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Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Here I am
Well well well it's all good in the hood!
Childminding is really taking off, I look after this lovely little 19 month old boy 4 days of the week and have another couple of parents visiting me on Monday to see about me minding their 2 children. I've also had a couple of phone calls inquiring about my service.
I had my grading inspection on Friday - a bit like HMI inspections for schools - and it went really REALLY well. If you remember my original inspector was not exactly my best friend. We really clashed and rubbed each other up the wrong way. Well she's since left the Care Commission and I've been assigned a new lady who is WONDERFUL!! I love her. While I was talking to Minded Boy's parents she was sitting reading Thomas the Tank to Sprog. How nice is that?! She's given me an overall rating of "Good" which I'm pleased with. There are two gradings above that "Very Good" and "Excellent" and while my service meets the criteria for "Very Good" I've only been going for 6 weeks so she can't award me that grading. Makes sense to me I suppose.
My evenings are also filling up as well. Between Sunday Nights at church and Thursday Prayer Hour (ha! more like 2 or 3 hours!) at the Manse and the PTA I never seem to be at home in the evenings. Suits Hubby though - he's studying again. I've also volunteered (been conscripted?) to be a puppeteer at Church which is proving interesting.
Hubby and Sprog have also joined the local Judo Club. DH did judo when he was a teenager and watched it during the Olympics with Sprog. Sprog was so taken with it he wanted to try himself so we found a class on Friday nights at the local school. Hubby was so jealous he decided to join the same club and attend the seniors classes. Since then he's come third in a tournament and moved from Green to Blue Belt. He's hoping to get his 1st Dan within the year. Sprog turned out to be rather good - we're hoping he can start his gradings in May when he turns 5. He's desperate to compete but we've had to explain juniors can't compete until they are 8. Bless him.
Anyways I'd better go - I've got dinner on, yes it's only 11am but it's lentil and bacon soup and it really needs to simmer for aaaaaaaages to taste it's best. #
MOTE xx
Childminding is really taking off, I look after this lovely little 19 month old boy 4 days of the week and have another couple of parents visiting me on Monday to see about me minding their 2 children. I've also had a couple of phone calls inquiring about my service.
I had my grading inspection on Friday - a bit like HMI inspections for schools - and it went really REALLY well. If you remember my original inspector was not exactly my best friend. We really clashed and rubbed each other up the wrong way. Well she's since left the Care Commission and I've been assigned a new lady who is WONDERFUL!! I love her. While I was talking to Minded Boy's parents she was sitting reading Thomas the Tank to Sprog. How nice is that?! She's given me an overall rating of "Good" which I'm pleased with. There are two gradings above that "Very Good" and "Excellent" and while my service meets the criteria for "Very Good" I've only been going for 6 weeks so she can't award me that grading. Makes sense to me I suppose.
My evenings are also filling up as well. Between Sunday Nights at church and Thursday Prayer Hour (ha! more like 2 or 3 hours!) at the Manse and the PTA I never seem to be at home in the evenings. Suits Hubby though - he's studying again. I've also volunteered (been conscripted?) to be a puppeteer at Church which is proving interesting.
Hubby and Sprog have also joined the local Judo Club. DH did judo when he was a teenager and watched it during the Olympics with Sprog. Sprog was so taken with it he wanted to try himself so we found a class on Friday nights at the local school. Hubby was so jealous he decided to join the same club and attend the seniors classes. Since then he's come third in a tournament and moved from Green to Blue Belt. He's hoping to get his 1st Dan within the year. Sprog turned out to be rather good - we're hoping he can start his gradings in May when he turns 5. He's desperate to compete but we've had to explain juniors can't compete until they are 8. Bless him.
Anyways I'd better go - I've got dinner on, yes it's only 11am but it's lentil and bacon soup and it really needs to simmer for aaaaaaaages to taste it's best. #
MOTE xx
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Darling Hubby's Selfless Generosity
A few weeks ago we got a lovely cheque in the post from my Grandma.
It was intended for Hubby and I to treat ourselves to something, however Hubby selflessly sacrificed his chunk of the money so that I could get my new toy - the Acer Asipre I'm writing this on. I am eternally grateful to him and Grandma for their generosity.
Thank you guys! I love you both. xx
It was intended for Hubby and I to treat ourselves to something, however Hubby selflessly sacrificed his chunk of the money so that I could get my new toy - the Acer Asipre I'm writing this on. I am eternally grateful to him and Grandma for their generosity.
Thank you guys! I love you both. xx
Sunday, 21 September 2008
It's all good in the hood.
I'm not going to say anything about the Poop issue other than things are going well.
The same with childminding - things are going well.
Anti social neighbours - less anti social these days.
We're going through a rather lovely period of normality and minimal drama.
