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Name:  Ro    Email:   
Comment:
419    Sunday, 28 July 2002 - 02:39:20am
Hey Hayli....


Happy Birthday Sweety:)

From Texas:)

 
Name:  Ro    Email:   
Comment:
418    Sunday, 28 July 2002 - 02:36:55am
Kristie,

hugs babe. I am sorry to hear of your grandmothers passing:( Thoughts and prayers coming your way.
RO
 
Name:  Kristi    Email:   
Child:  Cody (8yrs.)
Comment:
417    Sunday, 28 July 2002 - 02:15:54am
Welcome back Susan!! Sounds like you guys had alot of fun! I'm jealous!

Well, today was Hayli's Birthday, didn't go too good. My grandma passed away at 6:30 this morning. Tried to make it a good birthday but don't think we suceeded. I feel so bad! She says that everything is ok, but I can tell by her face that she was disappointed. I think I will give her a suprise party next week to make up for it.

oh well, kind of rambling I guess. Noone here to talk to dh has went to work and the kids are a messing. Guess I better go clean :(.

Hugs,

Kristi

 
Name:  do I dare say Susan?    Email:   
Child:  Emily
Comment:
416    Sunday, 28 July 2002 - 01:11:46am
Ok...just one more thing:
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HAPPY HAPPY first BIRTHDAY JOY DAISY!!!!! I hope you have had a wonderful day and got plenty of cake all over your face....what else is a first birthday for? Can't wait to see the pics!
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Susan
 
Name:  Susan.....LOL yeah, me again    Email:   
Child:  Emily, age 11
Comment:
415    Sunday, 28 July 2002 - 01:04:36am
AUSTIN'S MOM: I just saw your pictures from Dollywood.....we LOVE that place! Where are you from? We live just a few hours from Pigeon Forge, and love to go there! It looks like Austin had a great time. Emily's favorite ride (and mine) is Daredevil Falls. Did you go to the water park? We were so excited as it was being built, and thought we would go there often. But so far, we've never seen it! One of my favorite places is Ober Gatlinburg.......we love the Alpine Slide! Anyway, I'm glad you had a good vacation in Tennessee!!
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Just came from the photo album! What adorable kids we all have! I just posted a few vacation pics.....no dolphin ones, YET. See you all tomorrow night in chat!
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Susan (can you tell I've missed talking to you???)
 
Name:  Susan    Email:   
Child:  Emily
Comment:
414    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 10:30:04pm
RO: LOL I sure can relate to kids bickering!!! We have just spent 2 weeks together non-stop and my kids are amazing! One deliberately pics on the other one, the next one decides to REALLY over-react in order to get the first one into trouble. It drives me batty!!! When we were at Sea World, one of the dolphin trainers talked for a while on how they train the dolphins to do the tricks they perform for us. She said that they MUST be totally consistent as trainers. They basically ignore any BAD or wrong moves the dolphins make, and REALLY reward the ones which are correct. The dolphins will do anything to get those rewards, so they keep doing it right! She commented that this same approach works wonders on children and husbands! In fact, there was a book in the gift shop about that very topic. I came home more determined than ever to work on rewarding my kids' GOOD behaviors and to stop rewarding the negative ones. It should be easy........and I don't even have to toss those nasty fish into their mouths! I'll let you know how this "new" approach works! LOL
Susan
 
Name:  Ro    Email:   
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413    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 08:33:19pm
Jackie I am so glad that Emily is having a good time but.......

One question comes to mind:)LOLOLOL

Is Emily corrupting Marnie?????? LOLOLOLOLOL

You have a great family and such a very close knit one at that:) The girls are so close and so caring:)

I'M JEALOUS.

My kids currently FIGHT and Bicker continually. Tell me when the girls were younger that they too exchanged words.:)LOL If not Lye to me:)

RO
 
Name:  Ro    Email:   
Comment:
412    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 08:28:35pm
Heidi,

Ya know in my house, I still have the same problem. I think the biggest part of "our" problem is that there is too much competetion:( does that make since? I have 3 boys and they are all that:) BOYS!!! We have ninetendo, playstation, we have movies, vcr tapes, we have bikes coming out the wahzoo, cartoon channels exceeding saftey limits(we never get to watch a WHOLE show unless we put our foot down) trampoline basketball hoop ya name we have it and if we don't..... DONT SAY IT TO LOUD or I will by weeks end:)LOL can we say spoiled:)LOL Even with all this to do it still happens.

