Month: September 2011

The age-old dilemma. Now facing us as parents, and Brandon as a kid.  Tonight was the kindergarten family picnic.  All families of kinders were invited to attend, and the teachers were there as well.  We brought a mish mash of food, left over from my lunch today, pizza yesterday, and Chinese food Dave picked up for the veggies.  We even had our mat!  We enjoyed our dinner, but we weren’t sitting with any one at first, as most families were already set up.  Then one family sat next to us as the boy said hi to Brandon.  His name was E, the boy that Brandon had beef with yesterday.  They were nice to each other, and the mom and I introduced ourselves, as well as E’s little sister, who was a few months older than Peyton.  After dinner, Brandon wanted to go play.  Other boys had said hi to him as well, and he wanted to go play with them.  I stayed behind with Peyton who was busy eating.  When we were done, I folded everything up, as was E’s mom, and said goodbye to her.  I met up with Willie, my high school friend, and we were catching up while the kids were playing. 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He was crying and Dave was standing over him.  I thought Dave was getting mad at him, then they both came over to me.  Brandon buried his face into my leg, as Willie was trying to say hi to him.  Dave told me it was time to go.  I thought it was because it was getting late, as it had already been past the time that the picnic was scheduled.  I said bye to Will and we headed out.  Turns out three other boys in Brandon’s class ganged up on him and pushed him into the fence.  Dave was telling Brandon to say something to them to stop it, as Dave couldn’t do it, since it happened to Brandon.  Brandon was stunned it happened, and tried to keep it together, but Dave felt that he was either too embarrassed or really hurt to say anything to them.  Dave looked up at the boys, who all ran away.  Turns out this is the older kid, that he had previously bonded last week, and with whom I had suggested a playdate since we were missing his birthday party.  He apparently was the “ring leader”, and the other kids were following his lead.  Dave wanted to tell Brandon to get up and kick the sh** out of him.  While I was telling Dave to calm down, since it wasn’t his fight.  The other kid was in a martial art, as we saw from his family portrait.  The parents were nowhere to be found, so Dave was the only parent there to witness.  I still think we should use it as an opportunity to make nice with the other family, but Dave says I should be the one to do it because he doesn’t want to see that kid.  He’s in Brandon’s class.  Dave thinks the pecking order should be established, and when Brandon finds his voice, they won’t pick on him.  We are totally disagreeing on this because Dave says, “You didn’t experience this growing up.  They will keep picking on him if he doesn’t step up and say something.”  Dave wasn’t the size he was growing up.  He was scrawny. And all his old feelings are resurfacing and he is totally living vicariously through his boy.  I don’t want it to escalate, and think all kids are capable of being friendly when not in the mob mentality.  I told Dave it’d be better for him to take Brandon to play with the dad, but Dave wants no part.  The teacher told us that playdates were very helpful.  We’ve always heard that, and never done anything about making it happen.  We’ve responded when other moms asked us, but we’ve never initiated.  I think I will initiate it.  At home, we talked to Brandon and asked him if this is what goes on in school.  He told us, “Well, I just don’t have any friends.”  We told him he didn’t have to be friends with them.  And it was okay to be friends with girls.  He said, “Yeah, but they’re Indian.”  I was surprised he said this, as he’s never differentiated ethnicities before.  Dave said that there are cliques.  Unfortunately for Brandon, there are no ABC’s in his class.  He cannot identify with these kids.  We were trying to figure out what the difference between the families here versus his old school.  We boil it down to the parents.  Dave thinks the parents watched their kids more and tried to discipline better.  The families we hung around were very similar to us, trying to teach good behavior and modeled it.  Even though we were not of the same background, A wasn’t Asian, but his parents were engaged (his dad is a teacher), and good parents.  Dave wants me to give Brandon “cool” lunches, like pizza, and other junk kids eat.  I refuse to make him cool by doing this.  He doesn’t want Brandon to stand out by having weird lunches, but I don’t think that’s going to do it.  He also says Brandon doesn’t know what all the newest and greatest toys are, but quickly learns from his friends.  I also think he doesn’t need a lot of “stuff” to be “cool”.  This has never been a problem for us, but I can see his self-esteem is slowly being chipped away.  Dave wants to put him back in private school, but I think that’s just sheltering him.  Eventually, he’d be going to middle school with the same kids, and there will be “mean” kids anywhere you go.  Otherwise, he’ll continue to go to private school for middle school, and only have 10 kids in his class.  Too sheltered!  I don’t know what the right thing to do so at this point.  Poor Brandon is our test baby.  We’ll have it all figured out by the time Peyton gets to school.  Wish growing up wasn’t so hard.  I don’t remember it being so difficult when I grew up.

sidebar: Dave plans to take Brandon to sign up for martial arts this weekend.  Fail. I don’t think he’s old enough or mature enough to not seriously hurt someone.  Namely, his sister.

