Eeek! Hoping...

Dang it all I was hoping that I would have had time to update this before now, but NO!  I am quite furstrated with myself.

The Festival of Trees was amazing!  I had so much fun auctioning off the large trees this year, but we were not able to to go as a family since we were doing so much and time just flew by.  I have been busier than I thought I would ever be.  But you do realize that this is December and the busyest time of the year for all of us people.  Trying to get everything done that needs to be done before the end of the year.  There is still so much that I need to do. :(  Oh well I guess it is a good thing that there is only 2 more weeks of the year and then the start of a new year and more goals and  more time to get everything done. LOL!

Rhett has been a hand full between school work and health issues.  He had this issue with something in his back right where his VEPTR is located.  Well he still has the issue since the doctor hasn't done surgery on him to fix it.  There is a ring on the VEPTR that attaches to the ribs going around the rib and around the VEPTR.  It is loose since it is no longer around the rib at all.  So the doctor has to fix that this Spring, as long as he isn't in any pain.  So far it isn't hurting him but it is annoying him.  Grateful that he won't end up in surgery this month.  We will have to keep praying that it doesn't hurt him and that he will be ok.  He gets so bored with doing homework because he is so smart and he knows everything that he is working on already.  I just tell him that it is busy work and he has to do it, too bad.  He was like "But mom..." I then told him that not everything is going to be handed to you and you just need to do what your teacher tells you to.  I am quite frustrated that his grades are not as good as I was hoping they would be, but I can only do so much.  I cannot hold his hand and make him do it he has to choose to do it himself.

Nikole is doing better but still has issues getting her homework done on time. :(  Just like Rhett she gets distracted easy.  But she has been great making sure her room is clean just like Rhett and Gavin.  I am happy to see that she has the desire to keep it clean.  But she knows if it is messy and I ask her to clean it, she only has a little bit if time before I go check.  If when I check and it is messy I get to pick one of her stuffed animals and she will never see that animal again.  She wants to keep all her toys and is willing to make sure that she does keep them.  She is enjoying more responsibility now that she is getting older.  She wants to grow up so fast and I had to tell her that it is important for her to be a child as long as she could since you can only be a child once.  She is trying to accept that and still be a little girl. :)  I hope she doesn't grow up too fast.

Gavin is doing great and trying ot do his best at school which I am grateful for, but he does have some issues getting his anger under control if someone makes him mad.  We are working on it and so is the staff at the school.  I hope between us all he gets over it easier and than remembers how to control his temper.  He is so excited to be in school and learn but he gets grumpy often if he doesn't get his way.  He is doing great at making sure his homework is done before school.  He loves reading and enjoys the fact that he can read on his own now so he can look at more books.  He is understanding more and more.  I love seeing his face as he gets things and knows more and more everyday.  He has also lost 3 of his teeth in less than 2 weeks!  At first he wasn't too excited to pull out his teeth but after the first one came out the others followed very soon after.  He wasn't so scared after that. :)

Dylan loves school and is finally not crying each time he gets on the bus.  He leaves with a smile and comes home with a smile too.  Just the other day he told me as soon as he got home, "Autumn here."  It was super cute to see how happy that he was to come home and tell me about his day.  But what he says over and over again is Autumn. :)  Not sure all the signs other than that one since he still uses little boy signs. :)  He is trying to use the potty more and more but we are so far from having him potty trained.  He does tell mommy and daddy when he is poopy, but mostly he likes telling daddy and making daddy do all the dirty work.  LOL!  Sweet that means I am going to enjoy this while I can.  He loves being such a big boy, but every now and again he tells me that he is a baby and curls up like a baby in my lap.  LOL!  It is a good thing he is so small.  He finally got over the croup that he had, but he did give it to Gavin.  Glad that Gavin is over it too.  I hope that he enjoys the holiday and remembers school after it is over that way it will be easy for him to go back to school.