Got to say I never thought this day would come and I was very proud of Tom (and Harry of course)
We never usually go to the boys assembly because it normally throws them off track. Last time I went Harry got a tad excited and threw all the teachers notes out of her hands because he had spotted me at the back of the hall, plus there was the big non event of them refusing to take part in the Christmas play.
Had to persuade Malc to go, one because they never do anything and two, he's frightened he'll fall through those piddly chairs they provide us to sit on.
Anyhow we were informed Tom had a big role in the assembly. He was a bully in a gang and had to push a girl over....!!! Both the boys held up their pictures when they were supposed to. Goldilocks and the bear were both superb and to my reckoning should be hung in the Tate gallery, so much was the detail that went into it. Then came Tom's big moment. He wheeled himself on cue along with the gang and again with precision timing pushed the girl over. What a fantastic little actor he is...(I know most of you will say he always has been...!!!) Even better than that was the fact he reversed himself into his space without running any one over.
Harry was a star in himself due to the fact he didn't leave his 1:1's lap, though you could still hear him muttering 'mummy and daddy here' and clapping constantly.
Tom even joined in with the singing of 'Neighbours' (don't ask) and wheeled himself to the very front when they did the bow.
I think this is a start of a very promising career personally and no I'm not a pushy mum who will see the pound signs in front of her eyes.
So where is that application form for stage school.....
Monday, 8 March 2010
Friday, 5 March 2010
Into the new year
Well here we are into the new year...well March to be exactly and I had promised to update on a regular basis....!!!
Both the boys managed the christmas play...well they sat there and refused to do anything. Nothing new there really. Had a really good christmas with dad being home. Hannah was spoilt yet again and it was the first year the boys interacted in the whole thing and seemed to enjoy it for what it was. Due to the snow, we were house bound for a couple of weeks on and off.
Tom had an assessment for another wheelchair as he is finally growing. Hopefully this will be okay for him and we don't have to go down the private route again. He's also had to have his swash brace fixed. The thing that's supposed to restrict his movement broke as he was bumshuffling too much. He was also assessed for a mobile hoist and shower chair. We got the mobile hoist fairly quickly, shower chair we have to wait for a bit longer, so he has to make do with sliding all over the shower bed when soapy...!!! Mind you, it does keep us fit trying to catch him on there, he's a slippery little bugger...lol. Apart from that he's doing okay. Still having to fight the girls off him at school...literally. They are at his beck and call and being a typical bloke, enjoying it.
Harry, well what can we say about this little man...!! Recovered from his tonsils and adenoids well. He was very quiet for a long time which was great. Unfortunately his voice did come back and we have since been subject to his beautiful voice which reaches such high decibels. He's been his normal self, loud, accident prone, tapped...the list continues. CAMHS still find him facinating, though after asking him to be referred, they are coming out with more labels for him. They've already said they're pretty certain he's got OCD and still looking into his autistic traits. Saw the orthopeadic consultant who is still worried about his hips and his hypermobility but agreed there wasn't a fat lot he could do at the moment. So we've just left it like that for the time being. He managed to split his chin open again this week, so has been an unhappy chappy this week.
Hannah is okay. Doing well at school. Actually had a decent school report and the teachers say she's nice and quiet. Obviously got the wrong girl there..!!!
Well think that's about it for now. Quite boring really. Loads to do round the house, so if anyone is bored and want's some DIY to do, give us a shout. I'm sure we can accomodate you...!!!
Both the boys managed the christmas play...well they sat there and refused to do anything. Nothing new there really. Had a really good christmas with dad being home. Hannah was spoilt yet again and it was the first year the boys interacted in the whole thing and seemed to enjoy it for what it was. Due to the snow, we were house bound for a couple of weeks on and off.
Tom had an assessment for another wheelchair as he is finally growing. Hopefully this will be okay for him and we don't have to go down the private route again. He's also had to have his swash brace fixed. The thing that's supposed to restrict his movement broke as he was bumshuffling too much. He was also assessed for a mobile hoist and shower chair. We got the mobile hoist fairly quickly, shower chair we have to wait for a bit longer, so he has to make do with sliding all over the shower bed when soapy...!!! Mind you, it does keep us fit trying to catch him on there, he's a slippery little bugger...lol. Apart from that he's doing okay. Still having to fight the girls off him at school...literally. They are at his beck and call and being a typical bloke, enjoying it.
