Bothell Gymnastics Club

The girls started gymnastics at our new place in Bothell called Bothell gymnastics club. We love it… It is clean and fun! Ava is in class with Pea and Sydney has class with Naomi and Wyatt.  I can definitely tell that this is their favorite activity. Sydney has come such a long way since last year… She is very independent and mimics everything that the teacher does. She just loves it and so does Ava!

Boo!

We have been so busy getting ready for Halloween. Mommy is lucky enough to volunteer at all of the kids three Halloween parties.  We carved the spooky pattern on the pumpkin last night that Luke picked out.  Tonight we are going to finish our spooky cat and I will post a picture of that.

Goodness Graycie....

The first few days we had Graycie things were very overwhelming.... Especially for Sydney.  Ava would pick her up and put her in front of the food bowl, and then move her to the water bowl, and then put her in the litter box, deciding every move she took.  

We had friends over yesterday to come see her. She got so overwhelmed that she was hiding behind the dryer in the inset of the wall. I really thought she was lost for a good 20 minutes.  

All in all, she really does like the kids and is very tolerant. She couldn't have a better demeanor.

I really need to get my camera out and take some pictures but here are a few from my phone of the crazy last few days.

Sydney passed out in the car from sheer exhaustion our first day with her. We were on our way to the pet store to get her some kitty toys.

Meet Graycie Lass....

The kids and I went to go pick up our new eight week old kitty tonight. It was kind of a surprise… We knew we wanted to get one and found her on craigslist.

The kids and I got home at 8 PM tonight and they were very gentle with her. No one has held her and I had to put them in bed right away. They were so excited though and I know that they will be up early in the morning to snuggle with her.

More pictures to come soon…

Luke update

Luke missed a couple days of school this week but he was back on Thursday and Friday. Luckily they only had half days so he didn't miss a lot. His flareup went down and he has been feeling really good.  Hopefully that lasts for a really long time…

Here are some pictures of his recent flare up....

My Big first grader…

Luke got his pictures back yesterday… I love them!  We had his eye pea school conference yesterday where we met with his teachers and his therapist.  I am very pleased with the progress that he has made this year. He is excelling in math as he was one of the only two kids in class to get 100% on his test.  They also noticed what a great memory Luke has!  He has branched out and made a really good new friend named Jack.  We are really trying to work hard on his fine motor skills in writing and trying to help him read. He is dyslexic so it is a headache for him to look at words and try to read.  

Unfortunately, his HSP condition has flared up again.  I write this as we are heading to the doctor for our weekly appointment to have his kidneys and blood pressure checked.  He had about 25 to 30 hives on his legs and bottom last night that were itchy red and swollen. He also gets bad stomach aches mainly at night.  I am allowed to give him Tylenol for the pain and Benadryl helped the swelling last night.  I kept him home from school today because it hurts when he sits on his bottom. He was doing pretty good up until about 30 minutes ago his feet began to swell again just like the initial onset of the disease.  Please pray that this crazy disease goes away and does not come back for my board little guy. Sitting on the couch with your feet up is not an ideal way to spend your day when you're six years old.  Thank goodness for the iPad!

Special girly Day

Today I wanted to do something special for the girls.  While they were at school, I dressed up their American Girl dolls and made them pretty.  The girls were so excited and Ava was so thankful that I took the time to do that for her... It was so sweet!  We went to the America Girl store and bought a yummy brownie sundae to share.  It was delicious and had heart shape brownies in it with vanilla ice cream, cookie crumbs, whipped cream and a cherry.  What fun it is to be a Mommy of girls!

And we did not forget about the Luke... We stopped by the Lego store for him!

Halloween sneak peak...

Ava was planning on being a mummy for Halloween and Sydney has had heart set on being a "princess girl."  Today, while Luke was in school, I took the girls to the mall and we walked in the Disney store.  Usually indecisive but not today, Ava choose the new "Elsa" snow queen dress and Sydney chose the "rapunzel" bride dress.  I really like both dresses!  The only problem is that there is literally glitter everywhere!