very discouraged. I'm still unhappy that we didn't finish...... I guess we learned a very important lesson. When walking LOOONG walks with children you either need a stroller for the chunky monkey cause Momma's back and hips can only carry him for so long even with the sling and when you've got a 4yr old you just need to take the short walk ;) We could have completed the short walk I'm sure of it..... *sigh* live and learn... Now I feel silly to wear the t-shirt considering we didn't even make it to the ceremony. Hey at least we donated our $30 to a good cause ;)
*End of Aug 02 boards post*



Onto other things. Kai is turning into quite the toddler! He is starting to copy words we say out of nowhere but only when HE feels like it ;) He loves to point out my eyes, ears, nose (this means giving me a beep beep) He's a running climbing fool now. Up on everything. Just when I started to feel safe letting him play in the backyard with his big brother while I cleaned the house inside he learned a new skill and I have to be outside monitoring him constantly now! He learned a couple days ago how to climb the ladder on the swing set and slide down the slide. Unfortunately it's a LONG fall and he's almost fallen a few times so an adult must be with him making sure he doesn't topple backwards off the swing set at all times. Kaeden is really great about catching him at the bottom of the slide though ;) If only he were tall enough to make sure he didn't fall off the top, then I could let the kids play alone again! Our grass is looking like a jungle right now because I reseeded the lawn last Sunday and now we can't mow til the new stuff comes up! The original seeding from March grew, but it was comign in patchy and looking like a balding man the way it was growing in. SOOOooo I reseeded and am hoping for the best this time around. Whatever does/doesn't grow this time will be my last seeding til summer is over. I am tired of having to keep the kids off the grass~! It's not a beautiful lawn by any means, it's got a ton of weeds, but they are green weeds and they are not stickers so I am not complaining LOL As long as it covers the ground, is green and soft I'm happy at this piont. Nothing is worse then the dirt/weeds and stump we had in there before right?! lol Here are a couple pics of Kai on the swingset and our patchy grass. That funky looking stuff is a patch filler we bought to give a try!






Speaking of funny things Kai says or does He has the "grump" look perfected and loves to give it to us when he's mad or when he's trying to make us laugh. He hasn't rolled his eyes at me in awhile which I suppose although not many people had the opportunity to see it, it's probably a good thing this did not become a bad habit LOL He is now interested in talking on the phone, and loves to say yes, owie and bye bye to whomever he is talking to LOL He is infatuated with owie's lately and is always showing me his owies... If only I could type the facial expressions he makes when he shows me an owie, unfortunately I cannot and will have to try to capture that on video someday. I swear Kailer talks SO MUCh with his face that it's amazing. Kaeden talked a lot with his face but Kai uses much more eye's and lips... Kaeden used more eyebrows. When cars drive by instead of saying car he goes "VROOM VROOM" in his best car voice ;) Kai also really knows what he wants lately. Got him out of the bath the other night and told Kaeden once I was done with kai he needed to get out or else Kai would want back in. Before I could get Kaeden out of the tub I hear him yell my name and when I get into the bathroom I find Kai fully dressed in his fresh diaper and PJ's sitting in the tub just splashing away....... *sigh* He climbed in there all by himself! Since when can he do that?!?!?! lol Kaeden thought it was pretty funny that his brother was bathing in his PJ's. Here are a few pics to show you these things...
He cannot help but smile since he's not Really grumpy in this pic LOL and then the other pics he is trying to be grumpier without smirking LOL it's too funny.






Since our last post I had my first ER trip with Kaeden for an owie~!! The kids were playing in the backyard with their new rakes and shovels they got for Easter.. Tatum was pulling the branches of our tree down with the rake so that Kaeden and Triniti could grab leaves off for whatever stew or fairy food they were concocting that day LOL The branches slipped and the rake came down on Kaeden's head putting a nice round hole in it. I took him to the ER expecting that they would not do anything for it since there wasn't much room for a stitch. They cleaned it up and said one staple should do it! I was like oh here we go....It took 4 of us to hold him down to get the needle in to numb it. That was one of the most horrible things I've ever had to do to one of my children. if it had been MY head with a hole in it I would have left the hole alone and NOT gone to the ER at all LOL And here I was forcing my 4yr old to be numbed up :( He was begging me to let him go, get him out of there etc and it was breaking my heart. Once the numbing was done the staple went in super easy with no tears. Once the staple was in I got really hot, really sick to my stomach and really shakey. I had to sit down so I didn't pass out LOL I felt sick to my stomach for 2 hours after that whole thing was over. Kaeden loved showing off his staple and had it in for 11 days. He was a champ getting it removed and hopefully we dont' have to do anything like that again anytime soon!

Since my last post I have also joined Weight Watchers officially. I'm losing but it's Slllooooowwwwww going. I'm down 10lbs since starting my weightloss journey and 7lbs since starting WW as of last Monday. My weigh in days are Monday so we'll see what that scale tells me tomorrow! I'm also trying to become more active and it is NOT an easy thing to do! We went last weekend on a hike to lake Lenore caves and had a wonderful time. We were supposed to go today but Steven's back is really hurting him and he's sore from our walk yesterday. He ended up carrying Kaeden for a little while so I'm sure that's what made him sore, and his back was already giving him problems before we even started the walk. It was lots of fun and I hope we make it back to the caves soon. I want to get a new camera and then go to the caves again ;) Wouldn't that be nice :) *sigh* Someday I'll get the new camera I want!



Well I really should end this for now. I was not doing a very good job updating so I will try to be better again. My children always say the cutest things and do the funniest things and I imagine coming here and what I should post, what I should title it and what pics I should include and then I never do it. Bad Blogger!!!!