I'm SO glad my boys went to school today.

They didn't start off the day on a very good foot, and I'm SO glad they're in school today! Because let me tell ya, if they were here for the day, and acting that way, I'm not sure I would have made it through without losing it. They were just at each other. Nit picking, doing things they KNOW would make the other mad, and doing things they KNOW wouldn't be cool with me.

For example. I'm in the bathroom getting dressed, and Dallas comes flying down the hall way. He says loudly (even though they've been reminded that they HAVE to be quiet because people are SLEEPING!!) D- "did you say we could bring our foam shoes to school in our back packs?" (foam shoes are the new ones that are out, we got them each some for summer, since Kaleb fell so deeply in love with them last year!) M- "nope. I told you SPECIFICALLY that you were NOT allowed to wear foam shoes to school. They're NOT ok for wearing at school. You must wear your tennis shoes." D- "Well, Gabe said you said it was ok, and he's putting his in his back pack." So, I went flying out of the bathroom, hoping to catch him in the act. Sure enough. There he was, stuffing them into his back pack. Now, there's something you have to understand about Gabe. He's a sneaky little shit. VERY sneaky. He took his Valentines from a spot I thought they were hidden fairly well in, and took, them to school. NOT filled out, and I had NO clue, until I went to have him do them, because it was homework on a Friday, and they were gone. He does this crap ALL the time. So, I asked him what he was thinking, and I don't get a straight answer. SO I opened his book bag to remove the shoes, and not ONLY did I find shoes, I found a coloring book, Sunday school papers, a pack of crayola twistables crayons that re for home, not school. (they're way too pricey to get lost at school in my opinion!) And he had NOTHING to say about it. Just stood and stared at me. GRR!!

All of this comes on top of the pooping issues we have with Gabe. This kid is 5 1/2 year old, and STILL has issues pooping in his pants. When he was on the meds for seizures, it would make him VERY constipated. so ever since then he holds it, and holds it, and holds it. We have to TELL him when to go in and go poop each day. And he does, ususally, but if we forget, he craps his pants. VERY frustrating as a parent. And of course, he doesn't tell us, and leaves the underwear hidden on the floor somewhere, and the damn dog chews it. NASTY NASTY NASTY. We're down to next to nothing for underwear for him and I refuse to buy more. Why would I buy more to have to replace them, right? So, Todd made the executive decision last night that Gabe was going to be wearing pull ups again. Hoping that just the shock of it all would be enough to get him to start crapping on the toilet. I told him he'd have to tell me how embarrassing it was to wear DIAPERS to school, when all the other kids wore undies. He just shrugged, and said "ok." Now, this decision hasn't come lightly. This has come after YEARS of dealing with this. And last night, was the last straw. Todd goes into the bathroom last night, after shooing the boys to bed for about the millionth time. And he comes out and says "Gabe was just sitting on the floor in the bathroom. Just sitting there. so I sent him back to bed." I told him "TODD! that means he has to POOP!" Too late. Deed was done. He went INTO the bathroom, sat on the floor, and crapped his pants. HE was not even two FEET from the toilet. So, diapers it is. Hopefully it will work soon. Hopefully he'll realize that he's wearing the same pull ups his two year old brother and sister are. . .I know its totally a fear thing. He's worried about it hurting when he goes, from all the times on the meds that it DID hurt. But now it only hurts because he HOLDS it so long. I just hope something works. This is getting ridiculous!

And then there's Dallas. He's been SO constant lately. He's been in his own little world, not listening, not paying attention, and just jumping in with his own random thoughts on whatever's in his head, no matter what's going on around him, what people are talking about, or more importantly WHO is talking. Its very frustrating. I don't know whats going on his that head of his!!! I still haven't gotten the evaluations back from the school to take to the doctors. I'm hoping that we'll get them back this week some time, and that we can get them to the doctors to evaluate before his appointment.

And we're of course now to Kaleb and Kendyl. Kaleb's been a little angel lately. Seriously. BEEN SO GOOD! Kendyl on the other hand, is into EVERYTHING. She wants to touch everything, check everything out, and especially if Mommy has had anything to do with it. She thinks she can just automatically play with it!!! There have been so many messes and mishaps this week already! I'm ready for the weekend!


wait. . .maybe I'm not. I'll have four of them full time on the weekend. . .and if this behavior continues, I'm in trouble!!!!

The joys of being a mommy!!!