Life with the Lane Boyz

LEAVING ON A JE- 'er make that an Amtrak Train

2008-07-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

My boys left last Tuesday night on a wonderful trip! They went with their Aunt Tara to PA to visit their Great Grandmother. I was a nervous wreck at first tho, just wanted them to get through the train ride, now I'm fine, lol Although I miss them like crazy! They have been real good about calling me, I haven't called them at all, I know they are in good hands, they are with Aunt Tara, Grandma Betty, Grandma & Papa...they are safe & sound, and very loved right now!

Congratulations, Reese!

2008-06-06T03:50:00.001-07:00

You are NOW in Junior High!! I'm so proud of you! You are growing into such a wonderful young man...right before my eyes!

My little runner

2008-05-24T06:07:00.001-07:00

LOL I am saying that with a snort/laugh at the same time! The boy's school has a jogging club. They meet every Thursday afternoon and run around the perimeters of the playground & PE field. So many times around equals a mile.

Griffey ran over 25 miles during the year, so he got a medal. I have to chuckle tho, because I am not sure how he managed to *run* that many miles. His best friends brother, Chase, is in Kindergarten and ran over 50+ miles and Griffey laughed and said he didn't know how Chase managed that since he was with him most of the time, and everyone knew he was there just to talk....LOL

Yup, you think he's my kid? HAHA

I'm getting sad!

2008-05-22T03:23:00.000-07:00

It's almost here. Reese's sixth grade graduation. I had to take pictures of the entire sixth grade class for their invitations the other day. Wow. It's almost here.

I know you think "why is she stressing over a sixth grade graduation"? Well, because this means he's no longer a kid...he's on the verge of being a teenager. I didn't give birth to one of those, LOL

If I let myself think about it, I get all sad & teary eyed. Boy, think how I'm going to be one year from now? Griffey will be in sixth grade and he's my baby. Great...I can already plan ahead for my depressive states, LOL

My Dare Devil!

2008-05-19T02:47:00.000-07:00

Griffey is such a dare devil! Most people would watch him and cringe, I guess I did in the beginning, now I simply take pictures and laugh!

We went to a friends Birthday party yesterday, and in the pool Griffey was *surfing*, and while I was laughing and snapping pictures, it didn't dawn on my until I LOOKED at the pictures that he could have smacked his head on the side of the pool! *GULP*

Make Wise Choices

2008-05-10T05:55:00.000-07:00

I started that little saying last year with Reese when he was in fifth grade. Of course I know I didn't make it up, but I started saying it to him because this was the year he refused to kiss me in front of his friends, or say goodbye when I took him to school. You know, he was growing up, and Mom is not cool past a certain age, well, most Mom's aren't, I am, but he doesn't quite see it that way! LOL

Anyway, it seemed to become a *catch phrase* for the fifth grade, I still have his classmates come up to me and say that, and I even had it put in the yearbook that will be coming out this year, since that is the class that is graduating from our school this year!

And this leads me to Griffey, who almost DIDN'T make a wise choice yesterday, but thank goodness his teacher was one of Reese's fifth grade teachers last year and knew my catch phrase! HAHA

In this class the students get tickets for different things, and on Friday the teacher pulls so many tickets and they get a choice of a soda, or five extra credit points on a social studies test.

Griffey's ticket got pulled. Of course he wanted the soda. His teacher asked him again if he thought that was the best choice. Yes, he thought it was and said he still wanted the soda. His teacher asked him again, and said "you know, you only have one more test this grading period, and the last one wasn't so hot...do you still want that soda?", of course he still wanted that soda! Then his teacher swung into action (I LOVE THIS MAN) and pulled the Mom card!!! LOL He said "you still want that soda, even if you know I will be talking your Mom right after school? Don't you think you should make a wise choice?"

He chose the 5 extra credit points! LOL

They got a new CUZ!

2008-05-06T18:41:00.000-07:00

The boy's got a new baby cousin today! Avianna was born this morning, ten minutes after their bell rang for school! They were so excited after school when I showed them the picture, and we had to drive straight to the hospital to see her! Of course she's too little now to be much fun for them, but I have to say that they really did seem to really enjoy just sitting and holding her!

