8/11/09
Don't Agnore Me!
What a week! School is in full force and effect, including homework for BOTH kids!
Kylee, of course, LOVES it and is ALREADY teacher's pet. Her homework is so hard, though, that I can't help her....not that I ever was good at math, but come on, it's FIFTH grade. Whatever. Thank God for Joey. She has her first male teacher, and he is the coolest ever, apparently. I personally think he's a genius. He is VERY strict, I mean VERY strict. If they don't say, Yes, sir, that's a problem. But...he masks it. He lets them chew gum in class, well, until the FIRST time he finds gum somewhere other than their mouths or the trash can. You KNOW it won't be long before those 10 and 11 year old kids put it somewhere else, but then he can blame it on them. For rewards, they can either have a free dress pass or give him 12 songs and he'll burn them a CD. See, for 10 and 11 year olds, that's GENIUS! If he didn't let them chew gum or make them CDs, he would be so mean. Instead, he's so cool. Genius. She also feels really grown up because she gets to pick Blaine up from the Y.
Blaine, on the other hand, is used to BEING in charge at Terry's, talking when he wants, and it doesn't work in Mrs. Murphy's class. Every day in their agendas, she puts a red, yellow, or green dot. Pretty self explanatory, right? Well, Thursday he had a "Lellow dot" for talking too much. When I asked him what happened, he informed me that people were talking to him, and he HAD to answer them. "What do you want me to do, Mommy, AGNORE them?" ugh! He got another "Lellow dot" yesterday for talking too much. Houston, we have a problem. To top it off, he's had a head cold for about a week. He LOVES that he's a big boy and doesn't have to take naps, though. Saturday he was ssoo grouchy (and didn't feel good) that I told him he had to lay down. He told me he was too big for naps. I told him just to take a rest. He was so crabby and didn't feel good and we had plans for that night, so he HAD to. He said fine but he was a kindergartener and was not going to close his eyes, just watch TV. This is how I found him in less than 5 minutes.
One night last week, Joey and I were sitting in the back yard, (because, after all, it is our NEW habit to sit out there and just be together after the kids go to bed since we have a beautiful backyard with a nice fountain and all) giving the dogs their bed time treats and love.
I was loving on Winchester, and Remington came over to be part of it. Chester just reached over and slapped him in his face like a human. It was hysterical!
Since I got my fire pit for my birthday from Dad and Dawn (Thanks, guys! I LOVE it!!), the kids have been BEGGING to do smores. So after a long week back to school, I decided they deserved something fun. We invited the Hayes over for burgers, dogs (hot dogs, that is), and smores. The kids had SUCH a good time.
Jack and Blaine eating their hot dogs in the clubhouse of the swing set
Kylee and Katy getting ready for smores
Roasting the marshmallows
It was really a blast.
I'm thinking about camping out in our backyard Friday night and trying to see if we can see any of the meteor shower. I had friends last night say they saw nothing but a few falling stars, but we'll see if anybody gets any better results tonight. Maybe I'll be the cool mom and let them camp out on a school night. We'll see.
Kylee, of course, LOVES it and is ALREADY teacher's pet. Her homework is so hard, though, that I can't help her....not that I ever was good at math, but come on, it's FIFTH grade. Whatever. Thank God for Joey. She has her first male teacher, and he is the coolest ever, apparently. I personally think he's a genius. He is VERY strict, I mean VERY strict. If they don't say, Yes, sir, that's a problem. But...he masks it. He lets them chew gum in class, well, until the FIRST time he finds gum somewhere other than their mouths or the trash can. You KNOW it won't be long before those 10 and 11 year old kids put it somewhere else, but then he can blame it on them. For rewards, they can either have a free dress pass or give him 12 songs and he'll burn them a CD. See, for 10 and 11 year olds, that's GENIUS! If he didn't let them chew gum or make them CDs, he would be so mean. Instead, he's so cool. Genius. She also feels really grown up because she gets to pick Blaine up from the Y.