Accidents occur when preoccupation with things happens. The fear that he won't get his things(what ever he is doing) back when he is done in the bathroom:( After many years of continually repeating, You can't play if you have an accident it has gotten better with time. Ashlie is still young:) And I know as she matures she will do just fine:) To tell ya the truth I figured I was the only one here with a preoccupation problem:)

Thanks for posting that:)
RO
 
Name:  Ro    Email:   
Comment:
411    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 08:12:49pm
WELCOME HOME SNOOZIER:)

man Oh MAN you were missed:)

Hopefully your ride home was uneventful:) and that the kids didn't continually ask "ARE WE THERE YET?????" The trip home is suppose to be a sigh of relief but... in my car it is the beginning of the normal.... "I'M BORED:(" That is why I travel at night:) Carry plenty of sleep vibes so the kids lids get heavy and then plop.:) The snoring gets ya after a while so you constantly have to change the channel on the radio so that the beat doesn't clash with the constant sawing:)LOL

Anyway Welcome home:)

I am eagerly awaiting the dolphin photos:) Tell me ya got one of the kids :) I just love to see that on t.v. but I don't know them as I do you:) Watching as the kids mature into mini adults you feel part of the family:).

RO

 
Name:  Jackie    Email:   
Child:  Emily age 22
Comment:
410    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 07:13:42pm
Hello All.....here is an update from Emilys Marvelous Washington DC adventure.....we are almost thru with week one of her six weeks with her sis Marnie in the Big City. So far so good...they havent killed each other....yet...LOL. For starters, Marnies high rise is just a one bedroom so Emily is sleeping on a blow up mattress in the living room....this is working well and she reports she is sleeping comfortably so it wont be necessary to rent a bed. She sleeps in in the AM and then gets up and cleans the apartment.....Marnie has a terrific high up view of the Washington Monument so cleaning is fun. Most of her day is predictably the TV and she has learned to work the TVO.....amd I am sure would be more than happy to catch all of you up on DAYS and PASSIONS..(that soap is definitely screwy). She sometimes goes down and swims....then does some crafty things....says she isnt bored....then she and Marnie go out and about most evenings...last night they went to a restraunt (Ritzy Em reports) for someones birthday....so far they have been to Marnies kickball tournament then pub hopping afterwards...to Marnies comedy club class....a show...and to the Mall..In a week or so they are planning a trip to NYC...hopefully to see a show or two....it will be Emilys first ever train trip, too. Today I sent a box of stuff from Hobby Lobby with some fun things to occupy her time....she would like to paint, but Marnie has too much carpeting I think for this to be possible.
Thru one of my adults lists...I have hopefully made a contact for someone for her to meet....so if anyone lives around the Arlington area...get in touch if you have a child that she might meet......
 
Name:  Heidi    Email:   
Child:  3 kids
Comment:
409    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 06:41:02pm
OK OK How in the heck do i keep up with this board LOl, somewhere i missed Liv's actiing debut what was that about steff??
i also noticed potty training ashlie is 5 and is completely day trained but not night : ( we started her at age 4 but I WASNT CONSISTENT until recently when she finally got the hang of it she will still have some accidents occasionally when she gets to preoccupied usualy into Rugrats but otherwise she stays in real underwear all day long.
about toddler beds ashlie was 3 before we put her in one she has always been a runner so i kept her locked up as long as possible and she would have stayed in thr crib at 3 but she shook the poor bed so much it became wobbly LOL, hugs heidi
oh oh welcome back susan and shawnna
 
Name:  Heidi    Email:   
Child:  3
Comment:
408    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 06:27:32pm
I love the new pics in the album of justin and his glasses how cute!!!
jenn- i also like the one of courtney and the doritios reminds me of ashlie LOL, hugs heidi
 
Name:  jackie    Email:   
Child:  emily age 22
Comment:
407    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 06:12:47pm
Welcome back SUSAN.....eagerly awaiting dolphin pics
 
Name:  Suzi    Email:   
Child:  Merideth
Comment:
406    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 05:49:35pm
SUSAN'S HOME !!!! SUSAN'S HOME !!!! YIPPEE!!!! SHE'S Back!!!!!
 
Name:  Christie    Email:   
Child:  Christopher
Comment:
405    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 05:33:18pm
YEA Susan you are back home :-) WOW girl you travel more then anyone, I tell you we are coming to live with you, LOL What a GREAT vacation sounds like you guys had. Can't wait to see the photos.

Shawna :-) Sooooo nice to see you posting again. You know Ms. Queen of Posts, you were missed much ;-)

WOW Steff, very cool bout Olivia and her actting debut. We don't get the Disney channel here, what show was this for??? Maybe I can get someone I know to tape it. I say get Olivia's autograph now, gonna be worth much oneday ;-)

OMG you guys with the water stories, LMAO Chris pulled a good one a couple years back. I woke up and the house was sooo quite went downstairs and he was standing on a stool spraying the floor with water from the sink. OMG there must have been a couple of inches of water everywhere :O I just looked at him and said WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING??? He responded by saying "Swimming" with the biggest grin ever. Got to love him.

Hope your all having a wonderful weekend.

