Josh turns 6!

These are his cousins that live locally. As you can see he has lots of them!

Josh had a birthday last week that I neglected to post. He turned 6 years old on June 6th! He had a fabulous day. He had been very specific about what he wanted. He wanted his birthday decorations put up before he woke up. He wanted to open presents in the morning, and have a family party in the evening with his cousins. We had suggested taking him out to dinner before his party, he wanted to do that, but he chose to go to Chuck-e-Cheese, we were hoping for something a little less crowded but since it is his birthday we let him choose. So he pretty much got everything he wanted. Jon and Rachelle also took him to Boulder City with their family. They went on a train ride in the afternoon. That was nice since Jason had to work in the morning it made the day go by faster so he wasn't asking every five minutes when it was time for his party to start. He loved the train ride.
Josh had a swim party, which he loves, he is our little fish, but after an hour, he was the first one out to let me know that it was time for the pinata. He knew exactly what he wanted, he was in charge, and kept the party moving right along with cake and ice cream and opening his presents. Before the party I found him clearing off the table after breakfast, I asked him what he was doing and he said he wanted to make sure the house was clean for the party. I'm glad he was so helpful. Josh had a good day, I'm glad we were able to pull off all of the specifics of his special day. We love you Josh!

Worst mom ever!!!

A couple months ago when I was volunteering in Josh's classroom his teacher mentioned that she noticed Josh had been making excuses of getting out of doing his work, he wasn't trying very hard. Whenever it was time for writing he would often make the excuse of having to go to the bathroom or his tummy hurt to get out of doing his work. I talked to him about it and he said it was hard for him to see the words on the board that he was supposed to copy. I told him that he needed to move closer to the white board so he could see the words better. I didn't realize that he literally could not see the words.
Well, he goes on track break, he goes back to school everything is good he says "school is perfect," until the beginning of this week the school nurse calls, Josh is not feeling well, his tummy hurts. We decide over the phone that he is well enough to stay. When he came home from school he tells me that he threw up in his class, I thought it was odd that that the nurse never called me to come and get him. The next day the nurse calls and has Josh in her office again, he told the teacher that he had thrown up at home the night before. Well that wasn't true, but I picked up Josh from school. We talked about him lying to me and the teacher and why he is making excuses to get out of school. He then tells me that his head hurts, his eyes are blurry, and he keeps running into walls at school. I was hesitant to believe him because he had lied about being sick, but I knew by then that something was wrong so yesterday he sees the eye doctor and come to find out Josh has horrible vision. His vision is at an 8. Which for Jason and I who do not wear glasses had no idea what that meant, but it is really bad! I felt horrible, I continue to feel horrible. Besides glasses, we were referred to a pediatric opthamologist for eye therapy! It is just hard to believe that his vision has been so bad and we never picked up on it sooner. There were just never any signs prior to this that we can think of. I also start thinking of all the trips we have taken in the past 6 years of his life, Disneyland, the beach, yellowstone, Knott's Berry Farm, Legoland, did he not see any of it! I am still in shock. And he has to wait 10 days for his glasses to come in! I0 days is an eternity! Oh but wait he has just gone through a year of preschool and a year of kindergarten without being able to see a thing, what's another 10 days! I just can't believe we never had his eyes checked sooner. I am the worst mom ever!! Just get your kids eyes checked if you haven't already!