I spent a rather intriguing Saturday last week on a Puppet Ministry course - don't ask me how but I've become sort of puppeteer in chief at Church. Puppets have this amazing ability to command attention no matter the age group and they are particularly good at teaching Christ's message. I'm really hoping we can get a good group up and running at Church. We had a great time at training but oh my word my arm was sore. I had to take two paracetamol at bedtime! Anyways - it's been really good fun and we've got a planning meeting on Wednesday to discuss how we can take the group forward.
There was one slight... complication through. Sprog's nursery teacher was also at the training. Now she knows I have the skills (!) she's promised to take full advantage of them. Great! I can see myself suddenly getting a new chldminding client every morning Sprog is at nursery. Nah I love puppetteering and I love being in Sprog's class. It's great fun. He's not the clingy type anymore so he just lets me do my own thing in his class. I speak to his teachers, make playdoh (I am SO pinching their recipe - it's awesome) and play with other kids. I get to see him interacting with his friends and see a side of him I'd otherwise be missing. If I can do that AND maybe minister to the children it would be great.
So moving on my 25 year old brother has got his first serious girlfriend and boy has he become dull. He used to email me everyday - he's a writer and his emails were hysterical. He used to ring me rather often and have me in stitches. I hardly hear from him nowadays. The parentals have met the girlfriend and seem to approve. The change in little brother is quite remarkable as well - new trainers, new top and flowers for Mum (!) Incredible. Knowing Little Bro this will be "The One" - he's a gentle soul despite outward appearances and I think he's the kind to really fall for his first love. Mind you if she's not the one and she hurts him - I won't be held responsible for my actions.#
Middle Little Bro just needs to find a nice girl now.
Third Little Bro is 17 on Saturday. This is remarkable. I remember when we adopted him and he was just a wee bubba. I can't believe how fast time has flown. He'll be leaving the academy soon and going to college. And after that.. eek! Mum and Dad have found a really good village of supported accommodation near where they live but cripes - it's terrifying to think of Third Little Bro all on his own. Well not really. And Mum assures me he's getting life skills at the Academy. Next year he gets to move from the school to this flat they have for their children with special needs - they are taught how to run a home - cook simple meals, use a dishwasher and washing machine.
Anyways I'm waffling and this reminds me I need to find and order and Dr Who DVD for Third Little Bros' birhday.
Toodles for now!
The same with childminding - things are going well.
Anti social neighbours - less anti social these days.
We're going through a rather lovely period of normality and minimal drama.
I spent a rather intriguing Saturday last week on a Puppet Ministry course - don't ask me how but I've become sort of puppeteer in chief at Church. Puppets have this amazing ability to command attention no matter the age group and they are particularly good at teaching Christ's message. I'm really hoping we can get a good group up and running at Church. We had a great time at training but oh my word my arm was sore. I had to take two paracetamol at bedtime! Anyways - it's been really good fun and we've got a planning meeting on Wednesday to discuss how we can take the group forward.
There was one slight... complication through. Sprog's nursery teacher was also at the training. Now she knows I have the skills (!) she's promised to take full advantage of them. Great! I can see myself suddenly getting a new chldminding client every morning Sprog is at nursery. Nah I love puppetteering and I love being in Sprog's class. It's great fun. He's not the clingy type anymore so he just lets me do my own thing in his class. I speak to his teachers, make playdoh (I am SO pinching their recipe - it's awesome) and play with other kids. I get to see him interacting with his friends and see a side of him I'd otherwise be missing. If I can do that AND maybe minister to the children it would be great.
So moving on my 25 year old brother has got his first serious girlfriend and boy has he become dull. He used to email me everyday - he's a writer and his emails were hysterical. He used to ring me rather often and have me in stitches. I hardly hear from him nowadays. The parentals have met the girlfriend and seem to approve. The change in little brother is quite remarkable as well - new trainers, new top and flowers for Mum (!) Incredible. Knowing Little Bro this will be "The One" - he's a gentle soul despite outward appearances and I think he's the kind to really fall for his first love. Mind you if she's not the one and she hurts him - I won't be held responsible for my actions.#
Middle Little Bro just needs to find a nice girl now.
Third Little Bro is 17 on Saturday. This is remarkable. I remember when we adopted him and he was just a wee bubba. I can't believe how fast time has flown. He'll be leaving the academy soon and going to college. And after that.. eek! Mum and Dad have found a really good village of supported accommodation near where they live but cripes - it's terrifying to think of Third Little Bro all on his own. Well not really. And Mum assures me he's getting life skills at the Academy. Next year he gets to move from the school to this flat they have for their children with special needs - they are taught how to run a home - cook simple meals, use a dishwasher and washing machine.
Anyways I'm waffling and this reminds me I need to find and order and Dr Who DVD for Third Little Bros' birhday.
Toodles for now!
Saturday, 6 September 2008
Answers and an action plan.
