D'oh

So you would think by my second kid I would have less and less of those d'oh moments. Nope!! What are the odds that when I go to put sleeping boy #2 in bed with sleeping boy #1 I would line them up so that their heads would clank together.....anyone? Yup. And they both woke up screaming. I think I may be in the running for a new Mommy of the Year trophy and we are only 13 days in.

Jacob had his evaluation today

Well......he qualifies for assistance. I guess that is good. The place we went was very helpful and I really liked the team that evaluated him. They loved Jacob too. He is super sweet and he really just wants to please. His speech is at 50% so he is right where he should be with that. However, he is only at 8% or 9% with his language comprehension. They said it is atypical to see such a difference. Typically the scores match. They likened it to a toddler who understands a lot but cannot communicate it. Jacob is the opposite, he can communicate without understanding. His mind is not processing correctly and it makes him struggle. It's like if you ask him 'What color is a duck?' He'll respond by telling you a duck has feathers and swims in the water and says quack quack and is yellow. So basically he'll talk his way to the answer. It's like he doesn't understand that you just wantt he answer yellow, so he tells you everything about ducks hoping to get it right. He is just trying to please you. So he is being recommended for 3 sessions/week of speech therapy. We will also have his hearing tested. There is a possiblity that the timing in both ears is a little off, leading to info coming in at different times (milliseconds in difference), but it could cause everything to be jumbled and that is why it takes a bit longer for him to process things. They also noted he may have blue/green color blindness. So we will have that tested at his 4 year appointment as well.
Jacob's teacher wrote her evaluation:
"Jacob can "shut down" if he does not want to do something. Difficulty with space issues (his & others); especially lining up. Needs time to process what is said and what is going on;may need extra or multiple explanation. Weak social skills."
She did say how much she enjoys Jacob and that his "shut downs" are happening less and less. She had to check off 15 questions with Needs Improvement, Good or Excellent. All but 2 were needs improvement. She said it was difficult to check off the questionaire because she didn't like the look of it, but really wanted Jacob to have every oppurtunity available to him.

The Persnickety Princess

So why is it that some people feel the constant need to declare war on others? I work with someone like this (or I sometimes do, they have been sent to another building). It was not clear to me that she was like this until her sights were set on me. Then ~bang~, it's like a switch went off and my eyes were opened. In the past I had never understood why she would get so worked up over others, but I realized she ALWAYS has someone in her sights. She surrounds herself with her "friends" so she is always the center of attention. She demands to be the focus.
She is a daddy's darling. A princess. A beyatch. I have heard her picking on her sister, because she is not living up to her standard. It has always seemed she is coddled as the favorite and her sister said to hell with this. Even the princess says she is an only child.
Like I said, I was in her cross-hairs. I don't know what I did to offend her, but all of a sudden her nad her little group stopped speaking to me. Most days she isn't there and I noticed when she is not her "peeps" will acknowledge me. That is bullshit. So I confronted one of them. I will not play these childish games and if you have a problem with me, then be professional enough to come to me and speak your mind. Plus, we were suppose to be friends..We have been in each others homes for crying out loud. I found out Princess is holding an unknown grudge against me. The girl I confronted denied playing the game, but I think I called her on it. She speaks to me now. The sad part is I liked hanging out with Princess. She is very nice (apparently only if she likes you). She has come to my house, played with my kids. I am sad it has come down to some silly little girlish game and I will not be a part of it.
So that is how my work has been. Nice, huh.
Oh and while no one was speaking to me, I wore these new leather gloves my MIL had given me. Lovely. They turned everything I touched black while I drove to work oneday......my face. It's always good when you walk into a place and everyone points and laughs at you. Good self-esteem builder. I asked my husband what kind of piece of crap gloves did his mother buy me. We had a chuckle over that one.

I just had to move that pic down

Everytime I looked at my own blog it looked like a nipple to me, so I had to post something to move it down. I don't really have too much to say, yet I feel like I could write about a lot of things, but the boys won't give me time. A quick glimpse at what's been going on (hopefully it will help me expand on it later):
-very nice Christmas spent with family (and pediatrician lol)
-mean girls at work
-Jacob's upcoming evaluation
-still no snow
-we have renters
-wheel bearings and other mechanical things
-my mom
-it's a New Year, lets aim for a new me
-my whining children

Well that last one ends my blog for now.