Harry, well what can we say about this little man...!! Recovered from his tonsils and adenoids well. He was very quiet for a long time which was great. Unfortunately his voice did come back and we have since been subject to his beautiful voice which reaches such high decibels. He's been his normal self, loud, accident prone, tapped...the list continues. CAMHS still find him facinating, though after asking him to be referred, they are coming out with more labels for him. They've already said they're pretty certain he's got OCD and still looking into his autistic traits. Saw the orthopeadic consultant who is still worried about his hips and his hypermobility but agreed there wasn't a fat lot he could do at the moment. So we've just left it like that for the time being. He managed to split his chin open again this week, so has been an unhappy chappy this week.
Hannah is okay. Doing well at school. Actually had a decent school report and the teachers say she's nice and quiet. Obviously got the wrong girl there..!!!
Well think that's about it for now. Quite boring really. Loads to do round the house, so if anyone is bored and want's some DIY to do, give us a shout. I'm sure we can accomodate you...!!!
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
School
At the moment nothing special seems to be happening at school. Just the usual... messing around, getting in trouble and making jokes about something random.
Yesterday I was sitting with my friends in the canteen at lunch and we gave Lucy a banana so she could stay in. You're not aloud in without something to eat.. Lucy passed it around the table and everyone pretended it was a phone. Everyone had a conversation incept for me who just went:
"Hewooo!!"
Everyone found that funny while I gave the banana back to Kate and then my maths teacher, Mr Murray, walked by and stopped by us. He said:
"Funny. I've never seen anyone talk to a banana before."
He then walked off. He was actually directing that to me even though everyone else had done it. So they all laughed at me... I told him later that it wasn't anything serious. I was still mentally fine.
Today we did a scene out of romeo and juliet. I was Lady Capulet and my best friend was Lord Capulet so she is now known as my hubster. Hannah was Juliet and Kate was the Nurse. While me, Hannah and Caitlin(my bezzie) did our scenes, Kate went around pretending to offer people drinks. Hannah pretended to cry at one point and Kate turned round in the middle of Caitlin going mad and asked if Hannah wanted some tissues. Then when the Nurse had a go at Lord Capulet Kate threw the tissues and Caitlin and pretened slapped her. I then clapped and Hannah had a small fit on the floor.
We had at and got paint everywhere. I had black hands and a white blazer which was blue before.
Had R.E. Same as ever... Boring... Me and Alice just talked and asked Hannah for help when we got stuck... Alice then did her famous american accent while I witch cackled when we were supposed to be silent. Then Dylan farted and evacuated the place which was pretty funny. After that Bennet(Tom) chewed his pen which led to an explosion. He looked a bit like a vampire incept with ink.
Had a detention for talking. Not fair when I wasn't the one talking. Actually I was singing... Life's hard. I got 2/24 in algebra because I didn't get it. He said to do some more but I didn't want o risk the disappointment of getting more wrong. So I tried to figure out what I had done wrong. I didn't do very well.
It's a bit long but that's about it.
Hannah
x
Yesterday I was sitting with my friends in the canteen at lunch and we gave Lucy a banana so she could stay in. You're not aloud in without something to eat.. Lucy passed it around the table and everyone pretended it was a phone. Everyone had a conversation incept for me who just went:
"Hewooo!!"
Everyone found that funny while I gave the banana back to Kate and then my maths teacher, Mr Murray, walked by and stopped by us. He said:
"Funny. I've never seen anyone talk to a banana before."
He then walked off. He was actually directing that to me even though everyone else had done it. So they all laughed at me... I told him later that it wasn't anything serious. I was still mentally fine.
Today we did a scene out of romeo and juliet. I was Lady Capulet and my best friend was Lord Capulet so she is now known as my hubster. Hannah was Juliet and Kate was the Nurse. While me, Hannah and Caitlin(my bezzie) did our scenes, Kate went around pretending to offer people drinks. Hannah pretended to cry at one point and Kate turned round in the middle of Caitlin going mad and asked if Hannah wanted some tissues. Then when the Nurse had a go at Lord Capulet Kate threw the tissues and Caitlin and pretened slapped her. I then clapped and Hannah had a small fit on the floor.