I love that the boy's have their cousins all living right here near them, they see them often and that is great! Growing up I had to wait until the summer to see mine, so I'm kinda jealous of my guys;)

Two kids, two different personalities!

2008-05-04T07:15:00.000-07:00

Reese and Griffey....same DNA, total opposites. Reese hates having his picture made, Griffey will purposely go and strike a pose! It's so funny!

Field Day

2008-05-01T03:07:00.000-07:00

Today I am working field day at school. It is for the Kindergarten thru third grades. I love those grades, okay...take out the third grade, but you know what I mean, LOL

I am working the parachute station, not sure what that entails, but I am sure it will be fun. I worked the dance station one year...can we just say this...I ONLY NEED TO DANCE IN PUBLIC WITH A BEER IN HAND!!! I am quite sure my kids will be in therapy for years to come due to that day! LOL

Hmm...I do wonder if that is why I've never been asked to work that station since then....

It's getting crazy 'round here!

2008-04-30T14:18:00.001-07:00

Or shall I say CRAZIER?!?! LOL

Reese will be graduating sixth grade this year. I didn't realize how sad this would make me. I always joke about wanting them to grow up and move out, and yes I really am kidding around, but boy...I REALLY am kidding, because the mere thought of my baby boy going to a junior high school next year makes my stomach knot up, and my eyes fill with tears!

Don't tell them, they think I don't like them much, so this is a big secret around here, LOL

I have spent the past couple of weeks scanning pictures for one of the other Mom's in sixth grade, she makes a video for the graduation ceremony of all the students from birth up, they each get four pictures. Do you know how long it took me to pick out the "right" pictures of Reese? I would have to stop, put them away and wash my face because I was crying again!

Crazy I tell you, crazy!!

Now we are in the midst of planning four different activities for the sixth grade class....as well as paying some attention to the other kid in this house that isn't in sixth grade!

Whew....I really cannot wait until June!

Wow, it's been awhile....

2008-04-19T08:08:00.000-07:00

Let's start with school pictures. Thank goodness I get them free, that is all I'm saying! HAHA I have inherited this thing from my Mother (among many other things, lol) that I feel that I must get each and every school picture, or sports picture these boys have taken. Good, bad or whatever!

This years spring picture of Griffey totally fell into the WHATEVER catagory. Now I honestly think my kids are the most adorable children ever, but I will also tell you that they don't always look that way in some pictures! LOL

Gangy (my Mom) bought the boys' some shirts recently. They were for church, or if they needed to dress up. They were long sleeves, and plaid. They came with a T shirt to wear underneath, that matched the plaid. Of course they weren't matching, don't be ridiculous, they are not twins....and they would rather die than dress alike, lol

Well, spring pictures are what they call "personality" pictures, they encourage the kids to wear what they would normally wear. Well, Reese being Reese chose to wear a football jersey. Griffey...he chose to wear that plaid shirt. Yes, most parents would be proud that their son wanted to dress up...but not me. Nope...only because he refused to roll the sleeves up, and unbutton the shirt just enough to see the neat matching T shirt underneath.

And if I wasn't unhappy enough with the individual picture, I honestly feel like I owe each parent the $10 back that they paid for the class picture...my kid is always in the front row, therefore you can see the WHOLE package...not good, people, not good.

Update on Reese

2008-03-15T07:13:00.001-07:00

I took him in yesterday for a chest Xray to rule out pneumonia, and thankfully it wasn't. It is a viral infection. So basically, nothing they can do for him. They did tell me to fill the Rx for Tussionex, with codeine to help him sleep at night and calm the cough, but keep up with the nebulizer treatments.

He took his first dose of that last night, bless his heart, he got so tired looking, Griffey said he didn't cough at all last night, but Aunt Tara spent the night over and had a different story, LOL

He woke up this morning and looked awful, so I sent him back to lay down in my warm bed, where he still is! I think that is a lot of his problem, he just hasn't been able to get enough sleep due to the coughing!

Hopefully he will get rid of this mess soon!!!

Let me share with you, the joys of having a BOY!