Blaine, on the other hand, is used to BEING in charge at Terry's, talking when he wants, and it doesn't work in Mrs. Murphy's class. Every day in their agendas, she puts a red, yellow, or green dot. Pretty self explanatory, right? Well, Thursday he had a "Lellow dot" for talking too much. When I asked him what happened, he informed me that people were talking to him, and he HAD to answer them. "What do you want me to do, Mommy, AGNORE them?" ugh! He got another "Lellow dot" yesterday for talking too much. Houston, we have a problem. To top it off, he's had a head cold for about a week. He LOVES that he's a big boy and doesn't have to take naps, though. Saturday he was ssoo grouchy (and didn't feel good) that I told him he had to lay down. He told me he was too big for naps. I told him just to take a rest. He was so crabby and didn't feel good and we had plans for that night, so he HAD to. He said fine but he was a kindergartener and was not going to close his eyes, just watch TV. This is how I found him in less than 5 minutes.
One night last week, Joey and I were sitting in the back yard, (because, after all, it is our NEW habit to sit out there and just be together after the kids go to bed since we have a beautiful backyard with a nice fountain and all) giving the dogs their bed time treats and love.
I was loving on Winchester, and Remington came over to be part of it. Chester just reached over and slapped him in his face like a human. It was hysterical!Since I got my fire pit for my birthday from Dad and Dawn (Thanks, guys! I LOVE it!!), the kids have been BEGGING to do smores. So after a long week back to school, I decided they deserved something fun. We invited the Hayes over for burgers, dogs (hot dogs, that is), and smores. The kids had SUCH a good time.
Jack and Blaine eating their hot dogs in the clubhouse of the swing set
Kylee and Katy getting ready for smores
Roasting the marshmallows
It was really a blast.
I'm thinking about camping out in our backyard Friday night and trying to see if we can see any of the meteor shower. I had friends last night say they saw nothing but a few falling stars, but we'll see if anybody gets any better results tonight. Maybe I'll be the cool mom and let them camp out on a school night. We'll see.
8/3/09
First day of school
*****UPDATE**********************************************************
So the first day of school is over. Both kids had a good day overall.
When I picked up Blaine, the first thing he said to me was, "Mommy, Mrs. Murphy is the bestest teacher EVER!" Then he said, "But I need to tell you a secret." I bent over, and he whispered in my ear, "A kid on the slide called me a fat ass." I said, "What happened?" He said, "Well, I was going up the slide with my friends, and he told me, Move you fat ass. And then I said, Whatever, dude. And he said, You're not in my class, and you're not my friend. You're just a fat ass. So I said, Whatever." I said, "Did you tell the teacher?" He said, "No, Mommy, I'm not a tattletale!"
Kylee LOVES her first male teacher! He's "so cool" but very strict. "Mom, if we don't say Yes, sir, he does NOT like it. She was also called a name. Some boy told her she looked like a chola. My porcelain skinned, white as they come and doesn't tan blue-eyed girl looks like a chola? Whatever!
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Today was the day, first day of school. My first born started FIFTH grade, and my BABY started kindergarten.
**Excuse me while I collect myself.**
Both got up this morning with no problem, ate breakfast, and got dressed. When I brought Blaine's uniform down for him to get dressed, he said, "But I wanted to wear my Spiderman shirt." I said, "Blaine, you don't get to pick what you wear anymore. You have to wear a uniform, just like your sister." He said, "I wish I was still a boy." I didn't respond, just let it go. Kylee, of course, didn't talk much before she was dressed. She never does.
When we got to the school, Blaine was very lovey dovey with his sister. He wanted her to walk by him.
Then he asked if I could take a picture by the doors to the school. He posed, and I went to take the picture. THen he said, "I want Diddy in my picture!" 
We went upstairst to Kylee's room first, since we had already been to Mrs. Murphy's room at kindergarten orientation last week. While we were there, he was standing close to her, hugging her, just wanted to be close to her.
We met Kylee's teacher, Mr. Garcia. I really like him, from the little time I spent with him. His room is totally decorated in Redskins stuff. He was playing some kind of card game with Kylee when I left. Of course, she DID NOT want me taking pictures in her classroom, but I turned the flash off on my camera and just snuck one in.
Then I took Blaine down to his classroom with Mrs. Murphy. We walked in and she was handing out name tags.