CC

 
Name:  susan    Email:   
Child:  Emily
Comment:
404    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 03:54:22pm
Hi! I've had a few hours sleep and immediately called Radonna. She is doing really good....just bummed to be offline for a while. She says the skunks are gone, the poison ivy is gone, the kids are doing great, and she misses everyone!! She asked me to post: ADRIENNE, where are you??? She says HI to everyone!
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Susan
 
Name:  Robin    Email:   
Child:  Chase/10
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403    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:57:18pm
Shawnana.... OMG can it be????? I was SURE you were dragged off into the untamed wilds of alberta Canada by a bigfoot or something, never to be heard from again!!! Welcome back old friend! I am so glad to hear Michael is doing great and ROFL... PLEEEEZE let me know when you get that hanging hook for the wall invented for Chase!!! And btw, if I remember right, it wasnt just the longest posts, but the most posts too!!!
What a great weekend, my bud Susan home safe and sound, sweet Jackie home safe and sound and Shawna back here uneaten my the bigfoot and still in one piece!!Hugs to you all, Robin
PS... Dave has gone on a all day golf outing with his boss and all coworkers, Chase has respite camp today til 8 and that leaves Zach and I alone...hmmmm, any ideas for fun??? Zoo, movies, shopping, haircut, dinner out??? Maybe all of the above????
 
Name:  Robin    Email:   
Child:  Chase/10
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402    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:41:37pm
ROFL....morning unomasers!
Do I know my buddy Susan or what???? She came to the site as soon as she got home and before she went to bed, LOL!!!! Hugs to you Sus, we are all so glad you are back!!!
Robin
 
Name:  steff    Email:   
Child:  Olivia(4)
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401    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:22:01pm
SUSAN YOU ARE BACK... Do you know how missed you were???? Swimming with dolphins??? Oh man.. FUN!!!! In the day my dad usta swim with the dolphins in the pacific....I usta think they were sharks...Scared me to death swimming with my pops...He went out WAY far...Tell the family I am sooo happy for them...Sounds like a blast. Bet its great getting home to your own bed though. That's my favorite part of coming back from vacation...

SHAWNA!!! Howdy stranger!!! Now you know you have been sorely missed as well. Work and kiddos must be keeping you from us.. Hope to chat on yahoo soon with ya.. Congrats on 3rd grade michael!!!

I am in LOVE with LIAM... Oh my that is the cutest smile and outfit...You remind me soo much of Olivia...:)

We went to the beach again yesterday...FUN.. There was WAY WAY WAY too much seaweed in the water though so we opted to take the kiddos to the rocks to collect sandcrabs.. OLIVIA LOVED digging in the sand for em and letting em crawl all over her hands. she thought it was HYSTERICAL when we left and set em free. She could NOT believe how fast they burrowed back into the sand when we let em loose. brave child not scared of much these days.. Stella I laughed so hard at your car story. Funny now huh?? Wonder how funny it was at the time..LOLOLOL..

Going to Livs boyfriends birthday party...She is gonna miss Cody sooo much when she leaves this school. She HAS TO sit next to him on the bus. And if she is not at school Cody frets all day wondering how Liv is. They are a match made in heaven.. :) well gotta go get some work done... Seee ya

HEY I noticed something here..Not one soul on this site from Los Angeles EVER posts on the message board. Anyone out there???
 
Name:  Deborah    Email:   
Child:  Jennifer 2 1/2
Comment:
400    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:11:36pm
Hey Jenn, well, that explains why you didn't receive my messages. I hope to hear from you since you are so close to me right now. We would love to be able to get together with you all.
Deborah
 
Name:  sara    Email:   
Child:  nathaniel
Comment:
399    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 01:46:11pm
Shawna...Nice to see you post :) How are things up north ?
SAra
 
Name:  Sara    Email:   
Child:  Nathaniel
Comment:
398    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 01:45:26pm
Susan, thanks for the nice comment on Nathaniel and thanks everyone for your posts on the potty training. I know that this will take awhile but I figured that starting now , maybe he will catch on to the idea :p I am happy that he is signing potty when we go :)
On boy, he is growing up so fast....
Sara
 
Name:  jackie    Email:   
Child:  Emily age 22
Comment:
397    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 01:28:52pm
HEY....SHAWANANANANANA..........WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!1
 
Name:  Jennifer    Email:   
Child:  Courtney
Comment:
396    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 12:45:37pm
HEY EVERYONE!!