2008-03-14T03:11:00.000-07:00

We have this cat, his name is Dixie...yes, we thought Dixie was a girl, then one weekend Dixie grew the parts to become a boy, so we took care of those parts, now Dixie is well, neutral, so anyway...Dixie and Griffey have this well, love/hate relationship. Dixie hates Griffey, and Griffey loves to make Dixie hate him.

Dixie is our biggest cat. Not sure of his exact weight, but lets just say he doesn't miss a meal. In fact this morning I got up to start the coffee and caught him up on the counter trying to eat my bananas. Yeah...not a normal animal. Typical cat, he owns us.

So, I haven't mentioned this yet, but Reese has been sick this week, he has a cough, and we aren't sure yet if its Cough Variant Asthma or possibly pneumonia. The doctor wanted us to try the nebulizer treatments every 4-6 hours for 48 hours to see how that works, then today if he is still coughing horribly, bring him in for a chest xray.

So, Dixie has something against that nebulizer. Not sure what it is, the noise, the look....just not real sure. But he was staring at Reese with his fur up the other night while he was taking his treatment. You could tell he was on edge, he was ready to pounce.

Griffey thought it was be funny to sneak up behind him and pick him up. Yeah, sometimes that kid worries me. Let me tell you what...it was like a scene from a horror movie! Paws were flying, people were screaming (oh ok, I was screaming), Griffey dropped to the ground with his hands covering his face and I was going CRAZY!!! Reese was laughing, all the while taking his breathing treatment like a trooper, LOL Randy was laughing, and honestly, had it not looked so bad, I might have laughed too, I mean, Griffey DID intentionally do this to the cat, thus bringing this on himself, right?

When he finally got up, there was a pool of blood in his hand, I swear you would have thought someone stabbed my babies face! I was hysterical! Randy had to yell at me to leave the room, that I was making it worse! Yeah, well...that is my baby for crying out loud!!

He cleaned him all up and if I had taken a picture of him that night, you could truly see how bad he looked, although he still looks bad the next day, the first night I would have swore that he was going to have a black eye...how funny, a black eye from a cat!! LOL

BTW, he seems to love this now, the attention he gets from the kids at school is crazy! He is the talk of the school!

He wasn't too thrilled when I told him his modeling days are over now that he has this SCRATCH, which btw, is now his new nickname around the house, lol He claimed he didn't even want to be a model anyway! LOL

The joys of having a boy sometimes are just, well, overwhelming to say the least! LOL

Griffey found an old journal of his last night

2008-03-11T07:02:00.001-07:00

And I thought I'd share one of his pages with you...it was soo sweet! My boy DOES love me!!! This was in third grade.

Griffey
12/7/05

if I could give a present to someone I would give it to my mom. I would get her a crown because she says she is a Queen and everyone usually calls her that mostly my cousin lacy.

Awww...how sweet is that?!?!?!

FCAT's start tomorrow!

2008-03-10T16:41:00.001-07:00

Which is Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test...in other words, Florida is testing to see if they taught my children enough of what THEY think they should know, never mind the things WE learned growing up, I mean who really needs to know the state capitals?!?!

Anyway, the ONLY bright side to this testing is I, okay, THEY, have two weeks of NO homework!!! Why should I care? Because we equally hate homework, LOL I love being able to come straight home and NOT stressing about getting something done, or studying! Of course I try to keep this a secret from them, LOL As far as they are concerned I LOVE homework;)

The FAMOUS Game Room!

2008-03-04T03:01:00.000-08:00

I think it is HIGHLY important to note that Reese & Griffey are two very lucky boys. They have Aunt Tara and myself in their lives. Why am I pumping us up so much? Because together we make an excellent designing team! Now the boys can have their friends over and play Xbox in the COOLEST room EVER!!

Grandma & Papa bought a futon for one of their spare bedrooms and I happened to be over there and honestly have never sat on a futon that was as comfortable. We needed something like that for the game room, as I would also like for it to be a spare room when necessary. Of course being retired military, they bought it at the exchange! So I had Gangy & Pops grab me one while they were out there on a Friday, it was the last one, so I had to have it, LOL

With Griffey's pneumonia, and the need for my truck to pick it up, it took us almost a week to get that thing! But we got it, stored it in the garage for a couple of days and Tara and I got to brainstorming and WOW...we are awesome!

