Riordan and some this and that

Riordan. Hasn't wanted to give kisses or hugs or cuddles, unless he's sick, for over 6 months now. It at first hurt my feelings, but not wanting to force him, I would just kiss the top of his head every chance I got. Then the last month, because I refuse to give up, I could convince him to kiss me on the cheek and just at the right moment I would turn my head and he would give me an accidental kiss. It will get us both laughing! He won't give Mike kisses either, so I kinda feel okay knowing that it isn't just me.
Well since I have been back from Atlanta, he has all of sudden given me kisses anytime I ask for them. All last year when I would kiss him, he would 'wipe them off'. I would pout and he would laugh. Stinker. He wipes these new ones off, I pout, and then he kisses me again. I'm loving this new phase of kisses again!
In the meantime since I have been home, he has a been a bit interesting? I'm not sure what word I'm looking for. On Monday, he got very angry with Teagan, not sure why this time, and threw his water cup across the room and then began to cry hysterically because he knew he shouldn't have done it. He got a time out and had to clean it up.
But today, takes the cake. He has written on walls mutiple times with sharpies, crayons, pens, pencils, but today he wrote with PEE! I don't know what he had going on in his head, but the wall and the floor where soaked with pee and he said it was because 'he couldn't do it'. I think he meant that he couldn't make it to the bathroom in time. But why he pulled down his pants when he wasn't in the bathroom is beyond me.
As long as he keeps givin me kisses, I won't complain to much. He even wanted me to cuddle with him tonite and didn't want me to leave his bed. Maybe I should out of town more often ;-) Yeah, not anytime soon for sure.

So some great news. The school that Caden attended before Kindersteps, is back up and running! My friend Angela has decided to go back to it and Riordan will go there next school year for three days a week for three hours! Such great news. She and Tracy were both great!! Caden is so much more advanced than other students in his class because of their attention to academics. Riordan is lacking that now in his current school. Where I do like his teacher right now, I'm just not sold on this zoo phonics program. Although Riordan apparently really gets the concept and likes it a lot, I just feel I'm sending him to daycare instead of a school. It's great through and through for sure, for being away from mommy and socialization, not to mention getting to see his girlfriends, Catie and Megan!

Caden called me from school today about an hour before it was over. He was crying and said he missed me very much. I know he's had a hard time with not seeing daddy much this week because of our trip and daddy's early and late working. I asked him if he was okay to stay till school was over, he said yes.

When I made it to school, he was holding Ms. Hansen's hand (I just love her!), and watching his friends play on the playground. SO not like him! When we got in the car he was lathargic leaning up against the side and eyes closed. We dropped our friend Caden at home and put our boy to bed. I gave him Tylenol and soon after he was back up and wanting to play. He definitely has a fever, in fact tonite for bedtime he was on fire and wouldn't take Tylenol again. So we will see tomorrow if he has a fever still. If so, I will be taking him in and getting a strep test done on him. And pray he doesn't start throwing up tonite. He said his throat and tummy hurt a little bit. He's so pale!

Teagan has been having issues with bedtime. She is absolutely hysterical the last two nights, saying she's scared. Even if we leave the door cracked she's just beyond herself. She stayed up last night with me until Mike got home at 10 and he put her to bed. Aislinn was a handful so I couldn't put her down to work with Teagan in her room. Tonight, Teagan was so upset she got sick. It brings back vivid memories of Caden doing this exact thing when he was 15 months old. He would be fine for naps in his crib, as is she, but then would refuse to go to bed in his bed. We got her back down at 9 tonight.

We have been trying to get out to buy a crib for Aislinn, because she keeps me up all night in our room now, attributing to my exhaustion, but if Teagan continues like this it may be time to get her a big girl bed, thus us not needing a new crib. We agreed to give it a week and see. We have a toddler bed for Teagan already set up in her room, but she wants nothing to do with it. When we ask her if she wants a big girl bed like Riordan and Caden she says yes. In fact, usually gets upset when we do bedtime because she likes laying in their bed and doesn't want to leave their room. I even asked her if she wanted Aislinn to start sleeping in her room, but she said no to that one. So I don't know if the appeal of the boys room is that they are in there or that the bed is bigger. Thankfully, she still sleeps through the night. When she is hysterical it's within 10 mins. I also thought of skipping her naps to see if she would fall asleep faster. She only naps for 1 1/2 hours tops now. A lot of options to explore this week. But I would be happier if she just stayed in her crib and got Aislinn a new one to go in the guest room till she sleeps more through the night.

Tomorrow Riordan has school as well. And tomorrow night I have a date with Kristi and Marcie to go to the mall and eat some sushi at Kona! I can not wait. I definitely need the girl time. A good mood elevator for me.
Speaking of, it never fails that talking/blogging can make me feel better. Since my admittal to my depression I was trying to ignore, I'm feeling a bit better and not quite so exhausted! So strange how that works out. Still need to get on my elliptical. Trying to do well on my points for WW. Got my scale yesterday so I can finally really track my weight weekly. It's a pretty cool scale, it gives every equation you can think of. BMI, Bone weight, muscle weight, water %, Metabolic age, Visceral number, Physique classification and so much more! I hate what I see, but like what it does. I found some pictures of me, on my visit back home, from when I was 18, so those are going on my fridge. Not that I will ever get my 18 year old body back, but I definitely don't want this 34 year old body anymore!