SUPER FUN SUPER ZOE DAY!!!

Lately Zoe has been having a little trouble with having accidents. You know it is with kids, they get to playing and just does not want to stop to go to the bathroom. She has not been full out peeing her pants, it's just been leaking. Anyway, we tried marbles in the jar, we tried spanking, we tried giving away a toy. So I thought about rewarding her big time! And so far it has worked. We came up with the idea that if she can earn 7 star stickers in a row we would do something big for her and she got to choose. (Stickers worked really good when we potty trained her.) We bought a little calender to hang in her room and some star stickers. Before bed every night we sit down with her and talk to her about her day. If she had an accident we put an "X" across the day and talk to her about the fun day has to wait now. If she did good that day she gets a sticker of her chose and she gets to put it on the day. To get her excited about her day we came up with the name, "SUPER FUN SUPER ZOE DAY". When Zoe is super she gets a super fun day! She loves it! Last week she got her 7 sickers in a row so we sat her down and let her choose what she wanted to do for her fun day. She decided she wanted to go swimming, so we did. We had my mom babysit Patrick for us so she would have us to herself. She had so much fun. We went to the West Valley Fittness Center and after we took her for icecream at Artice Circle (that was our idea). The only sad thing was she kept saying she missed her brother, so next time I guess we are taking him with us. Lol!

Updates

I thought I would update everyone on how the kids have been and what they have been up to.

ZOE
Zoe has been in preschool since the beginning of September. She loves it! When I drop her off she is excited and can't wait to get into her class. And when I pick her up she is always singing her songs she learns and just plain excited! I love it! I hope she stays like this about school. She has always been the kind of kid that loved to learn even if it was learning a new song.
Last week we got a letter from her teacher that there was a case of head lice in her class, I freaked out! I don't know why, I know it is just a fact of being a kid and i know my kids are bound to be exposed to it. But I guess I was just being motherly and spazzed! But I am glad to say that after watching all weekend she did not catch them, this time.
One cute story I want to share about Zoe is; the the other day my mother took her and Patrick to pick our pumpkins. She gets back to my moms and tells her "ok, now we need a paper to print out a template of swipper (from Dora). Then we will trace it on my pumpkin and then I can cut it out." My mom said she said it so matter of factly. She could not believe she used the word template! Sometimes its crazy how big she is.

PATRICK
Patrick is getting sooo big! It blows my mind! He says stuff like "don't!" "no!" "don't you do that!" and "I'll spank your butt!" He also just says word like "mom" "dad" and "bottle". He makes up his own words also, like "be-da". I have no idea what he is trying to say but I do know it means he wants a bit of what ever you are eating or just to give him food!
He walks, runs and climbs on everything! He does not go one day without hitting his head on something! I don't even jump anymore because I am so used to it.
One story I want to share about Patrick is; we went camping for Labor Day this year. We went to Wellington, Utah. It was my whole family and some. My mother has a HUGE fifth wheel camper, I mean big! It has three huge stairs to climb in and out of (well, huge for me, lol!). So one of my cousin's kids fell off his scooter and no one was around him, everyone was in their trailers. There was a hand full of us in my moms trailer and saw him hit the ground. My brother jumped out of my moms trailer and ran to help. We were all looking out the window and didn't realize he left the door open. Patrick has started wanting to walk down the stairs instead of backing down them. Next thing I know my mother is asking where Patrick was and I run to the door, which was open. And found him at the bottom of the stairs on a cement ground! I freaked out! He was trying to cry but all the wind had been knocked out of him. His arm was bleeding from the stairs. But over all he was fine! I was completely thankful! I felt so bad for the rest of the day. After the shock wore off he was fine, playing, running, talking. Just fine! He still has a scare on his arm but I would rather that then a broken skull.

As for Matt and I. We are good. Matt will be starting a new job next week, which I do not look forward to. After his training period, which is two weeks, he will begin working nights! He will leave for work around 9:45 pm and wont be home until around 8 or 9 in the morning! I don't know what I will do without him. We don't sleep without each other, in the nine years we have been together I think only about four or five times have we slept apart. It is a good thing too though. He will get a pay raise, work with his brother again, and not work at his current job. I still work for Granite School District at West Kearns as a sweeper. Tons of drama with that, as always!

So I guess that's it for now.

Weird!

So the field behind our house has always had cows come and go. I think it is their stopping point to the slaughter house (sad, I know!). They are only there for a few weeks at a time through out the spring to fall. We had cows back there up until Wednesday of this week.