We decided on an Xbox theme, as that is where they play their video games and stuff. We had to make the room kid friendly as they share the game room with their step sisters, so it couldn't be too boyish, or too girlish. I think it turned out perfect! Well, there are a couple more things that need to be done, and then it will be perfect, that is just picking up some things to hang on the wall! But over all...I think Aunt Tara and I could go into business, what do you think?

Oh and by the way, the boys LOVE the room!! I think Reese would move in there if he could, LOL

Back to school!!

2008-03-04T02:54:00.000-08:00

WOOHOO!! Just wanted to update everyone and let you know that yesterday Griffey went back to school!! Of course he's still coughing a lot, and even started a nice wheezing sound, which I will be calling his peds office this morning for, I am going to see about a nebulizer. I personally hate when I wheeze, and I know it scares him because he will have me hold his chest to feel it.

He had a good day and seemed glad to be back, one of his closest buds thought he had moved! LOL

We are still in the midst of all of the make up work! He technically has 18 days to make it all up, but I am not stupid enough to tell him that, LOL He has already made up all of his Social Studies, Reading & Spelling. That is for one teacher, so now we will tackle Math & Science, which is for his other teacher. Yeah, Math is my WORST subject, so why did we save it for last? Ahh...for fun I suppose, LOL

Homeschooling....

2008-02-28T04:18:00.000-08:00

I got a little taste of it yesterday. As you know, Griffey has been home sick with pneumonia now, for almost two weeks. You can imagine the make up work he has. So we sat down yesterday when he was feeling a little bit better to tackle some of it.

It went rather smoothly, much better than I thought it would, in fact. But I really have to hand it to those that do homeschool! You must have some real structure and discipline in your lives! We all know I have focus issues, heck, our cat can walk by and I have to either talk to him, or tell Griffey something about it. I must have been a teachers nightmare in school! LOL

I actually did have fun helping him out, it was different than just sitting down with him to do homework, he feels good then, he's ready to rush through it and get to some fun! But yesterday was a bit different, we did some Science and Spelling and I think he actually had fun with it. Of course, I am sure it was just something different, considering we have been looking at the walls in the house for almost two weeks straight! LOL

Today we get to tackle some Math....and for this, I ask that you all say a little prayer for me. Math has to be the WORST subject for me, and poor Griffey, that is where he struggles the most too....this could be interesting! LOL

Monster Truck Jam

2008-02-26T04:48:00.000-08:00

Yes, slacker Mom here, I still took Griffey to the Monster Truck Jam this past Saturday night! He actually woke up with a temp of 98.5, and it stayed that way until right before we were leaving. He was so amped about going, and I didn't think it would be that long of a night, boy how wrong was I? We didn't get home until 2:00 am! And just for the record, I'm much too old to be doing that! LOL

Anyway, the boys had a BLAST! And if you are into people watching...a Monster Truck Jam is THE place to go! That is what kept me entertained most of the evening, LOL

Griffey leaned over to me at one point and said "I'm going to get a mullet" to which I replied "You will then go live with your Father and call me Ms. Lynette"...thank goodness he was kidding, but he did argue the point with "BUSINESS IN THE FRONT, PARTY IN THE BACK"....OYE, even sick that kid still has the comeback lines, huh? LOL

Griffey Update

2008-02-26T04:45:00.000-08:00

Thought I would update this this morning, since Lori sent a comment, it reminded me that I should keep this up a little more often, thanks Lori!!

Anyway, had Griffey back to the doctor yesterday, he was STILL running fever and his cough was horrible. After testing for strep, and the flu, they sent us to an imaging center for a chest Xray. I wasn't out of that imaging center fifteen minutes when the nurse called from our peds office...PNEUMONIA!! They put him on Omnicef, once a day for ten days, and well, he can't return to school until he's had the meds for at least 24 hours, and had no fever for the same!

Keep your fingers crossed and prayers coming that he's better soon!!!!!

Yes, I'm a slacker!

