Wow, what a very welcome time to have hubby home and to catch a break. Yesterday I had a morning that compared with many days I experienced while Larry was deployed. I'm not certain I could get it all in chronological order...but it started normally. Sending all the kiddos out to catch the bus, even got to exercise before Tommy woke up. Then it started, yes IT was an adventure....I hope to not experience IT again anytime soon.
I was heading into the bathroom to shower. I heard Tommy and wondered what he was up to? Oh, he found some hand lotion and thought it was hair gel. NICE! So I said "Tommy now you need to shower with mommy." He said "I make poopy." Gee thanks! Actually the warning of the dump is a fairly recent thing. "Okay" I say. "Go get wipes for mommy." Yeh, I should have done that one on my own. I go to check as he was taking longer than I expected. DESITIN in his hair. I was honored to find just the quarter-sized glob that hadn't been smeared in yet! He was very set on getting hair gel, and he ended with hair coloring. At that moment I thought "thank God he doesn't have school today." Later I assure you I wished he had gone to school!
In case you are wondering....good ole shampoo does NOTHING on Desitin. I thought I should have him pee on his head, seemed every time I needed desitin on my kids bottom the pee always "washed" it off :) ARGHHHH. I washed his hair twice, only managing to smear desitin all over creating an even larger mess.
Desitin hair adorable boy showering.
This picture was taken about 3 minutes before he decided to bend over to pick up a toy off the shower floor. He nailed his head on the built in 'seat' in the shower. thankfully I was finished getting dressed, he was all done showering and wanted to be dried off. I just kissed his head and couldn't immediately figure out WHERE he hit.
He ran to pick out his clothes....he did a mighty fine job. He's known for picking only orange shirts...they must have been all dirty or something he came back with the most adorable button up shirt. Had it been me trying to 'dress' him up for church or something, he'd refused and I'd had to have sat on him to put this shirt on!
So I took him into the bathroom, laid him on the counter and used Palmolive to wash the desitin out of his hair....worked like a charm. Got him dressed in his adorable outfit and finally saw where he hit his head. Right on his eyebrown, I mean I eyebrow. I just love how he calls it his eyebrown. He's got a nice bruise there today.
I was doing dishes and tidying up when I hear Tommy say "mommy, look I here" ~ I turn to find him HERE!!!! 
Seriously, can't I just do the stupid dishes! I had the camera application already open on my phone, I pulled it out of my pocket and snapped the picture, at which time he let go with one hand to reach out to me for my phone to see the picture!!! I promptly grabbed him down at that very moment!
So now after he kicked and screamed about my taking him off the stairs he decides to go roller balding down the stairs. I could have cried right then and there. I was furious I had run downstairs to grab something and in like 4 minutes he took his shoes off, put on his sister's roller blades and attempted to walk down the stairs. It was the worst sound, very loud. In a away I was glad to know the skates probably were making all the loud clunking sounds instead of his head. He seemed more mad than hurt when I got to him. I was fairly mad too.
Before I could remember where we were heading out the door to...the door opened upstairs. Robby walks in. It was a half day of school. He usually rides the bus home with the girls. For whatever reason the middle schoolers were dropped off first. We all loaded up to get the girls. We ran to the local farm store that had customer appreciation day and got free lunch. they and hot dogs, donuts and sodas- fabulous way to get your shopping done...bribe them. Eat this hot dog, let me shop and I'll take you to get a donut :) I originally said no to the soda, I thought the donut had enough sugar, but while getting donuts Tommy helped himself to a soda. We all shared it.
Straight home for nap time....
Tommy woke up to being a cute kid, still passionate about roller blading. Even experienced enough to have snack while roller blading in the kitchen!!!! 
and where does this kid get eating tomatoes as if they are apples from???? YUCK....I like tomatoes ON certain things, burgers, tacos.....but alone??? no way!
Tommy's new school!
I had Tommy evaluated through the school district. I was curious to know "where" he was and if he was doing fine. On paper (Larry and I had to fill out this questionnaire form) he is doing fine, but according to their findings during the 1 hour long screening/evaluation time he was shy and not cooperative for the evaluators. I expected a to bring him back in the Fall to re screen him.
Less than a week later I got a call from the Pre-K director. Reviewing the evaluations from the previous week she said Tommy's caught her attention and concerned her. They had mild to moderate concern in almost every category. They also had an immediate opening at their Pre-K program, a program for 3, 4 and 5 yr old kids. It's currently blended, with at at risk kids and regular not-at-risk kids.
Long story short, due to funding they expect cut backs and to be sure to have a spot next year in this program, we needed to switch now. We visited and he was in love. I was blown away. He talked all weekend (last weekend) about his new teacher- even saying her her 10-letter last name! Larry and I decided to give it a go. Just two months until summer break. If we hate it and want him back in private preschool I have already held a spot for him...and we can use it. Better to start him now than starting next Fall, hating it and being left high and dry as for preschool options.
Anyhow...he went everyday last week (besides Friday) and loved it, was anxious to go back. Never once cried at drop off or anything. SO NOT HIM! His school day is just 2 1/2 hours long. I found I really enjoy my breather, I get stuff done, get him for lunch, put him down for his nap and still have free time with him alone before the big kids get home and our after school activities run us all over!
For disliking change....it's turned out to be amazing...please pray it stays this way!
The below pictures are from this past Thursday, the Pre-K had their story time and it was put on by local college students. Completely Corduroy the Bear themed. They had bean bag toss into Corduroy's belly/face...pin the button on Corduroy (in the story they read his button was lost) and then create your own Corduroy...they had a few other activities. They had bear shaped snacks (teddy grahams and fruit snack bears) too. It was a very enjoyable time.
I do believe his favorite...hello THROWING!
Right on, he liked this one!
very particular!
All the kids after the egg hunt. Kaitlyn, bless her heart was in a funk ;) She thought all the pics I captured earlier should have been enough. Silly girl. Kaitlyn 10, Kimberlyn 6 1/2, Lil' Robby 5 1/2, Tommy 3 and Robby 12. 
Tommy has insisted for quite some time now (like weeks) to sleep on his "carpet" ~tonight mom and dad laid down the law and made him sleep in his bed or on a his nap pad from his old school. Naturally he has two old nap pads. One is like a sleeping bag with built in pillow, the other is the plastic lined "pad"- yes, Tommy wanted the nasty plastic lined one. So another unexpected battle. We finally got him to sleep on the plastic lined "pad" inside the sleeping bag style nap pad. Why won't he just opt for his BED................... 
