COLSON'S MOUTH JEWELRY IS GONE!

Sometime last Spring (around April or May) it was recommended by the dentist to get what they termed to me as a pallette spreader appliance and what they termed to Colson as mouth jewelry. He was going to have some bling bling in the roof of his mouth. They really hyped it up at the dentist and then in a whisper to me told me that most kids really didn't like them and initially they could be uncomfortable and slightly painful. Oh great I thought! But having Calli, my older child, I saw the effects of not doing this when the their adult teeth started coming in. So, we did it and I had to do a countdown leading up to the days prior because he was so excited he was getting BRACES (that's what he termed it). You can imagine the looks that I got when he would tell everyone that at age 4 he was getting braces.

So, the appliance was installed and every night we had to take this stick with a pointy edge on it, stick it inside this small hole in the center of the appliance and turn it one time. This is the part that can be painful. He loved it and would remind me if I forgot. It was crazy! After a few weeks, we made our way back to the dentist to see if we had cranked enough and every time he would cry because he thought the dentist was going to take it out. We had to go about 3 or 4 times and each time I had to have the lady at the desk assure him they weren't going to take it out so he would quit pouting. Of course most kids don't respond that way. I think to Colson it made him feel like a big kid because he knew only big kids had braces. The first few days we had drooling issues and the first few weeks we had speaking issues but once we got over that, all was good.

So, this past week was the departure day for that little silver appliance. I think it was supposed to come out in December but somehow I didn't know that and then scheduling conflicts came up so this week we did it! I think at this point he was ready to get it out, mainly because his grandpa Schubert kept saying when are you getting that thing out? So, it came out, all looks good and along with the tonsils being removed, all should be well in that little mouth of his.

Calli lost her final tooth that needed to be gone so that we can talk braces. The dentist just plucked it right out while she was in the chair as it was loose and the other tooth was already 1/3 of the way grown in. So, we are all smiles at the Schubert house!

PARDON MY SENIOR MOMENT

I haven't blogged in a while and for all of my stalkers out there, I am so sorry. (And I mean stalkers in the most affectionate of ways. You see I am one myself) Anyways, let's just say that I have been trying to hack into my own accounts this week and have not been successful. For those of you that have gmail or a google blog (like this one), you can feel safe that it would be hard to compromise your account. After my iphone was stolen a few weeks ago, I decided to change my password to my gmail account (which is also linked to this blog) so that if the thief could still use the phone as is (which I was told he couldn't but I was just playing it safe), he wouldn't be able to see my emails anymore. I actually thought it was a really smart and easy thing to do. And it was until one day last week when I logged on, instead of going straight to my account, it was doing one of those random log ins. You know the kind where they just want you to validate your information because you haven't formally logged in in a while? In all my brilliance, I couldn't remember my new password and didn't have it written down anywhere. After a couple of days of trying, I decided to get on my blog to vent my frustration only to find that they wanted me to sign in too...UGH!!! I filled out 4 of the online forms asking detailed information about my account only to get a reply that says they don't think I'm the owner. Finally I got an email this morning saying they reset my password and the steps to get back into my account. Luckily I had my iphone to keep connected via emails but it was so frustrating because there is no place to click on that says "contact us".

Anyways, I'll try to catch up over the next few days although there hasn't been much going on. I've been keeping myself busy with crafty things for Colson's school auction that is 1 week from today. Maybe I'll post some of what we've done this week. There is one HUGE day that was missed because of my inoperative brain...yesterday was my friend Shellie's 35th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHELLIE!

This picture was taken on our High School graduation day.

Since I've already gushed about how much I think this girl hung the moon, let me just say that we've shared LOTS OF LAUGHS over the years! I remember the first time I really tried to "make friends" with Shellie it was going into Jr. High. I made her a huge card as a good luck or congratulations for cheerleader tryouts. I think it was the size of a posterboard folded in half. She probably thought I was a dork but I wanted to do something nice to become her friend.

I have spent many a night at her house from then on and everytime I would wake up with my eyes swolen shut and sneezing nonstop as I was so allergic to all of the animals in and around her house. But I always wanted to come back the next time. I also remember her vivid explanation of how her wedding was going to go down and the ring that her future husband was going to buy her. Now granted we were in the 9th grade (or maybe younger) so when we talked of these things, it was all in a futuristic fairytale way. But with Shellie's standards at the time she was going to need to marry Bill Gates's son. We would laugh out loud as she told us she was going to get engaged in Paris and have a 5 carat wedding ring (or something to that effect) and when you asked her what if her fiance couldn't afford all of that she would say "Well then he's not the one I am to marry" Now you must realize that her family is nothing like that so I don't know where it was coming from. And I must also say that she IS NOTHING LIKE THAT NOW! She didn't get her proposal in France nor does she have a 5 carat ring and I will tell you that NONE of that matters but at the time in that little 14 year olds mind...that was the way to go!

I've spent a lot of fun times with her and am VERY excited about the new addition that will be coming on Monday which you can bet I'll be posting about.

Happy Birthday Shellie! I hope you had an awesome day!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR...

We've been celebrating Valentine's Day for the last 3 days and Colson is sick of the candy. The kid got kinda sassy greedy on me today when I handed him his Valentine's goodie and he said "It better not be any candy. I don't need anymore candy girl! I need a present like Christmas." I just laughed and prodded as to what kind of present he could possible need that he doesn't already have....still waiting for a good answer.