2008-02-22T08:23:00.001-08:00

I apologize for not keeping this up to date, I really think about it often, but well, for those of you who know me well, you know I tend to be a little ditzy, LOL

Let's see, I'm trying to think of all the good stuff that has gone on in the boyz lives...I mean, there are always good stuff, but anything major?! Reese had his DARE graduation, he learned all about the dangers of drugs, and even taught me about the new drugs coming out that I haven't heard of! It's always good to learn from your children, it reminds you of just how old you really are! LOL

Griffey has been home sick this entire week from school! He's been fighting this fever. I took him to the doctor yesterday, yeah, I know...no reason to rush it, huh? I was certain they would just tell me it was a virus, let it run its course...*ding ding ding* I won the prize! That is what it is! Of course if he is not feeling better by tomorrow, he wants him back in to make sure it is not pneumonia, please keep your fingers crossed! In between fevers he's been bouncing off the walls, you know, good ol' motrin doing its job! We both have had cabin fever like crazy! But today has been different,he's truly sick. I thought he was on the upswing, honestly, but he said he feels worse today than he has all week long!

One interesting note: He did tell me that for as boring as school is, its better than being home! LOL This could be because I'm not all that much fun afterall, or I'm not as cool as his friends, either way, I'm sure when he's all better, getting him to school won't be as hard as it normally is! LOL

Griffey is getting to the FUN age of...

2008-01-27T17:40:00.000-08:00

EMBARRASSING HIM! LOL

We went shopping with Gangy tonight, and I put my phone in my purse, but it somehow clicked on the music part and LOW came on, it's a rap song in case you didn't know, LOL Anyway...me being the cool Mom that I am busted out singing & dancing to the song! I just have to say that Griffey can turn a nice shade of red when Mommy embarrasses him, LOL

For the record he has requested that I NEVER sing and dance in public...so would anybody like my tour dates??? LOL

TOUCHDOWN

2008-01-27T17:32:00.000-08:00

Griffey had a FANTASTIC flag football game yesterday!!!! He scored his VERY first touchdown EVER!

I was snapping pictures, as you know I LOVE the action shots, so I was looking through my camera and snapping away, and knew we had the ball, and all of a sudden it hit me~THAT WAS MY SON!!!! LOL I was screaming!! He ROCKED!!

We still lost the game by 2 points, but it was an awesome game nonetheless!!!

Let's Bake!!

2008-01-25T18:55:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday night, Griffey was bored, so he asked me what he could do, I remembered I had a cake mix in the pantry. Now as you all know, I am not much of a baker, so I really didn't care how well this cake turned out, mainly because, well, when you are not much of a baker, it's not like anybody expects anything great out of you, right? LOL

So off we went to use the new mixer Gangy bought me for Christmas and bake a cake! Only one mess up, Griffey insisted on cracking the eggs...only he dumped the egg in the baking pan instead of the mixing bowl! Thank goodness it was an easy fix, LOL

We baked a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. He had it for breakfast the next day, LOL I never did try it, but since he's eaten most of it and hasn't appeared to have gotten sick off of it, I'm thinking its pretty good!

The main thing is that he had fun doing it! He loves to help out in the kitchen, or mess around...or make a mess, LOL However you want to look at it! LOL

Griffey's Awards

2008-01-18T15:57:00.000-08:00

Not perfect attendance, but the A/B honor roll! He was trying real hard for straight A's (shh...I bribed him with an underarmour jacket if he did it), but that didn't work, so he is hoping to make those straight A's this 9 weeks!

I'm still very proud of him, he has really done so much better this year! He's got an awesome teacher, and he really enjoys him!

Also..and you can go ahead and put the "twilight zone" music in here, but this kid LOVES to read, but of course, he doesn't want you to call him a "nerd" because he says he's not one, but guess what he did when he came home from school today? On a Friday afternoon?! He laid on the couch in my office, eating dry cereal and reading his book!

Who is this child? I like him, but really am afraid to get too used to him, he may disappear if I do, LOL

Well, he did it!! I do rock...of course, on a dare;)

2008-01-18T15:51:00.000-08:00

He wore the shirt, and argued about wearing a jacket to cover it even. But it was cold today, so I insisted he wear the jacket. I didn't get a picture of him at school in it, but did snap one once we got home!