LET ME TELL YOU.........
I have had a bad week....but it should get better now.
My neighbor dug a hole in my back yard and cut through my cable line and phone line....SO I had nothing all week.
I am in Florida now. We got to my Mom's house last night late. She lives in Gulf Breeze now. Pensacola Beach here we come!
Hopefully I will catch up with a few of you this weekend.
Jenn
 
Name:  Deborah  
Child:  Jennifer-2 1/2
Comment:
395    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 12:25:48pm
Susan, so glad you all arrived home safe. Your trip sounds wonderful, I knew you would have a great time. And I knew swimming with the dolphins would be fun! I can't wait to go myself. I know what you mean about Shamu..my boys wanted to get soaked too!
I am recovering wonderfully. I feel great and the boys have been such great helpers. I think I may have to recover longer LOL. They do 80% of the housework and Joe has been cooking. We took them to the movies last night because they have been such a help. I can do a lot now, like cook small meals and light housework.
Tell your family hi from us all
Deborah
 
Name:  Susan    Email:   
Child:  Emily, age 11
Comment:
394    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 12:23:56pm
WELCOME HOME SHAWNA!!!!!!!!!It's great to see you again! You have been missed so much!
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Now.....where are all the other MIA's? Patty, Paula from Ireland, Brenda H, Brenda B, Tina, Leslie, just to name a few!!!
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Susan
 
Name:  Susan, again    Email:   
Child:  Emily, age 11
Comment:
393    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 10:31:59am
I noticed we recently did a ROLL CALL, so here is one for our family:
My name is Susan and I've been one of the Uno Mas gang for a little over 2 years now. I am married to Terry and we have 4 children: Michael (21), Justin (14), Emily (11 Ds), and Jordan (9). We live in Cookeville Tennessee. We have one pet.....a beagle named Shiloh.
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I'm so glad to see all the new members. You will love this site! There are so many wonderful families here, and I've found them to be supportive, informative, loving, giving, and FUN!
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LINDA: I'm so glad to see you posting more lately! I missed you!
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I'm going to try to call Radonna tomorrow. I hate that she is offline again.......I look forward to chatting with her online at least once every few days and sure will miss it! And she is always such an inspiration to me! I do have her snail mail address if anyone would like to send her a card. Just email me and I'll give you the address. She'd love to hear from us!
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CC: GREAT news about Chris's FM! I'm so proud of you!!! I really admire you girl!
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SUZANNE: My thoughts have been with you. I was saddened that you did not get the baby, and at the same time thrilled that his parents bonded with him and wanted to keep him. I do hope you will be able to adopt another baby soon, but I sure understand about not wanting to get your hopes up again this soon. Godspeed to you!
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STEFF: SO COOL about the Disney program! I can totally see Liv doing that......she is so animated and cute! Can't wait to see it!
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SARA: I'm so glad to hear how well Nathaniel is doing! He is really growing up. His photo made me smile from ear to ear! What a doll. Sounds like he is making great progress in the potty training department too. Way to go! I'm so glad to see you posting again.
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Have a great weekend everyone!
Hugs,
Susan
 