We had at and got paint everywhere. I had black hands and a white blazer which was blue before.
Had R.E. Same as ever... Boring... Me and Alice just talked and asked Hannah for help when we got stuck... Alice then did her famous american accent while I witch cackled when we were supposed to be silent. Then Dylan farted and evacuated the place which was pretty funny. After that Bennet(Tom) chewed his pen which led to an explosion. He looked a bit like a vampire incept with ink.
Had a detention for talking. Not fair when I wasn't the one talking. Actually I was singing... Life's hard. I got 2/24 in algebra because I didn't get it. He said to do some more but I didn't want o risk the disappointment of getting more wrong. So I tried to figure out what I had done wrong. I didn't do very well.
It's a bit long but that's about it.
Hannah
x
Friday, 27 November 2009
Mezza x
Today I went to Merry Hill with my mates. There was hannah, caitlin, kate, alice, kieran, alex, jo and dan R. It was fun and I spent alot of money on ice cream. Also spotted some shoes in Primark. Nice!! Only £6 as well. Brought some Austin Powers socks for Dad for xmas...... Hope he likes it.
Got kicked out of Hawkins and Bazaar for not buying anything. It was also Kieran's bday but couldn't find anything nice so got him a free heart out of Build A Bear. In the shop Kieran asked for a free bear but the man said no and said that he could bend over, put the pipe up is butt and stuff him....... We left.
He also wasn't allowed to see Santa so he got upset but he got a freecolouring page of Rudolph with free crayons. Had alot of fun and laughs but had to go early. :( Instead of going to Republic I had to walk all the way to St Marys just to pick up my bros.
Hannah
x
Got kicked out of Hawkins and Bazaar for not buying anything. It was also Kieran's bday but couldn't find anything nice so got him a free heart out of Build A Bear. In the shop Kieran asked for a free bear but the man said no and said that he could bend over, put the pipe up is butt and stuff him....... We left.
He also wasn't allowed to see Santa so he got upset but he got a freecolouring page of Rudolph with free crayons. Had alot of fun and laughs but had to go early. :( Instead of going to Republic I had to walk all the way to St Marys just to pick up my bros.
Hannah
x
Back Home....
Well had another two exciting days on the childrens ward. Unfortunately Harry was down for his op in the afternoon which meant him not being able to eat from 7am. What a mare. He's just like a scavaging rat when his hungry...!!! At least the Merryhill is good for something and that's wasting a couple of hours and being able to stop Harry from eating. Mind you watching him dribbling while we had a large mac and fries was good...!!! (only joking...;))
He was first one down and this time the anaesthetist actually listened to us this time and gassed him first before trying to fit the canula. He was a really brave boy and went down without a fuss but being a true Gardener uttered his last words of 'dinner' before he went under...!!! He had a rough time in recovery which involved having a bleed from his mouth and nose and him pulling the canula out of his hand. They even thought about taking him back in to stop the bleeding. This carried on in the ward and during the night had a few more bleeds. He was quite upset and sore. The surgeon checked him out in the morning and decided to give him till lunch time to see if it would stop. Luckly it did. Two boxes of pringles (they belonged to the little girls across the room from us, finders keepers rules apply), toast and lunch convinced them he could come home.
He's still not grand and very quiet but he's home.
On a better note, Tom has a duel role in the school play this year, a traveller from afar and a wise man...!!! He'll be with sheep also. The teacher also said he could also do the collection after. I told her I was all for making it authentic and letting him bumshuffle on the floor with a cardboard label on him and a tin collection tray. For some reason she wasn't up for that... wonder why...??? Good job she's a good friend and has a decent sense of humour....
