Gangsta'

Ha ha ha ha.  Too funny.

It's a little tough to be a gangsta with a diaper on.

Getting Closer

We went in to pay for the new moho today.  But they didn't want our money.  It made it into their shop and they are working on it now.  Fixing a bunch of little things.  Thankfully nothing serious.  The all important air conditioner and generator are great.  It's getting new tires.  Not sure when we're getting it.  It did have a musty smell today after sitting in the sun.  Yuk. I will never understand why people don't heat their units.  So unhealthy to live in that mold.  Eric and I are ready to do a major disinfectant clean. Kids won't want to help with that. How sad that it will be alone time for us.  Too funny.  Such exciting dates. 

Hard to see in the picture but Eric and the boys are in the front cab.  We're pretty sure Kai has poor eyesight so he couldn't see me.  He does have a specialist appt. coming up.

Possible Progress?

Two steps forward and three steps back.  It's hard to see the progress when you're in the thick of it.

Kai is having some success on the toilet.  I know you all want to know this stuff.  Yesterday when he got off the toilet he managed to step into Lacie's water bowl, that is WAY AWAY from the toilet but hey, things happen.  Kai was tremendously upset and crying.  ?  We told him no big deal, take them off and put them in the laundry.  Which put him into a screaming meltdown.  Again ?  We thought we were LONG done with the soc weirdness that he came with.  When he wouldn't stop freaking out, Eric moved him down the hall.  We were all trying to eat dinner in 10mins so that I could get Jia to gymnastics and the big girls to the fair.  Anyways, he took himself upstairs and found new sox.  Unfortunately they were the ones he had in China (I think) and they really tipped him over.  Eric and I both had to go upstairs to comfort him and pry the offending sox out of his hand and convince him that he didn't really even need sox on a hot sunny day.  Yeesh. 

At supper I told him over and over again that we were his forever family and he never had to go back to China ever again.  Pops up in odd times for sure!  He was nodding his head and had tears in his eyes.  He got busy digging into his spaghetti and he seemed calm when I left.  I wasn't feeling great about leaving right at that moment.

When I got home and asked about the boys, Eric reported that all went well.  At one point he asked them if they needed a bum change and they both said no but Kai looked at Eric and then nodded yes.  So, Eric told him to run and he got on the potty and peed and then had a giant blow out poop on the toilet!!  First true success.  Eric was obviously thrilled that he didn't have to change that one!  Kai got three chocolate eggs for that one. 

Then this morning he happily went to the toilet first thing and peed right away.  He was grinning at us this time.  Usually there are tears connected to the potty.  So, fingers crossed (and toes and legs and whatever else) that we have possibly turned a corner on this.

A possible new rv on the horizon.

We looked at a few class A motorhomes a few weeks ago.  They're pretty rough in our price range.  So we gave up.

Then Luk was all overheated and limp at the Forest Museum after 20 mins on a warm day. Which started us searching for an air conditioner for our motorhome again.  Problem being power. We need a built in generator to run air if we're not plugged in.

Eric went to Greg's to talk about options. They told him about a Class A motorhome  they just got in, Eric thought I might not hate it. He sent me pictures and Sue and I met him at lunch to have a look.  I didn't hate it ;)  I have lots of fear of the size, it's huge.  I won't be driving it.  It has almost everything on my wish list. The big girls aren't happy about losing their bedroom in the trailer but Eric and I are pretty thrilled about getting our own bedroom finally. They do understand that medically we need to be able to cool Luk down. The boys have seen it and they love it.  35' long.  What they liked was that there is a good long straight path down the middle where they can run back and forth.

It's not a done deal yet.  I'll post pictures when it is. I don't think it goes into the shop until next week.

We'll be selling our trailer and motorhome. I think the motorhome might be spoken for already.  I'm not ready to let go of my funky/retro moho. I love it.  I'm teasing my friend that I'll be hanging on the bumper when it leaves.

So, Eric has been very busy, cleaning and emptying the two units. It was a bit shocking to see the dinning room when I got home tonight. 

Midway

The fair is in town.  Well...the rides are here.  Lili and Fei both asked if they could go with friends. Yikes.  I'm all for them exploring and gaining independence but hanging with carnies and the element that gathers there is scary.  In the end we talked lots about my fears and expectations and then I took Jia there at the same time ;)  I promised both of them I'd pretend to not see them.  In the end they found Jia and I and both Lili and Fei went on a ride with her.  Jia declared today the best day ever. School, piano lesson, spaghetti dinner, gymnastics, the fair and ending the long day at Tim's. Phew.

Just a little scared of the ferris wheel.

Spotted Miss Lili!

We're inside a spinning pink puppy.

Spotted Lili again.

Spotted Fei.

Busy Weekend

The weekend was busy, all of us in different directions, none of it about the boys.  We made it a mission to take them on the train this afternoon to make up for it.

Kai was thrilled to be back at the train. Even better with candy.  Eric bought them old fashioned candy sticks.   Didn't capture that joy in the selfie of course.

Luk was melting in the heat so we played in the forest and then took our picnic to the ocean so he'd be cooler.  Going to be a difficult summer if he can't take any heat.

Oops,  Kai's shorts are on backwards.

Doesn't she looked thrilled.  There were better shots but Kai was smiling in this one.  He really, really likes little houses.

They were pretty excited about a mountain of wish blossoms.  They were being flower crushers.  

Kai wasn't leaving the table as long as that picnic cooler was in sight.  He's going to love how often we eat outside.

Mother's Day Tea

Kids were dancing.  We go every year.  The big girls weren't so excited this year.  In general they're getting tired of doing these little shows.  The littles weren't at all interested in dancing in front of strangers so they stayed home with Eric.   We didn't win anything.  At the end dance teacher Shelley gave the girls the wireless gaming console she won.  So they ended up with the raffle item they wanted ;)