Can you guess what it took them about 30 seconds to figure out....bingo. They can jump off the top to the bottom. (Why they never tried it when there was a foot of space I don't know.) What is a mom to do. (I don't want to tell them it is okay but I am smart enough to know that they are going to do it regardless of what I say.)It does seem perfectly harmless and quite honestly, if I was a 4 or 7 year old boy, I would want to do the same thing. (Shoot as an adult it looks like fun.) So, they have been given the warning that it is not the safest thing to do and if you do it and get hurt, don't come crying to me about it. We will see how long this continues.
The boys have gotten into raiding my tool box. The other day they both had screw drivers in hand and asked if they could remove the switch plate covers. Sure, why not. Jbird got 5 of them off in the time it took B to take one off. Then yesterday Jbird took off the training wheels off of his second bike (it had been 'lost' for a while but now find). He took some scrap wood and started nailing things together! A little carpenter.
At the end of the school year B slipped in his math scores. So I decided we would do some math throughout the summer. That has been difficult. Then I had the bright idea of trying to have him do some online math games.
Still not the best idea....I cannot make him do his homework at this point and not real sure how to win the battle. (Other than his grades suffer during the school year - which I am willing to do for him to learn responsibility. I just hope he can turn things around. He is very, very strong willed!)
Took B to the orthodontist the other day. He has an upper crossbite, which in essence means his palate (upper teeth) is not as wide as his jaw. There is no room for adult teeth to come in up top. I find it even very difficult to floss his upper teeth. So, looks like a palate expander is in our near future. What we are waiting on is his 6 year molars (yes, he is 7). They have not come in yet so they have nothing to attach the expander to. One of them is just starting to break through and the other one can't be seen. We have a follow up in 6 months and hopefully they will be in by then. (The boys and I were all in the exam room - younger two played in the corner. The orthodontist was not impressed with my younger two. At one point he yelled at his dental assistant to come into the room to watch my boys. It was frustrating because the assistant had told them they could play with some stuff but the ortho was not having it. Guess it did not help that they had been in the house all day. Note to self, run them crazy before the next appt.)
I have started sitting in on JB's speech sessions. Not sure why I have not done this before...thought I would be a distraction plus having to watch the other boys. The older two boys have done fine in the waiting room. Has been very interesting to watch the interaction in the therapy room. She is very focused with him and he always knows what to expect. He walks into the room and sits in a chair, ready to work. If he gets distracted, she immediately stops and redirects him. I even find when I use the words (and sign for) 'work first' (like she does), at home, he will often give me what I am asking for. He is tolerating the drills really well. He is trying very hard to please, just not always able to produce the right sounds. I have to work at not just cracking up because there are times he will put his elbow on the table, chin in hand, tap fingers on his other hand on the table and just look at her like "what now lady". Such a ham.
I am working two different weddings this weekend, so will be a crazy, busy, tiring weekend for me.
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