What an odd odd week.
Sprog has a condition called secondary megacolon which means his colon and anal muscles are stretched due to his habit as a baby and toddler of holding on to his poo (he did that through fear of passing a large BM and tearing which had happened in the past). It's not a nice condition and the treatment will involve lots of medication to make his BMs very soft so his muscles can retract back to normal. That's undoubtedly mean a lot of dirty pants but you know I'm happy as I now know we're on the right track towards fixing this condition. Sprog will have to attend a clinic to see a nurse and psychologist to help him develop a positive attitude towards toiletting. Im a happy mummy.
Sprog also started Judo on Friday and LOVED it. I watched the class - I won't be anymore, he doesn't need me (sob!). He was getting stuck right in - grappling with the trainer and all sorts. His dad (who also does Judo) is very proud.
I have a new toy - I'm writing this to you on my shiny blue Acer Aspire One. It's one of the new breed of ultra tiny laptops. It's running an OS called Linpus which doesn't appeal to me at all so darling hubby is out buying a stick drive so we can put another Linux distro on it! Other than that I'm very happy with it. It's cute, dinky and does what it's meant to do.
Speaking of darling hubby did I every mention that he passed his first lot of ACCA exams? I'm very very proud of him. He worked so hard. Now we're both studying in the evenings - him for his next lot of exams in June and me for my bookkeeping in March.
Oh I got a childminding client! I look after a lovely little boy for 2 whole days and 2 half days. He's a wee sweetie and we're all getting along fine. He's 19months which is a tough age but we're muddling along ok!
MOTE x
Sprog has a condition called secondary megacolon which means his colon and anal muscles are stretched due to his habit as a baby and toddler of holding on to his poo (he did that through fear of passing a large BM and tearing which had happened in the past). It's not a nice condition and the treatment will involve lots of medication to make his BMs very soft so his muscles can retract back to normal. That's undoubtedly mean a lot of dirty pants but you know I'm happy as I now know we're on the right track towards fixing this condition. Sprog will have to attend a clinic to see a nurse and psychologist to help him develop a positive attitude towards toiletting. Im a happy mummy.
Sprog also started Judo on Friday and LOVED it. I watched the class - I won't be anymore, he doesn't need me (sob!). He was getting stuck right in - grappling with the trainer and all sorts. His dad (who also does Judo) is very proud.
I have a new toy - I'm writing this to you on my shiny blue Acer Aspire One. It's one of the new breed of ultra tiny laptops. It's running an OS called Linpus which doesn't appeal to me at all so darling hubby is out buying a stick drive so we can put another Linux distro on it! Other than that I'm very happy with it. It's cute, dinky and does what it's meant to do.
Speaking of darling hubby did I every mention that he passed his first lot of ACCA exams? I'm very very proud of him. He worked so hard. Now we're both studying in the evenings - him for his next lot of exams in June and me for my bookkeeping in March.
Oh I got a childminding client! I look after a lovely little boy for 2 whole days and 2 half days. He's a wee sweetie and we're all getting along fine. He's 19months which is a tough age but we're muddling along ok!
MOTE x
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Bloody bad start to the day.
Within 45 mins of getting up Hubby and I were yelling at each other and I was crying.
The usual argument that Hubby is too hard on Sprog and I'm to soft.
The strain (pun not intended) of Sprog's poop problems and generally challenging behaviour is obviously getting too much. Fortunately the specialist appointment is tomorrow afternoon and it's shining like a beacon in the fog. I really hope we get some answers though I'm not holding my breath.
The point of the appointment tomorrow is (as I understand it) to establish whether there is a physical cause for the problem - ie food intolerance or blockage etc. Now if there is it will be fixed. If there ISN'T obviously that means a psychological approach - how long are we going to wait for that? Will it work?
I'm just exhausted. I completely blame myself for his problems - I'm sure seeing Mummy in a Post Natal Mess in his first two years of life has given the child serious issues. I mean he's 4 and he can read so he's obviously not a fool - so why can't he use the toilet!!!!!????
The usual argument that Hubby is too hard on Sprog and I'm to soft.
The strain (pun not intended) of Sprog's poop problems and generally challenging behaviour is obviously getting too much. Fortunately the specialist appointment is tomorrow afternoon and it's shining like a beacon in the fog. I really hope we get some answers though I'm not holding my breath.
The point of the appointment tomorrow is (as I understand it) to establish whether there is a physical cause for the problem - ie food intolerance or blockage etc. Now if there is it will be fixed. If there ISN'T obviously that means a psychological approach - how long are we going to wait for that? Will it work?
I'm just exhausted. I completely blame myself for his problems - I'm sure seeing Mummy in a Post Natal Mess in his first two years of life has given the child serious issues. I mean he's 4 and he can read so he's obviously not a fool - so why can't he use the toilet!!!!!????
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