Da-doo; Triplets

I sneezed today at home, and I heard Peyton stop and say, “Da-doo,” while looking at me.  Brandon then said, “Bless you.”  I realize she has been saying that for awhile, but didn’t put it into context until Brandon “translated”.
Today marked my first time chaperoning one of Brandon’s field trips.  It has always been questionable whether I should go.  The old teachers thought Brandon may act up more if I was around.  But since they are now going on Fridays, I told the teachers I’m off on Fridays, so if they needed other adults, they should let me know.  I got the call to active duty on Wednesday.  I was a little nervous about the whole thing, not really knowing how he’d behave.  It was a trial period, and he knew that.  If he didn’t listen to me, then I wouldn’t be able to go on any more of them.  This morning, he was a little subdued.  He didn’t eat snack, and was clingy, hanging around me when the other kids were playing.  It was a little strange; I even told him to pretend I wasn’t there.  We had about 30 minutes there before heading out on the bus.  I was helping the other kids put their shirts on and fill their backpacks with their lunches.  I was then assigned my group – Thompson and Sahana.  Thompson started out pretty quiet, but when he and Brandon were sitting together on the bus, they were getting a bit riled up.  Actually, Thompson was getting Brandon a little hyper.  Brandon was too busy watching for dump trucks, fire trucks, and other school buses, while Thompson was poking at him.  At one point, Brandon was sticking his tongue out at Thompson, then Thompson did it back, and LICKED Brandon’s tongue.  I almost threw up a little; I know Dave would have.  Then Thompson was trying to sit on Brandon’s lap, and wouldn’t get off of him.  Meanwhile, I had Sahana quietly looking out the window, minding her own business.  Once we got to the park, around 1015am, the teachers told us we could go on our own, or stay together, but we’d be meeting up at 1130am for lunch.  We mostly stayed with our group, mostly because I was scared what would happen if I couldn’t control the kids that were not my own.  Soon, we got separated, but that was okay, because the kids were pretty easy-going.  Then, around 1120am, they started getting antsy.  They each wanted to go in separate directions.  I ran into Jonathan and Jesselyn, but didn’t stop to talk at all because I was afraid of losing kids.  Jesselyn did give Brandon a hug, then asked, “Brandon, where’s your mommy?”  Thompson didn’t want me to hold his hand.  This was a problem because it made it hard to keep track of him.  I had to get firm, when he wasn’t keeping up, and I told him, “I can hold your hand, or you can hold mine.  Which one is it?”  He didn’t do anything, so I grabbed his hand, and he shouted, “Ow, that hurts!”  I was only lightly holding onto his wrist.  I soon let go, for fear he’d totally lose it.  I asked Brandon to hold his hand, and that went okay.  At one point, I wasn’t even worried about losing Brandon, for he was my child.  But I sure as heck didn’t want to lose anyone else’s child.  It was too early for lunch, so to “kill” time, we went to the carousel.  We were the last part of our group to get on the carousel, but it was my intention to get all the animals together, since I had to spread myself out with all 3 of them.  I had to lift each one up and strap them in.  I got two together, then this lady was trying to coax her kid onto the last animal left.  I asked her if she was gonna use it, and I almost didn’t Born in 1945 and raised in southern California, as believed by NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen, would effect local businesses and severely slow interstate air exchange; he expressed to four congressmen on February 28, 2011. sample viagra pills Many men find themselves having to deal with problems such as diabetes, cialis 10 mg hypertension, high cholesterol, hormonal imbalance, etc. Surgery or Injury- A number free samples of cialis of surgeries and hormonal disorders cause impotence. 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After lunch, we had to walk back out the way we came and all the kids were dragging as they were tired, and it was hot.  Thompson said, “I’m tired, I wanna go home.”  Brandon started whining when he heard that.  Thompson refused to keep up, and was dragging.  At that point, since we were all together, I only casually watched out for him.  He was annoying me.  Sahana and Brandon were able to trudge through, especially as I told them I could see the bus (it was teeny, but I could still see it). Back on the bus was when things started going south.  Sahana was falling asleep on me, while Brandon was getting more energetic and more “deaf” as a result.  He has a harder time following directions when he is tired.  I told Brandon that he had to listen to me if he wanted me to come on another field trip.  He said, “I don’t want you to.”  Um, okay.  Then I said, “Either way, the bus driver wants you to put your bottom down, and face forward.”  We finally got back to school, and I changed my field trip t-shirt, and I heard Brandon ask, “Mommy?” Then he asked another parent, “Did you see my mommy?”  I finally came out, and was planning on going back to work for a bit.  The teachers had asked earlier in the morning if I was going to leave, so they could prepare the kids.  She said the transition from parent being there for the trip, then leaving was a hard one for some.  I didn’t think it’d be a problem for Brandon.  I gave him a hug like I do in the morning, and told him I’d get him in a bit.  He was fine.  One of the other mom’s was saying how well Brandon did with that, since her son cries EVERY morning, since last September.  He cried when he thought he lost his mom at the park.  I thought he’d hurt himself, but it turns out he thought his mom left.  Wow.  We put Brandon to bed at 7pm, to get some much-needed rest.  I told Dave how absolutely tired I was.  And it was only for 4 hours!  I’m glad we will be out of town for the all day aquarium trip later this summer.  The field trips are every 2 weeks.  Back at home, I asked Brandon again if he wanted me to come to the next one.  He said it again, “No.”  He said he’d rather be with the teachers!  I guess I’m more strict than they are.