He was first one down and this time the anaesthetist actually listened to us this time and gassed him first before trying to fit the canula. He was a really brave boy and went down without a fuss but being a true Gardener uttered his last words of 'dinner' before he went under...!!! He had a rough time in recovery which involved having a bleed from his mouth and nose and him pulling the canula out of his hand. They even thought about taking him back in to stop the bleeding. This carried on in the ward and during the night had a few more bleeds. He was quite upset and sore. The surgeon checked him out in the morning and decided to give him till lunch time to see if it would stop. Luckly it did. Two boxes of pringles (they belonged to the little girls across the room from us, finders keepers rules apply), toast and lunch convinced them he could come home.
He's still not grand and very quiet but he's home.
On a better note, Tom has a duel role in the school play this year, a traveller from afar and a wise man...!!! He'll be with sheep also. The teacher also said he could also do the collection after. I told her I was all for making it authentic and letting him bumshuffle on the floor with a cardboard label on him and a tin collection tray. For some reason she wasn't up for that... wonder why...??? Good job she's a good friend and has a decent sense of humour....
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
All fit and healthy
Got to say that swine flu was literally a bit of a swine. Just when Hannah was getting back on track, Harry decided he wanted to be ill as well. I think it was just to keep Hannah company on her extra week off school...!!! They did give him the Tamiflu as well but luckily just stopped as a chest infection. At least the poor armchair managed to recover from the constant jumping on, at least for a week anyhow.
We had an eventful meeting at the school where they put a care plan in place. Think i managed to scare the hell out of them with what could be. The 1:1's already know but think the head and assistant heads were left thinking 'oh sh*t' lol
Also had another letter through. This time Harry's op date for his adenoids and tonsils. That will be on the 26th November. I know he has to have it done but get sick to my stomach thinking about them having more operations. It's not nice having to carry them down and watch them struggle with the anesthetic and then wait for that call for you to go down to the recovery room cos they're not waking up properly.. Anyhow he should benefit with his breathing and swallowing.
Both are doing well at school socially and educational wise. Harry has read hisfirst book today. He was that excited he read it to his 1:1, teacher, assistant head, headteacher and then caretaker. Got lots of stickers for his effort and a packet of sweets (one for tom as well) from the caretaker.
Anyhow back to the normal humdrum
We had an eventful meeting at the school where they put a care plan in place. Think i managed to scare the hell out of them with what could be. The 1:1's already know but think the head and assistant heads were left thinking 'oh sh*t' lol
Also had another letter through. This time Harry's op date for his adenoids and tonsils. That will be on the 26th November. I know he has to have it done but get sick to my stomach thinking about them having more operations. It's not nice having to carry them down and watch them struggle with the anesthetic and then wait for that call for you to go down to the recovery room cos they're not waking up properly.. Anyhow he should benefit with his breathing and swallowing.
Both are doing well at school socially and educational wise. Harry has read hisfirst book today. He was that excited he read it to his 1:1, teacher, assistant head, headteacher and then caretaker. Got lots of stickers for his effort and a packet of sweets (one for tom as well) from the caretaker.
Anyhow back to the normal humdrum
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Just like a train...!!!
There you go, no posts for ages and then two in two days....!!!!
So much for having a lie in this morning. The old clock going back did us no favours what so ever.
Mind you it doesn't help that Hannah was creeping round the house for most of the night. She said she felt ill yesterday. Remarkably it was after the two hour bowling birthday party she went to...!!! Was getting a bit concerned for her cos she was very hot and looking sorry for herself last night. She was even prepared to miss John and Edward on the X factor, so knew she wasn't herself.
After a few consultations it was decided by the powers that be that she did have swine flu. So she's now confined to upstairs and away from the boys at all costs. Got to say she's got crap timing. Fancy getting ill at half term...!!
Never mind should be a quiet one.....
So much for having a lie in this morning. The old clock going back did us no favours what so ever.
Mind you it doesn't help that Hannah was creeping round the house for most of the night. She said she felt ill yesterday. Remarkably it was after the two hour bowling birthday party she went to...!!! Was getting a bit concerned for her cos she was very hot and looking sorry for herself last night. She was even prepared to miss John and Edward on the X factor, so knew she wasn't herself.
After a few consultations it was decided by the powers that be that she did have swine flu. So she's now confined to upstairs and away from the boys at all costs. Got to say she's got crap timing. Fancy getting ill at half term...!!
Never mind should be a quiet one.....
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