And That’s….the Truth

Honestly I am getting so sick of these neighbors. Even though we live in a trailer park and rent our lot space, technically this is still our property. We are having a major problem keeping kids out of our yard and trying to keep them from stealing the kids toys. The parents of these kids are just as bad as the kids themselves. When we spoke to them about the kids taking my kids stuff they pretty much brushed us off. It’s a good thing that we don’t have any expensive items like swing sets in our yard or they would totally destroy those. So until we can move, I have to pick up everything and bring it in the house every night when the kids come inside. This is why I can’t wait to move.

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Tomorrow my oldest son will turn 19.  His turning 19 doesn’t make me sad.  But him being so far away from home on his birthday does.  Last May he moved out on he this own quite far away and we haven’t actually seen him since last July.  This will be the first birthday that we haven’t celebrated as a family and I guess that’s why I’m a little sad tonight.  Just thinking that he won’t be around around and the two younger kids won’t get to see him on his birthday will take a little getting used to.  But I’m sure he will have a wonderful day and I’m sure I will hear all about it in his next e-mail.

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Last September our pet cat Oscar ran away from home and he never returned. Ever since then the kids have been bugging my husband and I to get them another cat. So since it’s almost summer we have decided to get them another cat. Getting the cat will be the cheap part. We will then have to purchase dishes, toys, food and maybe a cat condo. But, they really do miss their cat so I think that we will bite the bullet and get them a new one.

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When my youngest son gets home from school today, he is going to be so…mad at me.   Well he will be a little pleased until he kicks into what I’ve been up to today.  Today was the day I decided to clean out his room.  I threw out an entire  garbage bag of old and broken toys.  Now to him they are treasures, but to me, they were junk.  He will be pleased that I cleaned his room (this means that he doesn’t have to), but he will be annoyed with the amount of stuff that he is now missing.  Oh well, I guess he should have cleaned it himself if he wanted to keep everything.

Today was his day and tomorrow is his sister’s.  So tomorrow I could quite possibly have another child annoyed with me. lol

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Last night my youngest son was playing on the computer and you could tell that he was getting pretty frustrated. He was trying to download a game off the Internet, but because the computer memory on this computer is so bad, he wasn’t able to download the game he wanted to play. Kid’s games don’t normally take a lot of memory, so the memory on this computer must be really bad. So I’m thinking that we really need to upgrade the memory. I don’t think it will require a lot of upgrades, but after seeing his frustration last night, I know we need to do something.

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Yesterday both of the kids brought home a permission slip to go on a field trip with their classes.  The funny thing about this was that although Daniel is in grade 2 and Kara is in grade 4, they are both going on the same field trip on the same day.  Both of their slips were requesting parent drivers.  So I filled them out and said that I would drive one child from one class and the other child from the other class.  This worked out great for me as now I only have to take one trip with both children.  What’s the chances of that ever happening again??  It’s kind of like a family outing now isn’t it??

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Yesterday after school I took my daughter around the neighborhood to get some pledges for her upcoming fiddle-a-thon that will take place this Saturday.  We only ended up going to three houses as most of the people we know weren’t home.  And, the other people in the neighborhood don’t know Kara so I didn’t want to ask them to pledge her.  But she did good.  The three houses that we did go to, gave her pledges.  Between this and family members, she did quite well for her first time asking for pledges.  Now on Saturday she needs to play for 200 minutes to earn these pledges.  But she is having fun with the entire experience and that’s the main thing.

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Well it’s the weekend and the weather outside is pretty crappy.  The kids won’t be able to go outside today as it’s pouring rain and it’s really quite cold out.  So I have to find them something to do in the house.  Two little people between the ages of 9 and 7 can get bored quite easily and it can sometimes be quite a chore to find things to keep them busy.  But, I think I have come up with a solution.  I have hooked up their computer for them to play some online games on. The only problem with this solution is there is only one computer, so that means a little bit of fighting. But we will see if my idea works.

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As yesterday was another nice spring day, all warm and sunny, when my husband got home from work, he decided that he would take the four wheeler out for a little spin.  Since the last few times that he has gone he has taken the little guy, he asked Kara if she would like to go this time.  She doesn’t go nearly as much as Daniel but every once in a while she enjoys a ride.

So, off they went (with a few complaints from my son).  They weren’t gone very long but when she hopped off the bike she said that he had fun.  One of my son’s favorite parts about riding on the bike is the fact that they get so muddy, that was her least favorite part. lol  She ran in the house stripped and then insisted on having a bath to rid herself of all the mud.  Had that been Daniel, he would have wanted to stay in his muddy clothes forever.

But, she had fun and isn’t that what biking is all about??

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Yesterday was a beautiful spring day in our area (about time).  The sun was shining, the birds were singing and it was plus 10 out.  I think spring has finally arrived!  Yeah!!

So because it was such a gorgeous day, my husband decided to take out the four wheeler.  When he asked my youngest son if he would like to go for a ride, he jumped at the chance.  When they left the yard, there was a seven year old little boy sitting on the back of the bike with a smile as big as the earth.  When they arrived back in the yard, my son was transformed into the “mud” boy. lol  After peeling off the layers, I did find Daniel underneath all the mud.  Although this created a little bit of extra work for me, the smile that was and still is plastered all over his face was totally worth it. 

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