Name:  Susan    Email:   
Child:  Emily, 11 years old
Comment:
392    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 10:15:30am
Hi there friends!!! Robin knows me too well......it is 4:27am and we've only been home an hour and I couldn't sleep till I read the message board! Is that dedicated or what? (LOL yes...it is probably something more like insanity or pure addiction rather than dedication but I liked the sound of "dedicated" better!) I can't tell you how much I missed all of you for the past 2 weeks! But, it was so good to get away and we truly had a blast! The $$$ ran out, or I would still be in Florida! I'll tell you a bit about our fun, but will TRY to be brief:
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Discovery Cove was fantastic!!! It really is overpriced, but SO much fun! It is only open from 9-5:30 and we got there early in order to get our money's worth! It is one of the prettiest places I've even been to......the landscaping was amazing! There are various areas to swim. Some places are COLD salt water and have beautiful fish and sting rays swimming along with you. I thought that might scare Emily (actually, I thought it might scare ME!), but it was really fun! They gave you a mask and snorkel and it was so much fun swimming along with all those fish. The bottom of the pool where the fish were was kind of "natural" with coral and other stuff....very pretty! They also had a fresh water river that was gorgeous! It was a bit like a lazy river that you see at water parks, but totally covered in greenery...sort of like you were swimming in the amazon. Some areas were up to 8 feet deep. There were areas where it was enclosed at the top and beautiful birds were inside. A GREAT lunch meal came with our admission price....way too much food! Ok.....and the BEST part was the dolphin swim. It was way better than I expected it to be. Each family was assigned a time for the dolphin swim. It was our family, a young couple, and a girl from England along with 2 trainers and our dolphin "Diego" and 2 photographers. The first thing they had us do was to get into the water at chest level (it was ICE cold!) and one by one we were told to hold out our hands (palms up) and the dolphin swam over and placed his face into our hands and we kissed him. It was so cool because he acted excited after each kiss.....swam around and jumped, REALLY cute! When the trainer explained what we were going to do, she asked who wanted to go first. EMILY raised her hand and said she wanted to kiss the dolphin first!!! I sort of cringed cause I wanted her to be able to see other swimmers do it first to get more comfortable with it. LOL She did exactly as the trainer had said and then said "I love you dolphin"! There were a lot of "awwwwwwws". We got to do several things like learning some hand motions which made the dolphin jump or turn in circles, etc. But the most fun was when we held onto his top fin and he took us for a ride! FAST! I can't tell you how fun the whole day was! The only bad part was that around 3:30, it began to storm REALLY bad! The clouds turned black, there was terrible lightning and thunder, and really high winds. So we had to go to a shelter and wait it out.......I was so frustrated cause I felt we were being cheated out of time in the water! By the time the storm was over and we were able to get back in, it was almost 5pm and they closed promptly at 5:30. Bummer! But, I am so glad we went and the kids had a blast. I really recommend it!
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One good thing about Discovery Cove is that you get a 7 day admission to Sea World when you buy your Dolphin swim package. We took advantage of it too! We went quite a few times. There is one show with sea lions and a tiny otter that we saw over and over again. Emily absolutely loved it! Before the show starts, there is a mime dressed up in a black and white pirate outfit. He does this routine where he basically teases all the audience members as they are finding their seats. I can't begin to describe how funny he was. It was so much fun to laugh that hard....and to see the kids having that much fun! Sea World also has a great area where there are dolphins swimming around in a large pool which is enclosed by just a waist-high wall. You can lean over the wall and feed them fish or just pet them. Emily couldn't seem to get enough of that! Every evening at 9pm, they have a show called "Shamu Rocks America". We saw it 3 or 4 times! It was absolutely amazing! One night, Jordan asked if he could sit on the front row because he wanted to get drenched with water........LOL he didn't need to sit there cause that whale can drench at least 14 rows up! But we said "sure" and then Emily wanted to sit with him. I tried to remind her that she woudl get soaked and she said it was fine. The first time Shamu jumped and she got drenched, she came running to our seats mad as a wet hen! She declared that she now hated that "stupid whale". LOL The next time we went, she didn't want ANY part of sitting on the front row! ~
UNO MAS was never far from my mind while we were gone. When Emily and I were in the ocean (at Myrtle Beach) I noticed a young couple who seemed to be looking at Emily. Turns out, they have an adorable little boy with Down syndrome named Isaac (he is around 2 years old). We treaded water and talked for a while and I told them about this site. I hope they will post! (I didn't exactly have anything to write down the URL right then, so I'm hoping they'll remember and join us!). Also, at Sea World we met a handsome young guy named Ryan who is 15. He and his dad and Emily and I rode "Journey to Atlantis" together.....it is a great ride where you ride around in a boat and then plunge down this huge hill into water at the end. He is starting high school this year, and has been fully included since kindergarten. I hope his parents will post because they would be able to answer so many questions on inclusion. Really nice family!
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Terry didn't join us in Florida until the 19th, and when he arrived he brought a stack of printed Uno Mas message board posts to update me! One day, he took the boys to ride bikes and Emily and I headed for the pool. At one point, I sat on a lounge chair and read all the posts. Emily came over and asked if she could read too, so I handed her one sheet. Her eyes immediately went to a part where (I think it was from Steff) it said "Happy Birthday Emily Pace" and she was ecstatic! She read the entire page, front and back but read the birthday message over and over. Thank you for remembering her!
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Ok...that is probably way more vacation details than you wanted. We had a great time, but I'm glad to be home (If only I didn't have to go to work on Monday!) This was the first 2 week vacation I have taken in like 16 years! I think the kids are glad to be home too, but I know they will miss the ocean! We spent 3 days at Myrtle Beach, 2 days at Daytona Beach Shores and about an hour at Jacksonville beach (they had better seashells there than anywhere else!). We really should move to Florida......I could handle the sun all the time! Anyway, I missed you all while we were gone!
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Susan
 
Name:  Stella  
Comment:
391    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 07:36:34am
Jeana, ROFL - what an imaginative and inventive child your son is!!!
Stella
 
Name:  Shawna    Email:   
Child:  Rob, Jan, Jen, Mike
Comment:
390    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 04:22:46am
Yes, the dead have awoken....LOL

For those uninitiated of you, my name is Shawna, and A LONG LONG TIME AGO, I had the title "Queen of the Posters", cuz well, I wrote the longest, longest posts of anyone...I have since handed my crown over as "real life" crowded my Internet time into an eensie weensie corner of my life..

I haven't been here for sooo long, I didn't realize just how much I missed y'all. First of all, Hi to all of you who have joined in the last six months or so. I know that you will find Unomas as much of a blessing as I have over the years. To all the "oldies"...it's so good to "come home" again.

Robin, I was just rolling when I read about Chase cleaning your kitchen. Michael loves to clean as well, but he usually just has a damp rag and maybe a pail of water. I used to give him a pail of water until the time he tried to wash our electric keyboard! Anyhow, that boy is a cleaning fool...Put that to good use! Give him a little damp cloth and when he's so "high energy" get him to "wash walls"... If that just doesn't work, I am busy inventing the "Kid hook", so you will have a place to hang him, where you know where he is and what he is doing...I know, it's not that funny...but it sure sounded funny... come on, when it's me and my son, you'll laugh.

