The Christman Family

I have been trying my best not to worry about the swine flu but it is becoming really hard. The UIL has now canceled all sporting and extra curricular activities in Texas. They are also talking about closing down the schools. Plus Governor Perry announced a disaster declaration for our entire state. So yep I’m starting to freak out a little. H is 2 months younger then the toddler that just died. When these things hit it is always the young and the older that are hit the worst. I know there is not a lot that I can do but pray and try to keep my kids away from places with large groups are as much as possible. I know they say it is too late to close the borders but I wouldn’t mind them shutting down the Mexico board here in Texas at least for a few months. If you are willing to close all the schools in Texas then why not be willing to close the Mexico boarder? The toddler that died was here from Mexico so now the hospital he was treated at has been exposed and anyone in it. I don’t know what the best plan of action is but I hope and pray that precaution is enough. Hind sight is always 20/20 and I just pray that I am not looking back on today and saying why didn’t I just do this or that.

I don’t know how I can have two kids that are so different. When I get on to D he will stop what ever it is he is doing wrong and run and hide, cry, or apologize. When I get onto H she will turn around look at me and say “NO” then continue doing it. She really was sent to test my patience. The thing right now that has her complete fascinated is the puppies. We had the puppies in the house when they where just born up until they started moving around and peeing and pooping on our floor. So I moved them outside. Now everyday she will ask “Where puppies at?” I tell her outside then she throws a fit and wants to go see them. The problem is she wants to pick them up and throw them down. She does not understand gentle. Plus she does not like our dogs so when they come over she starts screaming and crying. So I make her go inside and she starts screaming. I can’t make her happy. D I tell one time to do something and I may have to count to 2 at the most and he does it. I do realize he is 4 and she is only 21 months but D never was as difficult even at 21 months. H should be a red head because she certainly has the temper for it. I really pray this is just a faze she is going through.

Davey and I worked outside all day Sunday. We are trying to level out the ground under the roof we built for our eventual pouch. So we put up fence and dug dirt all day. Mostly digging dirt. I thought I would be really sore today but I not too bad. The sad thing is we worked all day digging out dirt and only cleared a small area. Davey kept saying we should rent a bobcat but the whole point of being able to do this part is not spending any money. So I made him keep digging. I’m hoping that next year we can actually poor a little concrete so that the kids will have a place to ride their bikes and such. Plus it will give us more space. If we can save enough money every year to poor a little bit maybe in 5 years we can have the whole back porch done in concrete. Although we worked really hard yesterday it was nice. Which got me to thinking about would I really want to win the lottery?

Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t turn down a winning lottery ticket but I wonder would I be willing to work so hard if I could afford to pay someone else to do it. Would I be as happy with the result or feel as proud if I could just pay someone else? I don’t know. What I really do wish is that I had about 200,000ish so that we could pay off the house and all our bills. Then what Davey and I make would be enough that we could spend the money working on the house and not have to stop because we can’t afford this or that. If we did not have any debt we would make enough to take care of the kids, the house, and have a little extra for savings. So I guess my best dream would be to be out of debt. Not that winning the lottery wouldn’t be nice I just worry that that kind of money might change us too much. Yet again I will say I would not turn down a winning ticket though. I would so love to try and solve the problems that having too much money might cause. Until then I like that Davey and I can work on the house and have something we can say “We did that”. I just wish we had a little bit more money to spend on the projects we would love to do. Until that magical day we will just keep plugging away at the big projects little by little.

After I picked D up from school on Friday he was as good as gold for me. He sat at work with me until 12ish and played on the computer. Never screamed, cried, or made to much noise. All my coworkers just could not believe that the kid they saw could get into enough trouble to get kicked out of school. When I left work I stopped and got him something to eat then took him home and he laid down until 2pm. He did not go to sleep but he did not get up from the bed. When I let him up he was great for me all night and went to bed without an issue.

Today my mom’s work had an event at the Zoo. So we all went this morning and walked around then ate lunch. They had hamburgers but D had a bun with pickles, H ate cheese, and I had a diet coke while trying to keep H from having a melt down. She was so ready for a nap. I took some video and will try to get it on here soon. H was so funny on all the plank walks. She would be fine until she realized she was on them then she would have a mini freak-out. It was so funny. I’m not sure what she thought would happen but she was not too sure of the plank walks. My mom and dad took the kids home with them and Davey and I went to Lowe’s to get some things for the garden.

At Lowe’s we got a few tomato, pepper, and watermelon plants because I’m not sure the seeds we have are growing. Davey also got some fence to block off some more of the back yard so he can get the bug in there to work on it. Once we got home I planted the plants and added dirt around the potatoes. All I know is after all the time, money and work we better get some good veggies.

So much for family picnic day at D’s school. I got a call from the office at 9am saying he was in the office throwing a fit and I needed to come get him. When I got there he was sitting looking at book. The fat witch that does not like D is the one who called and she was not in the office when I got there which is why D was likely calm. She just pushes his buttons. I wish she would leave. Any way he was in the jungle playing at the very top when he tried to slide down a pole “like a fireman”. May I add that the day before they had the firemen come and eat with the kids and tell them about their job. So I wonder where he got the idea from. Mrs. Bobbie asked him to stop and to sit out for a minute for his bad choice. So he started cry and yelling because he had to sit out. Mrs. Bobbie told me she did not call the office that the witchy lady heard D and came and got him. If that witch had just stayed out of it Mrs. Bobbie was getting him under control. So once the witch told D she was taking him to the office he lost it. He started kicking screaming and throwing a true fit. However, when the witch left he straitened up and stopped throwing a fit. So yet again I am left to wonder how much of the problem is D and how much is her.

This week at daycare is the week of the young child. Everyday they do something fun and different. Monday was Parent’s day so we got buttons with the kids’ pictures on them and donuts. Tuesday they had a train there for the kids to ride. Wednesday was Teacher appreciation so all the parents brought food for the teachers. Plus Clifford the Big Red Dog was there for the kids. Today (Thursday) they are feeding the firemen. So again parents where to bring food. The firemen from the city and the kids will all get to have lunch together. Tomorrow (Friday) is family picnic. So we all get to go eat lunch with D. H’s daycare is not doing the lunch. I don’t blame them I would not go even if they where. Trying to leave after lunch with D is hard enough. H would scream her head off if she saw us and we did not take her home. Next year she should move up to the big school where D is so then she will get to do everything not just some of the stuff. That will be nice because that means only one stop in the morning. YAY!!!!!!!! Can’t wait for them to move her up to the big school.