I'm assuming the fireworks didn't happen anyway because it's still raining and lightning. We ended up not playing racecars, but went on our front porch to watch the storm for quite a while.
It's so nice that Tyler's able to stay up later now! I really enjoy our extra time, especially since it's fun and relaxed time now. Except his licking everything. THAT drives me absolutely batty! Sometimes I manage to forget about it now and then, but it's just ridiculous. EVERYTHING he picks up, he must lick. EVERYTHING. And if he's some place where he's not picking things up, such as karate class, he has to lean over and lick the floor whenever he's close enough to do so. It's horrible. He doesn't realize he's doing it and when he tries to stop, it just gets worse. We're still trying to figure out what that's about. The OT isn't sure if it's a sensory thing or not because if it were, she feels that him having a chewy around his neck constantly (which he's had since a couple days after the cruise) would satisfy that oral need. Even having gum in his mouth constantly doesn't stop or slow it down. So the psychiatrist thinks either OCD behavior or anxiety, but only time will tell. He really thinks it's an anxiety coping mechanism, and said if it is, then the drug he's on will help with that since the drug reduces anxiety. Nope, not a change.
HOWEVER.......since that's the only bizarre behavior remaining, I'm OK with it! I'm the one who just has to get past my issues with him doing it. I'm really surprised the kids at school haven't teased him about it yet because there's no way anybody would not notice it.
Wow, that was a lot of babbling! Sorry!
Wilson letting go of the steering wheel would make me a nervous wreck! And I'm very surprised that Tyler never gets sick. But maybe because he licks everything, even gross stuff like his sweaty socks and he's even licked the bottom of another child's shoe at school one day, perhaps his body was able to build up sort of an immunity to many things? But I mainly just worry about kids teasing him. Kids are mean. It's out of my hands though, and kids have been teased for much less. Not much I can do about that.
Goodnight all. 
He'd choose cleaning the house over the zoo and water park and rollerskating rink and science museum and water balloon fight in our yard?! OH CRAP!!!! Tyler the cleaning nazi has me trapped for FOUR DAYS! 
He already started cracking his whip too. I told him about my plan to move things around in my room to try to organize it better and create more space, etc. While eating dinner, he asked when can we do that! Um.....later. I had my last piece of chicken in my mouth and as I was chewing it, he asked, "As soon as you're done with that bite, can we start working on your room?" 
NO! We need time to let our food settle. He gave me 5 minutes and said, "Come on, lets get to work". I wonder what evil plan he has in store tomorrow morning? Probably HIS bedroom next! I blame this ALL on his dad because his dad's a neat freak! 
Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention. I told Tyler today all the fun things I have in mind for our extra time off together this week. Something fun for each day! Well, his response was, "Or....since we'll have so much extra time, we COULD just stay home and clean and finally get our house back to normal."
.......You know... my brother sent me a birthday card about how incredibly old I'm getting... funny thing... HE'S OLDER THAN ME!!!
.....Jan... powder blue leisure suits... keep up with it... will you!!!
That would go with hot pink, hot yellow and hot DIS green striped mini-skirted dresses and go go boots... or chunky platform shoes...ribbons and flowers in her hair.....
I like themed rooms, but I like them easily changeable. We did Shaelyn's room all Disney princesses and Tinkerbell when we moved her out of the baby room 3 years ago. Most of it is removable peel and stick so it can be changed fairly easily, plus she's a princessy girl so we figured it would be good for at least 5 years. Not sure what to do with Kaleigh. She's already 3-1/2 and still sleeping in toddler bed. Soon she'll be too long for her bed, and then we have to figure out what to do.
that's right up there with some of the crazy things that happen on Trading Spaces - like the crazy one where they stapled artificial flowers all over the bathroom wall
.......I just don't want to have to fit a real size bed into her room. We've delayed because she isn't asking too often for a real bed, and I'm convinced that one day within 9 months I will get a new job and we can moveand her toddler bed is so much easier to move than a real one.
Never again am I eating pizza from that place..... I am very uncomfortable and cannot lie down. Tom's Dad is here, he went to the Air Show with us and is sleeping on the futon in the livingroom because we live in a little condo and do not have a guest room.
It's a conspiracy, man 
or would they be a threeny and a fourny? 
