My 3 Girls

I'm in love with this picture!! 

My big girls came to visit this morning. :)

Little JClaire in her blanket from home. 

She loves her green paci just like CRC did. Oh no!!

CDC looks like such a big girl holding her! It seems like I was just here in this same hospital having CDC.

This morning CDCs attitude was completely different. She loved on baby girl all morning and didn't want to leave her to go to school!

 CRC still loved holding her baby "skister" 

Parent Teacher Conference

CDC's PT Conference for PreK was last weekend. I asked Chris to go because I didn't feel well. I knew he'd ask the questions I wanted to know..

She has been acting out and getting quite a few bad notes, so we wanted to ask about that. She also has a very low attention span. She can't focus or concentrate on any one thing for more than a few seconds. It really worries me, but some of my family tends to think I over react.

The teacher told him that she is a very sweet girl and one of the best students..most of the time. She said they all get bad notes from time to time. But that still isn't "OK" with me. I want good notes all the time. I never had bad notes sent home as a child and I don't think it's very good parenting to just accept bad notes from time to time. Just my opinion..

She did say that CDC is very much below grade level at this point. {sad face} Boo! She can only recognize 15 letters out of 54. That's upper and lower case, obviously.. I'm so bummed about this. We work on it consistently, but she just cannot seem to grasp it. She literally doesn't know them.. Then she gets so aggrivated and starts acting out, crying, fidgeting and just gives up. I don't know what I can do..

Just a vent, I guess..

Trouble

It's been a quick minute since I last posted, but it's just been super busy around here. Not much exciting stuff has happened either. No news is good news, right? Well, almost right.

CDC has been having trouble in school. She is a handful at home and we sometimes have difficulties making her behave. I know this could go into a whole debate, so i'm not going to get into all the little details.

She has always been very high strung, hyper, and hard to settle down. I've thought at times, that she could possibly have ADD, but her doctor won't hear of it. I know that CDC is not the same as other kids her age. She cannot sit still, rarely makes eye contact if she is in trouble, can't focus on one single task for more than a few seconds, and cries about every little thing! She cries more in a day than an infant. I'm mentally exhausted at this point. I don't know what else to do. I feel defeated.. I can't blame her, of course, so I blame us as parents. We must have done something wrong somewhere down the line. It just feels like, now, it's too late to change things, but we're trying!

Every day, almost, she comes home with bad notes from her teacher. She is always "Playing and talking a lot" and "Not listening" and "Not standing quietly in line," etc.. I have talked to CDC about it and she just doesn't get it. It's like she doesn't even comprehend. I've tried to tell her, if she has a week of "Smiley faces" on her weekly report, she could start dance classes. She was extremely excited about that, but still had bad notes. :( I'm just at a loss.. Her doctor is no help at all. We've been talking about this for a year or more.. She suggested counselling, which I may decide to do. Seems like she's too young for counselling, but perhaps she isn't.

I just had to get all of this out and blogged because i'm sure i'll want to look back on it someday, plus it just helps to say/write it.

Pete and Re{Pete}

CDC is the girliest little girl i've ever seen. She doesn't like to get dirty or touch "yucky" stuff. She's not a fan of playing ball or many other sports instead loves to dance and play dress up. 

CRC is a tough little cookie. She's not much for being proper. She's destructive. You can usually find her climbing something or knocking something down.

Complete opposites!

However, they love to play together and very often like to do and play with the same things. So I found this picture quite funny.

CDC was sitting on the stairs like a little lady with her legs crossed. CRC looked over at her and noticed her legs and tried to do it herself. Her chunker little thighs {like her mommys} made it difficult to get them crossed and keep them that way. So I helped out. At first CDC was mad that CRC wanted to sit like her, but then she thought it was funny because CRC couldn't keep the pose going! Ha!

Sicky Vicky and Other Random Gripes

My big girl has been coughing for a few weeks now. I thought it was just the weather and would stop soon enough, but it never did, just kept getting worse. She was hacking like a lung was going to be coughed up.. very gross! I finally decided to keep her out of school and take her to the doctor. She has an ear infection in her right ear and a sinus infection. Blah! I feel so bad that I didn't take her in sooner, but honestly she hasn't complained at all and has been super energetic and happy. {Take a look at the picture above. That was this morning!} Her doctor put her on the antibiotic, Omnicef(sp?) and I think she's taking to it well.

In other news, i'm TIRED!! All.the.time!! I have no clue why i'm so tired. I know you're supposed to have MORE energy in the 2nd trimester, but I do not. I'm lazy lately, which I think makes me even more tired. Our house is a disaster at all times. Seriously, i'm soo over cleaning!! These girls have entirely too many toys! I'm about to bag up a bunch of them and take them to the grandparents house. I've already donated 3 garbage sacks and 3 boxes to Goodwill and there is still too much. AHH! It's like a Toy Store right under our nose.

The weather is yucky! I think I have the winter blahs. I've got the big belly plus all the layers of clothes I have to wear to keep warm. I just feel like the Abominable Snowman! I'm ready for spring and summer. I'm such a happy person in the warm weather. I can't imagine living up North. I think i'd go crazy..

Sorry to be a crab. I know a few of you have said to stop feeling sorry for myself, but I really don't. lol! I'm just grumpy! I don't like being pregnant. It's such a blessing and I can't wait to hold my sweet baby, but I hate hate the pregnancy part. It never agrees with me.

For now, i'm going to bag up toys and perhaps start painting the Nursery to change my mood..

Because Every Girl Likes Sweets!

Last week{yes these pictures are a bit late} CDC got to try out her Easy Bake Oven for the first time. I remember using mine as a little girl and loved it!! CDCwas full of excitement watching the cookies go into the Oven, but the thrill was short lived when they took forever to bake!!

But when she did finally get to pull it out, she was giddy!

Let it SNOW - Day 1

SNOW DAY 2011!!

We are SOO beyond excited today!! The girls woke up just after my last blog entry, just in time to beat the darkness. They ran upstairs to get in their "snow gear"{ha! we have nothing even close to snow gear so we have to make do}

We only stayed outside about 20 minutes because it was frigid for these parts! Our hands were freezing so we knew theirs must be, even though they'd never admit to it. All of our gloves are cotton material. We don't get enough snow to buy thick, snow proof gloves. Although, I was wishing we had some today!

 This was taken right after she pelted her daddy with a Snow Ball! Ha! Go girl =)

 

CRC running up the hill so we wouldn't catch her.

My unsuccessful attempt at a picture of both of them.. never fails!

She said "Look at my shiny nose" ha!

Little miss was all over the place! She's never gotten to play in this much snow.

She finally looked right as we were coaxing her into the house. Her face is like "Ooo"

We took these tonight as the snow was still lightly falling..

The most snow we've had in years!

The same spot I took the picture earlier with my coffee cup..

Measured 5" on the back porch. Probably around 7" in the yard.

Snowman tomorrow!!! No school and no work for daddy..

KidISMS - CDC AND CRC

I don't have many KidISMS to share today, but I wanted to write them down before I forgot. I love looking back and seeing the silly things my girls have said to me.

CDC told me after I picked her up from school today, that she was going to be a "Cheerleader and a Dr" when she grows up. I believe that suits me fine.

Then this morning while I was trying to get CRC to help me clean up the toys she dragged out, I called "CRC..?" She said "Momma! I not talking to you..." as she kept pushing her babies round and round in their stroller. Lil turkey!!

ETA: Bwahahaha!! Had to add this.
CDC came running in the room saying "I found this hooker in my room!!!" We looked up to see what in the world she was talking about and it was a Christmas tree Ornament Hook. :)