Jacob is busy working on his Duty to God award. Unfortunately for Jacob, he is the learning guinea pig for me. I'm just figuring out the whole Duty to God program and the Boy Scout program. In fact, Jacob and I need to go through things tomorrow and set some goals for this week. He would like to finish his Eagle as early as possible.
David went to a science club today. They dissected a pig's heart. He thought it felt cool. This science club he's attending is amazing! Next week they are going to put a computer together from bare bones up. I'm sure he'll love it.
Johnathon has been really excited about life lately. I wish I could get that boy to talk about real stuff though instead of electronic games, computer sites, or some make believe thing. I've started challenging him to learn 1 new thing about the world each day.... AND, I don't accept "facts" from the Mythbusters. I do not understand how 30 minutes on the computer, and an hour tops of tv time can feed that child's imagination so much. I suspect we're going to have to cut out tv altogether during the week this fall. We'll see though.
Deborah has been a tough cookie lately. Picture my stubbornness and Dwight's stubbornness in a little 2 foot package with blonde hair, blue eyes and an amazing smile... yup, that's Deborah. Now imagine how empowered she feels by knowing that she has 3 brothers wrapped around her little finger ... and Dad's not too far away either. (Notice that I didn't say she's spoiled.) We are still working on who's in charge. The other day I said to one of the other bossy kids, "Who is the Mom?" suggesting that they needed to stop bossing other people around. A few minutes later, I told Deborah to do something, she looked at me very pleasantly and said, "Who is the Deborah?" Yes, we have a problem, but it is a really cute and often really sweet problem.
Ryan is still having clusters of seizures a few times each day. It feels like they're happening more often. I'm beginning to wonder if they are infantile spasms instead of myoclonic seizures. I'm not sure that ones better than the other. Our neurosurgeon friend told us that an EEG would probably be needed to differentiate them, but that it's probably best to just continue to treat the symptoms and not do the EEG too early. Much easier said than done. Part of me would like a definitive diagnosis. The other is scared of what the definitive diagnosis might mean.
Dwight started his new job last Monday. So today started the 2nd week. He's still learning about all the company policies and procedures ... ie red tape. We are so very thankful that his job search did not take too long, and that we have such amazing friends to network with during a job search. I'm so thankful that Dwight has such great skills and works so hard to stay current with technologies. I am very blessed and lead a very blessed life. I know Heavenly Father really blessed us. Sometime perhaps I will tell you of the miracles that we have seen recently. We truly have seen miracles.
Oh, maybe I'll get pictures loaded tomorrow. I hope the pictures of Ryan's birthday party turned out good. I haven't even looked at them yet.
Oh, one more thing ... we moved Ryan into his own room tonight. The black closet. (Don't worry. It's the size of a bedroom. ) Now, I need to decide how I'm going to turn the office into a therapy room. Should I paint 2 of the walls black and hang black black-out curtains over the window? Or, should I build a L-shaped PVC structure that can be draped with black fabric? Hmmm.... decisions, decisions. I'd love to hear your input....
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Sounds like life has been a little crazy around your house!!!! How has school been this week? Dwight said that Jessica was starting High School. How was her first few days? How were your first few days without her? Well I love you! Give big kisses to your family! Talk to you later!
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