For the record, as I said, my name is Shawna and my husband is Lawrence. we have four kids. Robbie is almost 18, Janine is 15, Jennifer is 12 and Michael is 10. Michael has DS. As well, we have Steven, my hubby's single business partner and his cat Sylvester living with us. Yep, we are a full crowd, I tell ya. We live in Bluffton, Alberta, and my hubby and Steven own a trucking company where they drive Vacuum and water trucks for a company on the oilrigs, as well Lawrence is setting up a mobile truck to fix air conditioning systems.

I tell you, the weather here in central Alberta has been downright droughtlike this year....it's really terrible. I heard that the County is about ready to declare the area a disaster area, agriculturally speaking. Most of the crops are no more than a foot tall...

Someone was asking about toilet training, Sarah I think. Well, I don't think you want to hear this, but Michael was 7 before I started training him. I was waiting until he started to show some sign of discomfort at being wet (that never did happen). It took about 6 months or so to get him to use the toilet regularly. I remember that initially we were taking him to the washroom every 15 minutes, to make sure we had no accidents. He is finally starting to sleep through the night without accidents too. I found that when I put him in underwear and have him use the washroom before he goes to bed, he wakes up dry...Cool!

Hey, a long time ago I was telling how we have this problem with Michael wandering away sometimes. He still wanders, although he's getting better about sticking around. Get this: a community group in Bluffton is donating $2000.00 Canadian toward the purchase of some kind of monitoring system for him! Yeah, pretty soon, he'll be able to go play outside freely. Does anyone have any input on a particular system they have used or know of personally. I've found about three on the Internet, but don't know which would be the best one for us. I'll keep you updated.

Oh, I never said..Michael is "officially" in grade 3 this year. They have him with the class as much as possible last year, and I anticipate the same this year. OF COURSE the wonderful special ed. teacher they had last year has transferred to a different town this year - some sorry excuse about wanting to be where her husband is. Sheesh. Where are her loyalties anyhow? LOLOL God has always provided wonderful people to work with Michael, I am sure He will continue to do so.

Well, I guess I should go. It's already near my bedtime..Yikes. Talk to y'all soon, I hope.

Ciao for now.
Shawna
 
Name:  Jeana    Email:   
Child:  Savannah
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389    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 03:38:10am
Robin~Savannah just hit 5 months. She of course, is not yet making life an exciting adventure every day yet! ;)
Nope, my son does not have an extra to blame it on, he was just a wild child, and still is. Lol...of all my children, he has easily been my biggest challenge.
Savannah is doing great these days. At her four month appointment she was 12lbs 5oz, and she is still nursing like a champ. Nothing but momma's milk here.
I really enjoy reading all of your stories. I suppose they will not seem so funny to me when Savannah is older, so I must enjoy them now. :)
 
Name:  Robin    Email:   
Child:  Chase/10
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388    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 03:35:07am
I know I said I wsa going to bed...but I had to go look at pics first...LOL and then I went to the Ohio pictures and I realized...I really really miss all my Ohio buddies alot :-( Hugs you guys,
Robin
 
Name:  Robin    Email:   
Child:  Chase
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387    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:43:10am
Heidi.. I noticed you said for Robin M, ( maggie's mommy) to keep us postd on Maggie, I must of missed something, is she ok?????
Sara, Lima's mommy, Susan and probably Michelle are both on vacation but will be back in a day or two so the pictures will be up and posted soon, cant wait to see his cute little self, Yikes!!!! I just saw I spelled LIAM'S name wrong, I am sorry!!!!!!
Sara nathaniel's mommy, I am so glad for you that he is starting to potty train!!!! It tool Chase a total of about three or four months once he got serious about it. Chase was potty trained completely right after his fourth birthday, good luck with Nathaniel.
Kristy and Ro..... either one of you, he is yours! LOLOL him and water must have a specail bond lately as he got his older brother David ( the 22 year old) and his little brother Zach ( 3) with the hose while the two of them were together on the trampoline!!!! he ran in the house, got under the sink and turned the water back on ( yeah we thought we were smart shutting it off under there, LOL) and tunred it right on them when they were not even paying attention!!!! Now THAT was funny!!!! Grr he has been a super stinker today!!! he did tell me that he was going to marry me when I asked him what pretty girl he thoguht he would like to marry, awwwwww little brat even knows how to brown nose and make me forgive him for everything instantly, LOLOL, and I got a kiss to go with the compliment!!
WELCOME BACK JACKIE!!!!!!!!
hugs all and good night,
Robin
 
Name:  Robin    Email:   
Child:  Chase/10
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386    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:27:54am
PS...jeana, I forgot, how old is Savannah again???
hugs, robin
 