My dad did his second tour of duty for us today.  Since I was home by 330pm, I told him to come over whenever.  He arrived right at 5pm, the requested time.  We were planning to eat after the school thing, so he just needed to watch Peyton play, while Brandon was working on his penmanship by writing, “I will keep my hands to myself” and “I will listen to all of my teachers” a la B. Simpson.  We got home, and everyone was hungry, so we gathered around the table and ate dinner.  Peyton had already been bathed before we The tablets are also cheap viagra usa http://www.slovak-republic.org/symbols/honours/ effective in treating impotency. How Does Acupuncture Help? According to the National Cancer Institute, about one out of every two women who want to make love with each other use strap on sex viagra best prices toy; this toy inevitably falls under this category. After taking the drug, you would feel viagra no doctor light, healthy and ready to a satisfying sexual activity. This ensures that the blood is flown properly to the penis of the man which is very essential for a proper erection. cialis for cheap price left, so we sent Brandon up after dinner.  Peyton was showing my dad her soccer skills.  We have to remind her that it’s called “football” for a reason.  She likes to use her hands to stop it, set up, and kick.  My dad was ready to leave, and gave both kids hugs goodbye.  He was happy to not have to get up super early tomorrow morning, as he had the last two mornings.  Not only did he wake up early, the entire carpool did as well!  They’ve been working 6pm to 3pm to accommodate our schedule.  He did a great job!

We’re not even half way through the week, and we’re all exhausted.  To make matters worse, I got called at work today to come get Brandon.  Perfect.  Appears the behavioral problems continue.  And escalating.  Nothing we are doing is working here.  He is not happy with the CDC.  He tells us this.  This is what he said about his original school, and it took us awhile to listen.  Problem is, what is he going to do if not the CDC.  Well, the CDC is sending him the message that if you don’t like it, you do something bad, then your mommy gets called.  My message to him is that if mommy is not at work, mommy doesn’t get paid.  Mommy won’t have enough money for food.  Toys.  You name it.  This doesn’t seem to phase him.  So some options we’ve rashly discussed (or maybe that I’ve rashly discussed) is to quit so that I can be a SAHM and watch his every move.  Or work on the weekends or as my mom suggested at night, so that I can be around.  That’s These are the brand names of this cheap levitra try for more & to 90% after athird dose! This is how Tadalista Professional works in allowing men achieve harder erection. Apart from these, back pain and ringing in ears are two more side effects free sample of viagra sometimes occurred if it is consumed wrongly. All the medical association of the world has approved the medicine as order levitra online it is the safe medicine for men and strongly effective on erectile dysfunction. In some men the problem is so acute canadian cialis mastercard that it leads to erectile malfunction. not going to help him at school, where he is also testing anyone and everyone. But I can’t handle being taken out of work for behavior.  And to have to worry about my phone ringing at a moment’s notice.  And to be told to come NOW.  Not like an hour when they are sick.  NOW.  Drop everything and come pick him up.  NOW.  So he came home and sat in our kitchen.  At the table.  Alone.  And quietly.  I went away upstairs, and puttered around, waiting for the others to come home so that we could go to back to school night.  We are investing so much time into this kid; and I feel badly for Peyton, who is listening at school, and doing all the right things.  She gets puzzles so that we can have time to talk to Brandon. Thus giving him more of the attention he craves.  We’re tired.  And I’m sure he is too, but doesn’t know what he can do about it.  Thanks for letting me vent.  I hope he’ll find his way, and end this madness.

I was having a conversation with a mom recently whose kid had had an incident at school.  He was the victim, and she was upset with the other kid.  They are all of 18 months, tops.  The kid was apparently victimized more than once, all on the same day, and the mom wanted to know at what point did the other kid get kicked out.  Another mom was saying how there was one kid that was kicked out for behavioral problems.  The first mom was wondering how the kid’s family life was at home, and what was going on with that kid.  After awhile, listening to the conversation, I had to butt in.  I am one to challenge a situation, not wanting to just sit back and listen.  I said, “Brandon was ‘That kid’, and he comes from us, ‘Those parents’.”  I can honestly say that Brandon is loved and cared for, we do okay for ourselves, concerned for his well-being, and that of his peers, and we are quote-unquote a normal family, free of a “family situation”.  Yet we deal with his behavior by going to parenting classes, free and otherwise, investing a lot of energy in disciplining, and talking to him, and giving him choices, and consequences for poor choices.  This is what I relayed to her However, it is the best way to read NF Cure twomeyautoworks.com sildenafil cheap and Vital M-40 capsules review before paying money for it. Have you ever tried the nourishing ‘pick me up’ male disorder pills online from any computer order levitra online with the Internet, making them much more convenient to take since you can take the problem for a longer period, if not treated on time. If you are having low blood pressure or high blood pressure. twomeyautoworks.com lowest priced viagra Onions improves blood circulation to the generic viagra cheapest male organ. in not so many words.  The answer is to not kick the kid out.  Even Brandon, who was mostly the aggressor, had been victim and incident bystander and recipient of bite marks and bruises.  It happens.  Maybe I’m not as knee-jerk to throw a kid out as I have been the one called out from work to pick up a kid for behavioral issues.  I think the teachers should be equipped to deal with it.  Conflict resolution can start at a very young age; give the kids credit.  I offered what worked for Brandon – challenging him to keep his hands busy, not having him so close to other kids (having adequate space and not being cramped), and working through problem-solving with words.  We are very protective of our kids, how can you not be?  But the kids learn from these experiences.  Peyton has definitely learned to be tougher through communication.  She gets her point across, from the time she, too, was about 18 months, and maybe even younger.  I’m glad she is Brandon’s little sister, as he is helping us to raise a confident little girl, and vice versa, she is helping us work through Brandon’s reactivity and help calm him down.  So hopefully when people refer to us as “those parents”, it won’t be a negative connotation.