He put his on, turned around, and said, "I love you. Bye."
I said, "Do you want me to leave?" He said, "Why not? If you want to stay, you can stay. I don't care." I said, "I think I will for a minute." Then when I went to leave, it was so no big deal.
And so it begins. Wish us luck!
So the first day of school is over. Both kids had a good day overall.
When I picked up Blaine, the first thing he said to me was, "Mommy, Mrs. Murphy is the bestest teacher EVER!" Then he said, "But I need to tell you a secret." I bent over, and he whispered in my ear, "A kid on the slide called me a fat ass." I said, "What happened?" He said, "Well, I was going up the slide with my friends, and he told me, Move you fat ass. And then I said, Whatever, dude. And he said, You're not in my class, and you're not my friend. You're just a fat ass. So I said, Whatever." I said, "Did you tell the teacher?" He said, "No, Mommy, I'm not a tattletale!"
Kylee LOVES her first male teacher! He's "so cool" but very strict. "Mom, if we don't say Yes, sir, he does NOT like it. She was also called a name. Some boy told her she looked like a chola. My porcelain skinned, white as they come and doesn't tan blue-eyed girl looks like a chola? Whatever!
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Today was the day, first day of school. My first born started FIFTH grade, and my BABY started kindergarten.
**Excuse me while I collect myself.**
Both got up this morning with no problem, ate breakfast, and got dressed. When I brought Blaine's uniform down for him to get dressed, he said, "But I wanted to wear my Spiderman shirt." I said, "Blaine, you don't get to pick what you wear anymore. You have to wear a uniform, just like your sister." He said, "I wish I was still a boy." I didn't respond, just let it go. Kylee, of course, didn't talk much before she was dressed. She never does.
When we got to the school, Blaine was very lovey dovey with his sister. He wanted her to walk by him.
Then he asked if I could take a picture by the doors to the school. He posed, and I went to take the picture. THen he said, "I want Diddy in my picture!" 
We went upstairst to Kylee's room first, since we had already been to Mrs. Murphy's room at kindergarten orientation last week. While we were there, he was standing close to her, hugging her, just wanted to be close to her.
We met Kylee's teacher, Mr. Garcia. I really like him, from the little time I spent with him. His room is totally decorated in Redskins stuff. He was playing some kind of card game with Kylee when I left. Of course, she DID NOT want me taking pictures in her classroom, but I turned the flash off on my camera and just snuck one in.
Then I took Blaine down to his classroom with Mrs. Murphy. We walked in and she was handing out name tags.
He put his on, turned around, and said, "I love you. Bye."
I said, "Do you want me to leave?" He said, "Why not? If you want to stay, you can stay. I don't care." I said, "I think I will for a minute." Then when I went to leave, it was so no big deal.
And so it begins. Wish us luck!
8/2/09
Kylee's first "date"
It is SSOO nice to be home, back in a normal routine. The routine is fixing to get even more "normal" because the kids start school....tomorrow. :-( Kylee will be in 5th grade. :-( :-( Blaine will be in kindergarten. :-( :-( :-(
Now for my fourth :-(! Kylee had her first "date" yesterday. She and Colton Evans met at a wedding in May of 2007, yes, 2007. They have not seen each other since then, but they have emailed and texted on and off. In the last couple of months, they have actually started talking on the phone. Friday night I got a phone call, and it was Colton. He wanted to know if he could take Kylee to the movies on Saturday. I told Joey what was going on, and Joey said he needed to ask him. (Dads! UGH!) Anyway, I handed Joey the phone. Long story short, Joey told him he could take her as long as the parents went. ***BTW, Colton is Shelly Walker's (maiden name) son.***
Saturday morning Kylee got up and her right eye was REALLY red and swollen from allergies. She was taking the medicine I usually have to FORCE her to take on her own, and using a water bottle to flush out her eye. She came and told me she wasn't sure if she wanted to go, for him to see her that way. So I told her I would call Shelly. She quickly changed her mind and said she would go. Then came the all too familiar dilemma of what to wear. She picked out four outfits and let BLAINE, yes, BLAINE, pick what she wore.