Name:  Robin    Email:   
Child:  Chase
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385    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 02:26:25am
evening unomasers... I missed chat :-( I have been out exercising (ewwww) and forgot!! Can you believe I forgot, I cant!!!
Stella......ROFL, please please dont be issuing this bad child of mine any challenges, LOLOL! Yikes, I can see him taking you up on it, LOLOL!!! WTG Sarah, you do my heart good hearing stories about you!!!! Maybe your mom will bring you to Dayton for Labor day weekend and you and Chase can both terrorize the hotel!!!!
And the story about flooding the car...OMG, did the child live??? LOLOL that is the best story I heard yet and not even the extra chromozone to blame it on, LOLOL!
Jackie... Chase was in a toddler bed by the time he was two, LOL, as 9even though it is hard to imagine this innocent child doing it) he kept climbing out of his bed and I was worried he was going to get his leg caught or hurt. We did however have to keep his bedroom door closed as he wouldnt stay in and that was the start of haivng to stay with him until he fell asleep, and sighhh, yes we still have to..ugh.
Ok need to go finish reading posts.
BTW.... Susan and family are on their way home from sunny Florida as we speak. She figures to be home about 3 or 4 in the morning, yikes! Any bets on whether she goes right to bed or gets on the computer? I say she wil be on the computer within five mintues of being home, she has missed us all as much as we have missed her I bet!!!!
hugs, Robin
 
Name:  Jackie    Email:   
Child:  Justin 2 yrs. old
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384    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 01:14:59am
What to do what to do? DH is on a fishing trip for the weekend and the two older ones are at nana's for the night and Justin is sleeping. Justin just started pushing himself up from the floor and standing, then he looks at us and waits for us to clap. He's such a ham lol. He just waves those arms in the air and stomps those feet and falls on his butt clapping and saying yea.
We are seriously considering putting him in a toddler bed he just bangs around that crib and wakes up with little bruises on his poor little head. He just don't have enough room in there anymore,but I know when we make that move he will be in there having a ball instead of sleeping. How old was anyone's little one before they made the move? and how was it?
Well I guess I'll go try and find something to do I might just have to wake up Justin for some entertainment lol.
 
Name:  Jeana    Email:   
Child:  Savannah
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383    Saturday, 27 July 2002 - 00:34:18am
OMG....Sarah and Chase are really going for the gold here. :) Can I add my story? My son (not ds) when he was 3 decided that he wanted to make a swimming pool. Apparently he felt that the best place to do it was my car. Yes, he put the sprinkler insided my car. Shut the doors and turned the water on full blast and then went off to play. When I discovered it, water had filled the floorboards up to the seats and was leaking out the doors. I never did get the musty smell out of that car. :0
 
Name:  Stella    Email:   
Child:  Sarah, 10
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382    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 10:57:27pm
I have only posted on the MB once before as I find it hard to keep up and also to remember who is who etc. But I just have to reply to Robin's post - oh boy Robin Chase is definitely Sarah's soulmate, LOL.
Has the kitchen dried out yet?? I'm sure it must be sparkling clean!!
Reminds me of the time Sarah was in hospital - she was 4, she had had open heart surgery. I stayed at the hospital with her but I had to eat sometimes ok? Well I went for my breakfast - I'd say I was gone 20 mins max and walked back into the ward to a great commotion and heard "There's her mother" - OMG what had she done?!! Well my little angel had gone into the Staff Bathroom, turned on the hot and cold taps full blast and when the Ward Sister noticed the water pouring out under the door and tried to get in - Sarah sat against the door laughing her head off. When Chris (the Sister) eventually got in Sarah was dancing and splashing in the water, soaked to the skin and soaked Chris in the process!!!!! SHE FLOODED THE HOSPITAL WARD and they had to get a suction machine to get the water out - OMG I was sooooooo embarrassed but Sarah still thought it was the best thing ever!!! So c'mon Chase there's a challenge for you! Tee hee.
Stella
 
Name:  Marie    Email:   
Child:  Deven
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381    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 08:27:06pm
we have new pictures in #107,108 and 109
Liam is so cute
 
Name:  Marie    Email:   
Child:  Deven
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380    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 08:14:24pm
Cindy .we are in Keizer OR.
That would be a good idea to get together for a picnic ,let me know whe nand where and see if we can make it ,let Jeana know also if you have AIM my screen name is INACIA2409 i am on it from 7 to 3.30 monday through friday .
 
Name:  Suzi    Email:   
Child:  Merideth 15mths
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379    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 08:13:29pm
LORENA !!!!! He took you WHERE???? We live like an hour & a half from Deep Creek! Mike's dad has the boat docked there & has a cottage/trailer there in the one campground !!!!! We were supposed to take the kids down last Sun but some appt thru the week got changed so now they're to go this Sun or Tues for a few days!!!! We would been there at the same time!!!!You woulda probably said "Who are those people with those 3 wild children & that adorable baby girl!" LOL! Did ya go to the Honey-Honey???
 