That’s Dad, Sr.  We quickly celebrated my birthday today, as my dad met Dave and Brandon at home, while Peyton and I arrived about an hour later.  We scarfed down Japanese food, while Brandon was trying to try the sushi.  I’m still not sure how comfortable I am with him eating it, so he still hasn’t tried it, though he’s been itching to try.  We cleared the table, then out came the bundt cake for my birthday cake/dessert.  No candles, but Brandon did sing for me.  Glee club here we come!  Then we got both kids bathed, brushed and flossed by 630pm.  The lights in their rooms were on, and we were ready to leave by 645pm.  I told my dad the only thing he needed to do was read them their books, and they would go to bed by 730pm.  This was the first time he’d ever watched them together, here.  Our PTA meeting lasted until almost 930pm!  Not many in attendance, and definitely not the representative demographic of the school.  It’s the same small group of people who put all the extra curricular activities on at the school for the entire school’s benefit.  I did see Mina, who I’ve known since high school (she was in college)!  It’s such a small world, to have known two families at the school already (Willie’s family being the other).  It was an interesting experience and It is necessary https://energyhealingforeveryone.com/levitra-6503.html generic levitra to obtain the information regarding patient’s sexual function. The recommended order viagra beginning dose for most males is 10 mg, taken as necessary prior to sexual activity (but not additional than when regular). Luckily, treating ED has cialis for sale turned out to be simple to use, easy to administer, no side-effects and we can have sex whenever we want. In the past, doctors thought that ED was almost never seen in men levitra professional under 40. I’m glad that Dave went, too, to be involved.  I may even need to hire a babysitter every two months so that we can both go and participate.  It would be a good chance for our previous teachers if they wanted to babysitting opportunity.  We got home by 930pm, and my dad was just watching TV with his iPad.  Looked pretty relaxed to me.  Dave went upstairs, and didn’t hear a peep.  Dad’s better than my mom!!  I’ve come home at 930pm before, and Peyton’s just hanging out with my mom because she doesn’t want to sleep!  Dad will have another chance again tomorrow, as it’s back to school night.  That starts at 530pm, so we’re going to be on a tight schedule.  Here’s hoping I finish work sooner than I did today.  I put in a full day, starting at 8am, not getting out until 510pm.  It only got bad at the end of the day, so I can’t really complain, but I’d rather have left at 430pm, like when I’m working in the other areas.  Every night this week, we will have something – back to school night, then the kindergarten picnic, and another birthday celebration.   We’ve got lots of fun things planned for the weekend, too – the fall festival at work, the fun run, Audrey’s baby shower, to name just a few.   I better get some sleep!

Dave grilled some sausages and some salmon today.  I didn’t eat the sausage, telling the kids it wasn’t really good for me.  I didn’t want to tell them I didn’t like them because of what was Patient must stop taking this medicine immediately sildenafil 50mg price and must inform to the doctor for its advice if patient has diseases/problems such as- stroke, leukemia, multiple myeloma, heart problems, anemia, blood pressure problem’s, kidney or liver problems. A review of blogs suggests that nonprescriptive copycat supplements claiming to deliver similar results may actually cause adverse reactions to the body. sildenafil 50mg tablets Female libido hardly played link cialis prices any role at all while the search to keep a man’s block and tackle working was quite literally the search for the Holy Grail. Hey I know this is more pills but nutrition niksautosalon.com levitra overnight is good, right? There are a few and I will DO IT’. in them, since they are served them at school, and I didn’t want Peyton to stop eating at school.  Maybe when they are older.  Brandon said, “I like hot dogs, because I like dog.”  Um, gross.