Kenzi, Hailey and Calli
Notice the ice cream on the nose and the 'word to your mother pose"

Friday, Colson and I went up to Calli's school for her ice cream party. Her teacher had done a really neat excercise with them. Earlier that week, she had all of the kids write down something nice about each of the other kids and then she typed out all of the responses and gave their list to each child. I thought I'd share with you what Calli's classmates think of her....

Calli is a very kind and sweet person

Calli is my best friend

Calli is the greatest friend you can have

Callis is great at cheering

Calli makes a lot of friends

Calli is considerate with people

Calli loves chocolate

Calli is everybody's friend

Callis pretty smart

Calli dresses nice

Callis is very patient waiting her turn to speak

Calli can do the splits

Calli has a wonderful smile

My sentiments exactly!!

THIS KID'S GENIUS!

The other night Colson got out of his bed and asked Wes where is Nintendo DS was. Of course Wes didn’t know so he walks in my office and asked me if I knew where it was. I suggested that it might be on my nightstand next to my bed. He replies “OK, I’m gonna look there because you are ALWAYS right Mama!”

That’s my boy!! I document this now so that 10 years from now, I’ll have proof of the truth!

CAN I CALL DO OVER?

Here is one word to summarize our weekend in San Antonio…DRAMA!

We headed out Saturday morning loaded up with bags for a week…you know how girls pack…..our friends Jennifer and Carson and a car following us. We arrived late afternoon, checked in and headed out for some yummy Mexican food. Saturday night was our late night. The girls ended up taking the floor about 10:15 pm and had a few blunders. It was ok though because day one only counted for 25%. If you could pick one day to be on, it would be DAY 2. So although we were in 12th out of 15 after day one, we new the girls could make a come back.
Some of the girls on he way home Saturday night on the bus.

But first we had to have a little fun on Sunday. We started our morning out at a McDonalds located in a not so good part of town. Read this next part carefully….their soft drinks weren’t working which meant NO DIET COKE! Looking back I should have known that this day had the potential of being really bad. So we finished our breakfast and headed on over to the Alamo. We parked and began walking our way to the Alamo and of course I reach for my Iphone. I shuffle Calli on her way with the rest of the group and I go back to the car in a small panic as I couldn’t find it. Small panic turns into a sick feeling in my stomach as I search the car with no avail. So after about an hour of going back and forth to McDonalds in search of what has become my lifeline, I finally came to accept that it had been stolen or possibly thrown away (I won’t bore you with all the details of the lengths I went through to find it). I’ve always jokingly said I had an addiction to my Iphone…it was validated on Sunday when I found myself in the AT&T store only 4 hours after it went missing buying a new one. Now the buzz phrase in the Schubert household with the current scare of the economy is “hunkering down”. And if you aren’t clear as to what that would mean, let me just say that buying a new Iphone is not hunkering down. Although I did explain to Wes that I could have bought the $400 Iphone but I stuck to the $200 and I still heard the silence on the other end of the phone.

With the absence of my phone we still did enjoy the Alamo (or they did while I was driving all over San Antonio) and Ripley’s Believe it Or Not. We headed back to the hotel and got the girls all ready. I went to get my phone as they were doing their 2 hour warm up practice time. After I got my new phone, I headed over to the competition to watch Calli’s team take the floor for the last time. Of course I spent an hour looking for our team and when I finally found them I heard “we were worried, why didn’t you call” I DIDN’T HAVE ANY PHONE NUMBERS!! The girls took the floor and did AWESOME!!! They looked really good, solid and were so excited for their improvement. Only they weren’t rewarded because an hour later at the awards ceremony they still received 12th place….I think they got robbed but that’s ok. It was really overshadowed by the drama that took place minutes before hand. In front of thousands of people, the announcer publically recognized our coaches saying that our gym owner wanted to thank them because the gym was closing it’s doors and they had done an awesome job…WHAT?!?!?! Did she really just say that? You see we have known this could be a possibility because of different circumstances but we really didn’t expect it to be announced to us in this way. According to the owner that is not what she was supposed to say and it’s not what was really happening. That’s really not the point and this topic is much longer than just a single day blog. But the drama part came into play when that announcement was made and the reaction in the stands was witnessed. It was CRAZY!!! It was COMICAL!! You just had to be there and unfortunately there were a lot more people than some care to remember that WERE there to witness it all.

Calli and her friend Courtney

Some of the girls dancing before awards.

I think it’s safe to say that there were a lot more people than just me that would like to call a do over!

IT'S NUTS!

The weekend that I am about to embark upon is absolutely crazy! We are headed to San Antonio..a city I really like...for some good ole Southern competition! Yeah right...who am I kidding? Some crazy cheer moms and their crazy cheer kids pile into the Alamodome to watch some over the top facial expressions and screeching at the top of their lungs kids entertain. Being an observer in that realm can be quite comical and in all seriousness some of these teams and gymnasts/cheerleaders/dancers are really good and so it can be fun.

The crazy part is the call that I got the other night telling me that Calli's team competes for the first time on Saturday at 9 pm. WHAT?!? My Calli is asleep by 9 pm. Then when I make my way up to the gym I find out that my friend who told me that was wrong....WHEW! They compete at 9:46 pm. Now I'm not complaining because in all honesty...this blogger is just hitting midstride about 10 pm. But I'm usually in my pj's with my warm fuzzy socks on cruising the internet not sitting in stadium seats cheering for my daughter who is borderline prostitute in her make up and hair.

So I'll give you a full report as to if the girls are cheering or snoring at the time they take the floor. Crazy stuff I tell you. I just hope that when I get there I find out that they are the last team because if there are teams after theirs...wow!