In comparison we’ve had a really calm week… phew, it’s nice to get back to those :0).

Sunday I watched the boys for JoAnna. They stayed the night with us. Kyla loves having them over for a sleep-over. JoAnna came and got them Monday morning and then they headed off to NY for the week. I then loaded everyone up and took Boo to the Vet for his yearly physical. He’s doing well, except that he has a form of Lyme. He had Lyme like 2 years ago but this time it’s a “lighter” version of it. So he’s on meds for a couple weeks. He already seems to be feeling better, so that’s good.

The rest of the week was pretty quiet. I had my weekly meeting with Jen(my MENTOR coordinator). Then the kids and I went to Target to get a couple of things. Haven’t been there in a while which is a good thing. Trying to keep us on a budget, HA, we’ll see how that goes :0). Wednesday Baby K should’ve had a visit but didn’t, we’re going on a month now of no visits. We do have a quarterly review on Monday so hopefully we’ll get a really good idea of what’s going on and what the plan is! Kyla had her last day of Soccer class. She does really well in class and loves it. I have a couple video’s I need to upload. Oh but before class I made a trip to the Dr., my back was acting up. I haven’t had any issues in about 4 years! Got some muscle relaxers and other advise. It’s better now. Which is good cause otherwise I would’ve had to fit in physical therapy next week. Wednesday afternoon we headed over to a friend’s house and the kids played inside and out while we adults talked :0), it was a nice break and the kids had fun. Thanks Lisa!

That night I attended a class/seminar on Disciplining children with disabilities(autism, ocd, sensory and others). There weren’t as many people there as they made it seem like there was going to be. But anyways, it was an open discussion type of class with the two teachers leading the way. They had a lot of good info but I think we could’ve used a couple more hours. Luckily we go back next Wed. for 2 more hours. A lot of the ideas, I think, are good for any child not just ones with disabilities. As I did use some of the suggestions with Kyla and it worked really well. I’ve used the suggestions with Preston too, yesterday and today. To help keep him from escalating when he gets upset. It did work but I think it was more of a realization of how I was responding to his tantrums. Staying calm is key! Even though I thought I was staying calm before I realize now I wasn’t. Plus with him I have to be thinking and re-evaluating my approach the whole time… unlike Kyla, who I can stay on the same page with…. Preston, I have to go through the whole book! It’s just more time/patience for us with him. It seems like it takes him a little extra time for him to process what’s going on and to accept and alternate choice.

Thursday was Kyla’s last day of preschool. She still has another 2 years so no biggie on it being the last day. Later that afternoon she came down with a stomach bug… hopefully. She’s still asleep on the floor today. No real fever but a student at her school was confirmed with having the flu(possibly the swine flu). For now she’s doing okay unless she eats something, then it comes back up. Hopefully she makes it through the night cause I could really use some sleep!

Oh yeah, today Preston got to visit his “new” school, the Elementary School. He was very excited to see some of his teammates from his Baseball team there. He is very much looking forward to being a 1st grader.

So we ended this week with Preston having a baseball game. He’s doing well and hopefully I can make the next one so I can get some photos. Kyla is asleep on the floor here in the living room and Preston has an early [last] Soccer game tomorrow morning.

Have a good weekend!