My mom bought him this bookmark we found in Greece.

“Brandon.  Simple and straight, Brandon is superficially uncomplicated and direct, sometimes too direct…
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I picked Peyton up from school today.  Her report said she again played well with her friends at school.  When I read it to her, she gave me a huge grin, so proud of herself.  Dave had told me that Brandon had a harder day at school.  I told my mom who replied, “One out of two ain’t bad!”  To which I responded, “That’s 50%.  Failing.”  Yes, she is optimistic.  The product has been designed to cause an erection and often make a woman tense up and become unresponsive to feelings of viagra in kanada sexual excitement. You do not need to go to the GP in person prior to obtaining the treatment. viagra cialis generic is a trade name of a drug otherwise known by its generic name of Sildenafil citrate. You need to purchase viagra online ordering from reputable pharmacy for good prices and purity of the medicine. This individual cannot achieve orgasm by any other means. cialis 10mg generico midwayfire.com Me, not so much.  So I came inside the house, and greeted Brandon and Dave.  I took my shoes off, and Peyton put them on and started prancing around telling me, “I’m going to work!”  I asked her to get out of my shoes, then she said, “Okay, I go running.”  I didn’t think anything of it, until I looked down to see her in my running shoes.  Comedienne.

This morning, we got up as usual and I fed the kids only a small breakfast.  We cleaned up around the house, then headed out to dim sum.  We got there early, and set up camp.  The waiter asked us how many seats.  I told him 15 total, 8 adults and 7 kids.  His response, “Wow.”  Then he strategically placed high chairs throughout, trying to avoid the “pass” area where they’d be bringing carts and passing food through.  We were seated by the fish, which we thought would be a good thing, to keep them entertained.  But Peyton took one look at the somewhat sickly fish, and was a bit spooked. I didn’t blame her.  Brandon, always lighthearted and seeing the positive in things, said, “Oh look Mommy, the fish is swimming upside down!”  Greaat.  Good thing we weren’t ordering fish for lunch.  We got everything sorted out, then saw Bonnie and Julie enter.  Dave had texted Ted earlier to give him our location, but since the restaurant was pretty empty, we were able to signal them over.  The kids got all situated and once the food was there, it was all systems go.  The adults were trying to catch up, which was a bit challenging since the table was so large, and we were all spread out.  When the kids started wearing down, the entertainment came out – crayons, phones, and kid computers.  That did the trick until the adults were ready to go.  Peyton had to go potty, and earlier Dave and I had talked about putting her in a pull up.  I thought he had done it, but I think we were all side tracked by just trying to leave the house.  Peyton was waiting for me to pull back the adhesive strips, and I asked her to pull her pants down.  I realized she didn’t have anything but undies, so I quickly sat her on the seat, forgoing the other strip.  She made it, and smiled when I told her, “Good job.”  We washed up, and headed out with Connor and Bonnie.  Mckayla presented me with a picture that she had worked on; it was a portrait, which I hadn’t known she was drawing until Michelle told me I was her model.  I became a bit self-conscious as she was getting all the details, down from my necklace and earrings.  She also included Peyton: All the kids were well-behaved, and even sat for us to take a photo. 

(Logan [3], Connor [14 months], Brandon [5.5], Marcus [18 months], Mckayla [almost 3.75], Peyton [2.75], Ashlyn [18 months])

Our plan had been to go home first, but Peyton was whining that she was hungry and wanted something to eat.  We knew it was impossible, since she had eaten lots!  Within two minutes of her screaming, she was out.  Cold.  After lunch, we headed to the Chinese store to get some bao for my parents. We wanted them to try it – it’s a mix of bolo bao with Char siu inside.  We’d never seen anything like it before.  Then, we just ran inside the house, got our stuff, and headed up.  The drive gave Peyton time to sleep.  When we got up there, she woke up, and was a bit cranky.  She didn’t want to come out of the car until I threatened to leave her in it.  She was hot, so I told her it was cooler inside.  It was a little warm inside, which is surprising, and usually only happens a few days a year.  Downstairs was nice and cool, and Brandon quickly headed down there to make this:
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It’s a desk, just like those in his school.  And really, how small it felt when I was sitting in one on Friday.  He even had pencils to go with it, just straight pieces of lego stuffed into the desk portion. 

We made reservations for 5pm, which is very early, but we wanted to make sure we got home in time for our normal bedtime routine.  We went to a N.O. place, and my parents brought a bottle of wine, but I wanted something sweet and fruit, so I ordered a blueberry mojito.  I asked for more blueberry, less mojito, telling the waiter I was a lightweight.  I finished the whole thing but had a red face to show.  Here is the small family gathering I am covering Peyton with my big head.  Dave is taking the picture.  Thank you all for helping me to celebrate another year!!

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