My Mom Rocks!

2008-01-17T17:30:00.000-08:00

Welp, at least I think Reese & Griffey's Mom rocks! But apparently they do not agree!

For Christmas I got a great deal on a long sleeve shirt, with a stick figure of a woman playing a guitar that said "MY MOM ROCKS", they were only $6.99 each! I couldn't snag up two fast enough, I mean come on...I do rock!!

Well, apparently I am the only person in this house that thinks so.

Griffey wore his shirt today for the first time, but we got to school he had his Quicksilver jacket on, and zipped up to the top and mumbled "I am keeping this jacket on all day long"! Hmm, so that just triggers me to tell the Mom walking behind me with her daughter what his shirt said, I mean someone needed to know, right?

Now Reese said he'd wear his tomorrow and not wear his jacket. But it was more of a dare from his brother. *sigh*

I will be taking a picture of him if he does wear it like he said he is...dare or not, darn it I DO ROCK!!!!

The FAMOUS Perfect Attendance Award!!

2008-01-16T13:24:00.000-08:00

I had to go to school today for Reese's award ceremony. What award did he get? PERFECT ATTENDANCE! Yes, of course I am proud that he is working towards the goal of perfect attendance all year, they get an awesome trophy, ya' know? But I have to ask this question, and as you all know, I really have asked this question to the powers that be at school...but why do the kids get that perfect attendance? Who gets them up in the morning ON TIME? Who makes sure they have a good breakfast and finishes it ON TIME? Who rushes them out the door to get them to school ON TIME?

Yup...you guessed it! ME! So why did I go to school today to see Reese get his award when really, it should have had MY name on it?!

Just asking....

Nah, seriously, I am proud of Reese. His goal really is to have perfect attendance this year in school, and you know, as a kid I never remember wanting to NOT miss a day of school, so I am pretty darn proud of him!!

I LOVE my new lens!!

2008-01-15T12:57:00.000-08:00

For so many years Reese has fought me about having his picture made, that is probably why everyone has a ton of pictures of Griffey, and not many of Reese. Griffey see's a camera and stops to pose, LOL Reese automatically turns his head.

Before Christmas Randy bought me a new Nikon D40 camera, it is awesome, and I suspect it would be really awesome if I learned how to use it completely, LOL For Christmas he bought me the zoom lens for it. I really wanted this camera & lens for the boys' football games, it was so hard to get good action shots of them on the field with my old Kodak.

Well, my new lens now allows me to snap pictures of Reese when he least expects it....so look out for more pictures of Reese in the future!!!

Flag Football '08

2008-01-06T16:49:00.000-08:00

I'm pretty sure we are going to try out every sport until I am purely exhausted from driving here and there! HAHA

Griffey had his first flag football game yesterday. He was so excited. Of course this sport is hard for me, and I'm not quite sure how it isn't hard for him. As most of you know, the boys' have both played Pop Warner Tackle Football for the past three years, so you take a boy who is used to tackling and tell him "no contact", well, that would confuse me! But not him, he loved it! He really had a great time!

He played running back, although the coach is going to be moving them around each game, so who knows what position he'll play next Saturday.

Winter Wonderland

2008-01-03T13:15:00.000-08:00

We live in Florida, right? Well, you certainly couldn't tell it by the feel of the temperature outside! Last night we got our first hard freeze of the winter, so Randy thought it would be fun to set up the sprinkler and run it during the night. We woke up to a mini winter wonderland!

Griffey and I have been feeling a bit under the weather, but he got dressed and said that he wasn't too sick for fun! HAHA

They both had a ball out there! Griffey took a skateboard deck, no wheels, and proceeded to slide down the backyard countless times, everytime falling and laughing harder than the first time! They were licking the icicles (ick) and throwing them at each other and just had a blast!

OK..winter has come for a visit, it can leave now, we had our one day of fun!!

2008 is HERE!

2008-01-01T11:16:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe that another year has come and gone! But here we are, it's now 2008! This year the boys' were with me for the New Year's, which is rare, normally we stay home, and they go with Mark to some friends house, but this year we were invited to our friends house, not only were they friends of ours, the boys are all best friends, so it was a blast for all of us!