Yesterday our room got pretty hot so I opened our two windows ( one in the front, one in the back). We get a really good wind flow through our room when we do that. Last night they were still open while we laid in bed. We both heard a cow moo in the back and I thought "weird!" I told Matt that there was no cows back there anymore. He thought maybe they got a new herd last night. Well, maybe they did. We closed the window and went to bed.
This morning I got up before the sun and started my day. When the sun came up I let the dog out and noticed no cows. I went up to our master bathroom and looked out the window (to see the whole field). NO COWS! What did we hear last night?
I'm a little weirded out today!

Halloween 09

We had a great Halloween last year! I decided I wanted to make the kids' costumes when I saw a cute idea in a costume magazine. I made Zoe Little Bo Peep and Patrick was her Sheep. It only took me a few days to make them and they didn't cost that much either. I love crafts so this was cake work for me.

I also made my brother Brobee for Halloween. It was kind of hard with no pattern but I made it work and it looked awesome! At our cousin's party he won the poll for best costume so he gave me $20 of it to say thanks.

Because I had spent so much time on everyone else's costumes, Matt and I had nothing to wear. So Matt took an old white sheet and cut some holes and went as the classic ghost. I wore a low cut shirt (not hard to come by in my closet, lol!) and stuffed my bra with spices.... a spice rack! lol! It was fun.

ER

My kids have been suffering from their allergies for about a week. So, Monday I was giving Patrick some triaminic cough syrup. I didn't think twice when I left the room to give it to him and left it open by the bathroom sink. I walk back in to catch Zoe drinking it from the bottle! I took it from her and tried to figure out how much she had drank. When I realized it was a lot, I grabbed my phone and called her doctors office. They told me to take her straight to the ER. They also gave me the number to poison control for later uses. I grabbed both kids, both very upset because I was, called Matt and my sister (the babysitter) and told them I was taking Zoe to the ER. My awesome sister called my boss for me! Thank goodness because I was a mess!
So we get there and I was in the right state of mind that I grabbed the bottle of medicine. They took us right back and took Zoe's temp and vitals. They were more worried about me then her! LOL! I was freaked out because I know some kids have died from od's of things like that. It was a pm so it has stuff to help them sleep!
Matt met us there. The doctor checked her out and looked over the bottle of syrup. He figured she drank a fourth of the bottle and 6 times the normal dose! Thank God there is nothing dangerous in tryaminic! They just told us to keep an eye on her and if anything else happens to bring her back. I also needed to stay home with her for the next few days. She slept it off. She woke up in such a good mood.
I have to say, I learned a huge lesson! This could have turned out so much worse! It really freaked me out! I will return to work tomorrow. And she has returned to her normal self.

The Rainbow Bridge

The Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven lies the Rainbow Bridge.

When a beloved pet dies, it goes to the Rainbow Bridge. It makes friends with other animals and frolics over rolling hills and peaceful, lush meadows of green.

Our pets do not thirst or hunger. The old and sick are made young once more; the maimed and ill become healed and strong. They are as healthy and playful as we remember them in days gone by.

Though happy and content, they still miss someone very special, someone they had to leave behind.

Together, the animals chase and play, but the day comes when a pet will suddenly stop and look into the distance... bright eyes intent, eager body quivering. Suddenly recognizing you, your pet bounds quickly across the green fields and into your embrace. You celebrate in joyous reunion. You will never again separate. Happy tears and kisses are warm and plenty; your hands caress the face you missed. You look once more into the loving eyes of your pet and you know you never really parted. You realize that though out of sight, your love had been remembered.

And now, you cross the Rainbow Bridge together...

M. A. Preston

OK

So after a really bad few days, I am starting to pull out of the dark. It's so weird not having him around. I'm so thankful for all the suport that my friends and family has given me. He was like our first born, he was our son. One thing that I think about now is that I KNOW he is in a way better place where he doesn't hurt anymore. He is running and jumpping in an open field under a hot summer sun. And I know I will see him again!
Yesterday when we were all leaving the house (after I blogged) Zoe looked around and said "Amigo is gone!?" It was sad. She knew he was no longer there but it seemed to kick in when she saw his cenal was no longer in the front room. It's so hard to try to explain death to a child. They just don't understand. I'm doing a lot better though. I have stopped crying over every little thing.
We couldn't bring ourselfs to leave him at the vets, and I'm glad we brought him home because now I know where he is. I know this might sound weird to some people, but if you have ever loved someone or something so much you will understand.