Name:  Sara    Email:   
Child:  Nathaniel 3 yr
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378    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 08:12:50pm
Hello Uno Masers...
Well I have started to try and potty train Nathaniel..We put him on the potty every 2 hours, so far it is going good. I showed him the sign for potty and now he does it when I tell him that it is potty time :) We get success about half the time, the other half he wont go...Does anybody know how long it usually takes to potty train ?
Sara
 
Name:  Jeana    Email:   
Child:  Savannah
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377    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 05:45:43pm
Good Morning everyone! Yes there are a few more Oregonians here. I believe a couple of them down in Salem. It think it'd be really fun to have a group get together. So, come out, come out wherever you are. :)
 
Name:  steff    Email:   
Child:  Olivia(4)
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376    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 03:15:22pm
HI ALL!!!!

Jackie welcome HOME.. Now whatcha gonna do with yourself while EMILY is gone????

Hey debi... nice chatting with ya last night even though I only seem to be getting on the puter during chat for a few minutes at a time...WAAA!!!!One day... :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORENA!!! Sounds like FUN to me...Jeff said we may get the WHOLE gang to go to the conference in Denver.. How FUN.. I sure would like that.. Hopefully we CAN ALL GO....

Robin I like the advice.. DON'T LOOK!!!LOLOLOL... That is sooo true. I think if I looked at all the scary things my kids do sometimes I'd be heart attack material...

WELL gotta tell you... Jeff and I took Olivia to the beach yesterday. She usta HATE the water cause it's pretty cold here in the Pacific...NOW MAN OH MAN!!! I wish you all coulda been there. NO FEAR. She LOVED LOVED LOVED it..Couldn't get her outta the water.Talk about scary Robin. There were some BIG waves yesterday and she just ADORED getting knocked down and trying to stay up as the waves crashed on her... ALL the kiddos in the water were staring at her cuz she waslaughing soo hard and having the best time.She has one of those laughs that makes you hafta laugh too...We're taking her and kyle later today and making a picnic dinner to eat after our swim...AND its amazing how good sunscreen is cause my little blondie is as fair as ever. Not a burn in sight...;)We were in the water for 3 hours too...Let's see Liv is very into games these days. The other day we had a gang of kids outside and she caught on to duck duck goose right away. Had more fun. OCCASIONALLY she would slam someone a LITTLE too hard on the head but she got it..LOL....ALL day long she wants to play some game.Not sure if she made this up but she says to me..MOM WAANA PLAY A GAME?? I say YEA she says LETS PLAY THE ALLIGATOR GAME then snaps her hands and chases me all over the house. Incessantly I tell ya...Well gotta hit the books but will catch ya all later.. Have a great day!!! BYE
 
Name:  Lorena    Email:   
Child:  Clark 5
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375    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 01:07:24pm
HI Everyone,

Been so busy with the boys and working that I haven't had a chance to get here to say HI. Hope everyone is enjoying there Summer.

Robin, Thank you for remembering my Birthday !! I am so thrilled !! I had a fabulous day. Keith took me away for the weekend to Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland and we stayed on a boat for 2 days ( most of the time, we did sleep at a motel) It was really fun and relaxing. Did you know that they have bars that you can dock at :) ?? !!! Drank some skyy Blues and Rum runners...just relaxing on the boat, listening to music. I didn't want to come home. He says we are going to do it again next year !! I don't want to wait all year WAAAAAAAAAA. Again Rob, Thanks for remembering me....give Chase a belated Birthday kiss for me too....and Susan give one to Emily for her Birthday too. I didn't forget, just didn't make it to the puter.

WEll I am off again. Take care !!!

Hugs, Lorena
 
Name:  Sarra    Email:   
Child:  Liam 9 1/2 months
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374    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 11:25:42am
hello everyone, I posted Liam's picture photo album and it went fine.....it said he would be picture #105, HOWEVER, this was two days ago! Does it usually take this long?
 
Name:  Cindy    Email:   
Child:  Kaylee -8 and Emma-6
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373    Friday, 26 July 2002 - 04:53:29am
Hey ALL--I met a nice family tonight at the park-unfortunately I'm so bad with names--but their 4 year old daughter's name was JACKIE! She was a cute little blondie with Ds and I told her parents all about unomas and they may be checking it out so YOU ALL BE NICE! ;) You always are..

Roll Call time again? Well, I'm Cindy-married to Scott (14.5 years) with two kiddos-Kaylee age 8 with Ds and Emma age 6 with Erbs Palsey. We hail from Hillsboro, Oregon and my husband works for Intel. (He still has a job)...

JACKIE's MOM if you're reading--please email me and lets get together--there's another mom on here from Tigard (savannah's mom) and we are planning to get together soon. ACTUALLY--ANYBODY FROM OREGON-we're planning a little picnic out so please contact me-actually we're so close to the Washington border-if there's any Washingtonians interested please email me.

talk to you all soon..
 
Name:  jackie    Email: