I need a vacation.

There are not enough hours in the day. I have been moved up to 3/4 time at work because a co-worker had a new beautiful little girl. At the same time, Jim when to 4 days at school and is gone more. This last week was the busiest we have ever been in our lives.
Add to that 2 sick kids and you have one crazy mama. Kameron has been spiking fevers so I have him on a strict Tylenol/Motrin schedule to keep it from happening again. Landon just has a super runny nose. They are all three whiny and clingy.
It feels like any spare time we have had, Jim and I are taking turns catching up on sleep. I slept from 1am to 5am then 12pm to 4pm. Jim slept from 1am to 12pm. We basically have seen each other for 2 hours so far today and it involved making dinner and cleaning up.
I know this post is full of ranting and complaining and I'm not sure anyone is reading it anyway.

How the WII made my ADHD child a better student.

Haha, I feel like writing a book. My husband decided that my family needed a video game system, so we are now the proud owners a Nintendo Wii. We raised the money to get it and researched the bet deal and I am happy to say that we bought a brand new week with lots of extras for $180 including the tax. We have spent less than $100 extra now and have the 4 remotes, the foam extensions and a ton of games. Very little of the cost actually had to come from our bank account.

Now, the best part. We are on a homework for wii time exchange. I give Nathan one hour of free wii time after school. after that, he can earn an extra hour of wii time by reading and doing homework. For some, 1 hour of reading and homework may not be that challenging. But for Nate, who has ADHD, it is a real battle. After dinner tonight, he got his school book out without being asked and read to me for 20 minutes straight. Then he went down to read to his grandma for another 10 minutes. Now he is writing his spelling words at the table alone without complaining. To me, it feels like a miracle.

I know it's a little early to be cheering the reading for wii exchange, but I have heard similar results from other friends with special needs kids. A friend of mine with a son with aspergers get their family a Wii for Christmas. After he returned to school, the teacher commented on his attitude and behavior improvement. She asked what she was doing differently. The only real difference is the boy is playing Wii for one hour before bed, and he seems to be sleeping better too.

Wii rocks.

Happy 2011.

So it's a new year and I can already tell it's going to be a change for us. Our family in complete and we are on to the next step of our lives. I'm a little nervous to see what this year will have in store for us. Jim's school schedule is very crazy this spring and it will be the first time we really have to leave the kids with a baby sitter while we are both busy. We got off to a rocky start in December because we were all sick and had to miss days of work and school. I am hoping that everything goes a little better when Jim starts on the 10th. Thank God I will be on part time.. Enough rambling, HAPPY 2011!