Can you believe it's almost summer? Time goes by wayyyy to fast for me to keep up! Some days I don't even know the days of the week or the date! Everything is going well for our family... we are busy busy as always!
Erik is doing well... he's working his butt off at Staples as always. They are still making them work 10 hour shifts 5 days a week and they get no compensation for that extra 10 hours a week they put in. I hate staples and I hate whoever bosses and makes them work 50 hour weeks. They must not know what it's like to work those hours and still try to fit in seeing their families. The only benefit for us is Erik has been there over 10 years and he gets paid well. YIPPEE!!! He's good at everything he does so he would have no problem getting into another profession once the recession lets up and more jobs are available. Poor Erik... I hope he knows how much the 3 of us appreciate him and all he does for us! He's amazing!
Dylan is doing well in kindergarten. Soon to be a first grader! :D How time flies. On June 15th he has what is called "move up day" and he gets to go meet his first grade teacher and all the kids in his class. The afternoon kindergarten classes actually attend in the morning so he will meet the kids in those classes as well. He's reading, he's doing math, he's writing in sentences and spelling words. He's a smart boy and I am very proud of him. Tae kwon do is still going well. He still loves it and excels at it. Although when they do sparring he's a little nervous about it b/c some of the boys hit for blood and some go easy... Dylan barely hits. I love watching him though. He's soo cute! There's a video that my MIL did at his last testing of him sparring that is hilarious! So if interested you can go there to watch it. :) He's doing great in baseball now as well. He's hitting the ball everytime without using a tee and getting on base. However in the outfield he's still drawing his name in the dirt and doesn't even realize a game is going on. It cracks me up! He's ready for summer... he's ready to do some swimming at Carmine's like we do every year... he loves going to his house. June 27th he's having his annual summer bash so Dylan will get a full day of swimming and playing at Carmine's. The only tough thing Dylan is going through is his tantrum stage. Everytime you tell him "no" he stomps his feet and starts screaming... I've just about heard enough of that, so he either gets sent to his room or loses his DS depending on how bad the tantrum was. LOL... all kids go through it!
Caydence is just Caydence. Still goes through her mean stages where she hits or pushes and then goes through sweet stages where she tells you she loves you and blows you kisses just randomly. She's a busy bee... I can't keep my eyes on her and keep her in one place. The one thing that is just about to drive me crazy though... her tantrums! She screams soooo hard and sooooo long that she ends up throwing up and it drives me insane. I don't know how to make it better for her nor do I know how to stop her. When she's throwing a tantrum or is mad at you she will hit in the face. Today at Dylan's school I had to force her off the playground so that we could leave and she didn't like it... I had to carry her out and she was slapping me in the face in the back of the head... part of me wants to hit back and part of me just wants to hold her down. She's out of control when she's like that. Dylan was NEVER like that, so it's definately a challenge to deal with. We have actually thought of maybe one more down the road, but if it doesn't get any easier with her...there will be NO MORE! It's embarassing and some people say, "I would never let my kid act like that" or "I will drag them out of a store if they are doing that" or "I would beat their a*s"... well just for all you who say that & don't have kids... don't knock that parents who don't do that until you are in their shoes. At times it is that easy, but at other times it's not that easy... have one like mine and you will see why.. LOL. Oh well, I am sure she will snap out of it one day! :) Other than that she's great... :) She does do something that makes Erik and I laugh so hard though! She's heard Dylan say "never" when playing so we will ask Caydence to pick up her toys or tell her it's nite nite time and she will look at us soooo serious and say "neva." It kills us... how old are you again? Why are you saying that to your MOM & DAD??? Soo funny, yet can be so irritating too! I love her though!
Well that's about all on the Allberg update here. We are getting ready for our trip to NC July 27th...I can't wait to see my family. Seems like it's been forever! Soon enough it will get here... take care everybody... Until next time.....
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