She got dressed, kept water in her eye, and started cleaning. She's wiping down the coffee table with Windex, and says, "Mom, aren't you going to ask me why I'm cleaning?" So, of course, I asked, and she replied, "When I get nervous, I just start cleaning."
We were going to meet Shelly and Colton at the movie theater. On the way there, she started spraying to peppermint spray we keep in the car for car sickness. I said, "Are you okay? Are you car sick?" She said, "I think I'm gonna puke, but I'm not car sick. I'm just SSSOOO nervous." She said, "Look, I'm STILL cleaning." (I let the kids write on the car windows with dry erase markers, and she was forcefully wiping them down.) Then she asked, "Mom, when we get there, what snack should I get?" I said, "Well, you usually get a movie meal." She said, "Yeah, but I don't want to look like a baby!!" I said, "Kylee, sometimes I get movie meals." She said, "Yeah, so does Mom Mom. Okay. I'll get a movie meal."
When we got to the theater, she couldn't even look at him. He was so sweet and told her he wanted to buy her a movie meal (YAY!), and they sat side by side (but she told me I had to sit on her other side) to watch the movie. When the movie was over, she still could hardly look at him, but they made plans to get together again soon. As SOON as we were in the car, they were texting back and forth and have been ever since.
AWWW, puppy love! I was going to take pictures, but I didn't want to TOTALLY mortify her. Maybe next time.
When my in-laws asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them I wanted a fountain like the one my father-in-law had made for their house. So this weekend, Jimmy came to install it. It is SSSOO awesome!!! He and Joey installed it, and it is BEAUTIFUL. This is what it looked like before Joey added his touches.
After Joey's touch
Isn't it AWESOME!!!! BIG THANK YOUS to Jimmy and Polly!!
Well, tomorrow is a big day in the Onick household! There will be pictures (and stories, I'm sure) of the first day of school tomorrow.
Home is where MY heart is!
Now for my fourth :-(! Kylee had her first "date" yesterday. She and Colton Evans met at a wedding in May of 2007, yes, 2007. They have not seen each other since then, but they have emailed and texted on and off. In the last couple of months, they have actually started talking on the phone. Friday night I got a phone call, and it was Colton. He wanted to know if he could take Kylee to the movies on Saturday. I told Joey what was going on, and Joey said he needed to ask him. (Dads! UGH!) Anyway, I handed Joey the phone. Long story short, Joey told him he could take her as long as the parents went. ***BTW, Colton is Shelly Walker's (maiden name) son.***
Saturday morning Kylee got up and her right eye was REALLY red and swollen from allergies. She was taking the medicine I usually have to FORCE her to take on her own, and using a water bottle to flush out her eye. She came and told me she wasn't sure if she wanted to go, for him to see her that way. So I told her I would call Shelly. She quickly changed her mind and said she would go. Then came the all too familiar dilemma of what to wear. She picked out four outfits and let BLAINE, yes, BLAINE, pick what she wore.
She got dressed, kept water in her eye, and started cleaning. She's wiping down the coffee table with Windex, and says, "Mom, aren't you going to ask me why I'm cleaning?" So, of course, I asked, and she replied, "When I get nervous, I just start cleaning."
We were going to meet Shelly and Colton at the movie theater. On the way there, she started spraying to peppermint spray we keep in the car for car sickness. I said, "Are you okay? Are you car sick?" She said, "I think I'm gonna puke, but I'm not car sick. I'm just SSSOOO nervous." She said, "Look, I'm STILL cleaning." (I let the kids write on the car windows with dry erase markers, and she was forcefully wiping them down.) Then she asked, "Mom, when we get there, what snack should I get?" I said, "Well, you usually get a movie meal." She said, "Yeah, but I don't want to look like a baby!!" I said, "Kylee, sometimes I get movie meals." She said, "Yeah, so does Mom Mom. Okay. I'll get a movie meal."
When we got to the theater, she couldn't even look at him. He was so sweet and told her he wanted to buy her a movie meal (YAY!), and they sat side by side (but she told me I had to sit on her other side) to watch the movie. When the movie was over, she still could hardly look at him, but they made plans to get together again soon. As SOON as we were in the car, they were texting back and forth and have been ever since.
