The rest of the gifts.
Hard to see but the black wire is a hands free phone holder. Fun idea for Netlfix watching but a bit uncomfortable so far. No time to play with it yet. Or watch Netflix.
So nice we had a good weekend because Monday has sucked pretty hard on the parenting front.
Eric and Jia were still camping. I forgot the convertible needed to be at Canadian Tire this morning. Lili drove the car last and had the seat up as close as it goes. Then it was stuck there. Confirmed today the motor was indeed stuck. Sigh. A bit of a car shuffle this morning, trying to find keys, opening the gate, all Eric jobs. Eric typically gets the boys ready for school and I prod Jia along. Then, the boys chose today to lie to me. And even when confronted with evidence and 4 attempts each to come clean they both held firm to their lie. I can put up with a lot of kid weirdness, noise, mess, damage, inconvenience etc but I hate being lied to. So the boys have lost all privileges. Then at school found out Jia told her teacher she wouldn't be back at school for grade 7 because she was moving. NOT. Oy. So I was late getting the car in. Sigh.
Jia has a kid in her class causing extreme stress for more than just her. Big issues. Racist comments, belittling, divide and conquer type things. It's been on going for a long long time. Clearly if she's saying she won't be back for grade 7 then it's gotten more serious than we thought. So. A chat with the principal. That went well. I don't believe anything can be done to actually make change but at the very least Jia seems relieved to hear she isn't to blame, she's not in trouble and that the adults in charge are going to try. I just want summer really badly. It's time for a break.
And, AND, in amongst all the drama today, Lili had to have dental surgery in Nanaimo today. She picked me up at Cdn Tire and we went to Wal-Mart to get Boost, pudding, yogurt and a couple things for school lunches. Home to put away the groceries and pick up Fei.
She was really drugged. Poor muffin. She came out sobbing. They said she'd be really emotional. Understatement. She sobbed all the way home. So much blood. She's in pain. Alternating frozen peas on her face every 20 mins. Penny told us to use a pressure bandage to tie them on her face. Thanks Penny! Works great. So timing meds, helping her walk and doing a lot of fetching. We might need to remove this picture later.
After picking her prescription up from Walmart and dropping her at home with Fei I went to get the boys from school. Eric and Jia had just come home and when we came in the driveway Luk was horribly upset to the point of tears that Jia didn't have to go to school. No logic there on that one. Boys had no privileges. Which means they're underfoot. They were supposed to turn over all of their electronics but Kai couldn't find his ds. So Eric went to look and found all of the wii disks scattered around the toy room. Sigh. When asked about it Kai denied it. Another lie. It didn't go well for him. He was given MANY opportunities to admit but he held super firm to his lie and was finally sent to his room. Where he felt it was appropriate to scream a really, really, really long time. I finally told him if he didn't stop there wouldn't be dinner, he stopped immediately. I'm not a big fan of tantrums. Meltdowns I can deal with but tantrums not so much. There is a really, really big difference between the two. One is manipulative and selfish the other is genuine pain and confusion. So now we've removed toys, lego and puzzles too. He's down to books and drawing. Not his best day ever. Thankfully bed time is soon.
So, three of the kids in tears here. Told Eric if I tried hard enough I was sure I could make them all cry. Sigh. Mom came over and the dogs all barked except Finn doesn't understand why the barking is happening and gets scared and moves into howling. Poor Lili isn't getting any actual rest around here today.
My pain level is through the roof today. I don't have time for Crohns today. But it is what it is. I just want this day to end.
It's 6:30 now. Boys to bed in a half hour. Might write down instructions and times for Eric to take care of Lili and high-tail myself to bed right after the boys. Sigh.
Keeping the blog real.
Update. It's 9 and I'm just heading to bed. Kai has plugged the main floor toilet AGAIN, Eric found it and I leave Eric dealing with that. He deserves hero cookies. More than a roll of paper adding to the problem. He just went past me saying we need an out house installed for him and have it pumped out once a month. I know he's joking but it sounds like a thought worth considering. We had a wee issue last night with Kai and water again. After his bath he threw his bath sheet into the water. We don't know why. Luk tried to get it out but it was heavy and too much for his little hands to wring out. There was a fair amount of water on the floor by the time I got there. So my request of a separate Kai only bathroom built outside of our house is definitely gaining some popularity. Also, Jia is upstairs, working on an online project with a friend and she needs a haircut and a shower so it's time to start prodding her along.
Nothing but glamor here.