AWWW, puppy love! I was going to take pictures, but I didn't want to TOTALLY mortify her. Maybe next time.
When my in-laws asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I told them I wanted a fountain like the one my father-in-law had made for their house. So this weekend, Jimmy came to install it. It is SSSOO awesome!!! He and Joey installed it, and it is BEAUTIFUL. This is what it looked like before Joey added his touches.
After Joey's touch
Isn't it AWESOME!!!! BIG THANK YOUS to Jimmy and Polly!!
Well, tomorrow is a big day in the Onick household! There will be pictures (and stories, I'm sure) of the first day of school tomorrow.
Home is where MY heart is!
8/1/09
July - The Vacation, Part II
We dropped Joey off at the airport and headed to the hotel. Kyle and Myra had gotten there the day before, and had headed for Fiesta Texas early in the day, so we had almost a full day to kill.
We went and got the salt off the outside of the car, got the girls piggies done, and bought Blaine some new sunglasses. Then we headed to the hotel to swim. Daneane came to see us, so we went to Olive Garden and ate dinner with her.
Eating Torta di Chocolate
When the Taylors got back, we headed to the pool and went to bed early for our big day at Sea World the next day.
McKenzie's trick she learned at Camp Dad Dad and Mom Mom
The next morning, after breakfast at IHOP (which Blaine calls Hip Hop), we headed for Sea World. We saw Shamu, the skiers, and the pirate show. At every show we went to, the kids, of course, wanted to sit in the "splash zone." They thought they were sssoo big when the adults DIDN'T sit with them and they got to sit by themselves.
McKenzie was good with the adults, as long as she had gum
Blaine after he got splashed
Kylee and Kellie sitting by themselves
Shamu!
We even went to the water park!
When we came out of Shamu, I couldn't find Blaine. Michael was laughing and said, "He's right there. This is where I found him
He told me that he had waited too long and thought I would be more mad if he peed in his chonies than I would be if he peed in the bush. UGH! And we start kindergarten next week! Scary!
Kylee even got picked to be IN the pirate show! But I couldn't get the video to load on here, so here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ZbVl2YTOM
The whole group
McKenzie shares her ice cream with Blaine on the way out of the park
The next day, we just hung out, did the typical San Antonio stuff, rode the boat on the riverwalk, went to Bass Pro Shop, etc. Riding the Riverwalk boat
Eating at Bass Pro Shop, letting Kellie take pictures
At Bass Pro Shop
Sunday we headed home to get back to normal life....and STAY HOME a while!
We went and got the salt off the outside of the car, got the girls piggies done, and bought Blaine some new sunglasses. Then we headed to the hotel to swim. Daneane came to see us, so we went to Olive Garden and ate dinner with her.
Eating Torta di Chocolate
When the Taylors got back, we headed to the pool and went to bed early for our big day at Sea World the next day.
McKenzie's trick she learned at Camp Dad Dad and Mom Mom
The next morning, after breakfast at IHOP (which Blaine calls Hip Hop), we headed for Sea World. We saw Shamu, the skiers, and the pirate show. At every show we went to, the kids, of course, wanted to sit in the "splash zone." They thought they were sssoo big when the adults DIDN'T sit with them and they got to sit by themselves.
McKenzie was good with the adults, as long as she had gum
Blaine after he got splashed
Kylee and Kellie sitting by themselves
Shamu!
We even went to the water park!
When we came out of Shamu, I couldn't find Blaine. Michael was laughing and said, "He's right there. This is where I found him
He told me that he had waited too long and thought I would be more mad if he peed in his chonies than I would be if he peed in the bush. UGH! And we start kindergarten next week! Scary! Kylee even got picked to be IN the pirate show! But I couldn't get the video to load on here, so here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ZbVl2YTOM
The whole group
McKenzie shares her ice cream with Blaine on the way out of the park
The next day, we just hung out, did the typical San Antonio stuff, rode the boat on the riverwalk, went to Bass Pro Shop, etc. Riding the Riverwalk boat
Eating at Bass Pro Shop, letting Kellie take pictures
At Bass Pro Shop
Sunday we headed home to get back to normal life....and STAY HOME a while!
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