The Scott Family

Just don't read it, I am grumpy

2009-03-17T16:33:00.001-07:00

As it has been forever and a day since I laste posted I thought I would. So, if anyone follows this blog prepare to be bored. Life is like... (you thought I was going to say a box of chocolates) boring. I struggle every day trying to keep up with mundane housework, schedueling conflicts, finnances, salvation you name it. I wish that I could have an assisstant. Someone to figure it all out and just tell me what I need to do. Today for example: sleeping through my alarm and standing my walking friend up, getting ready making sure that all of the children are in green and conviencing the one who didn't want to wear green so he could get pinched to wear green so other people wouldn't think I forgot it was St. Paddies day, take the big kids to school, take Hyrum to preschool, go back to school to get Lindsey Ann so I could take her to the dentist, following up with pta stuff while at the dentist with a fussy baby, taking Lindsey Ann back to school because she felt "fine", racing to pick up Hyrum, racing the little ones to the doctor becasue Juliette is sick, trying to entertain the little ones for an 1 1/2 at the drs. office, drive thru at taco bell (where else can you feed three people for $4), getting the little ones down for a nap, so I could have a half hour to relax before the afternoon hell. I'll stop there because it just continues day in and day out. This is the life that never ends it goes on and on my friend. I have many blessings, I'll remmeber them when Brie gets here.

The funniest thing of the New Year

2009-01-03T11:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so Zachary got an mp3 player for his B-day. Justin sat down with him and loaded a bunch of music on it. Now Zac is funny about music and his dance moves are hilarious. He had his ear buds in and was dancing and singing out loud. Then he started singing LETS GET IT RETARDED at the top of his lungs. We had loaded the song Let's get it started by the Black eyed peas, ya know the fast pace one that is all over football and everywhere else. I did a double take, ya know like did he really just say let's get it retarded. Sure enough he was singing Let's get it retarded. I laughed until I cried and then laughed some more. I am a mean mom, just give me the award now for mother of the year. I listened until the whole song was over. With him singing only the part he "new". It still cracks me up, Oh the irony!!! After I collected myself I did tell him the correct lyrics, I'm not that mean.

Post twilight

2008-11-23T11:41:00.001-08:00

Ya know it is kinda funny. During the movie, I hated it. It bugged me that while they used the lines from the book they used them at the wrong time. The meadow, need I say more? A whole bunch of other things bugged me too but while these things still bug me, it was an ok movie. Now that the dust has settled, I am seeing things a bit more clearly. I am even willing to see it again, to see if was as bad as the first time. The truth-tellin is this: The book, which is usually the case, was way better than the movie.

Zachary

2008-11-21T15:48:00.000-08:00

I have not mentioned autism once in my blog because well it's difficult. I love my boy but he is, well difficult. SO many people believe he is "cured". I get the, "Gosh, Brandy, Zac is doing so good. It seems he has out grown his problems." At this point I can respond one of two ways. I can let them believe the lie because, well it's easy. It's not really a lie because he does have good times, but he will never be cured. This is who he is. The other way I can respond is with all the bloody, gory details that keep my stomach in knots. Depending on my relationship with said person depends on how I respond. Also if I'm feeling pissy they may get way more info than they every wanted. Here is what I'm willing to share at this point about how Zac is doing. EVERYDAY he threatens to kill one or more of us. He torments his siblings, what ever you are thinking in your mind times that by 1000. He abuses us, verbally & physically EVERYDAY. The above things happen on good or normal days. On bad days he does the aforementioned just intensified. The death threats are in GREAT detail, trust me you don't want to know the detail. He has temper tantrums. Oh Boy does he have temper tantrums. He will only scream and cuss and yell for 30 mins, but it is a VERY BAD 30 mins. At these times I think he is going to have to live sedated in a hospital. I think of UCLA and their padded room and the Dr.s with no answers and no hope. My stomach feels sick, but then he stops and we live to see another day. I share these things to give you knowledge about what life is like for us. He has come along way. We have a lot be grateful for. He is not "better" just "different". Right now he is calm watching TV. All Hell will break loose when the TV is off, but now life is good. So when you see us at a church activity, school activity, family function, or just at McDonald's you have a small idea of what we live with everyday, and how hard it is for us to be there. When we leave an outing, whatever it may be if there was not a problem with Zac we are so relived, but we know that any moment the problems will start usually when he doesn't get his way. The truth-tellin is this: Zac is a sweet boy who can spout scripture stories like a preacher, he is creative, social and will do something wonderful when he grows up.

Twilight {sigh}

2008-11-14T11:25:00.000-08:00

Anyone who even knows me a little knows that I LOVE Twilight. My dear friend Cindy, who treats me better than I deserve brought me THE BOOK while I was in the hospital. It was exactly a year ago. She was all excited, not because I had just given birth to another beautiful baby. Her daughter had just met a crazy guy, who we thought was adorable. She showed me a picture on her phone and recapped all the cute first moments of their life. {side note: the budding love is now blomming with an offical engagement and all the sappy love that comes with it}. Then she said and I quote, "you HAVE to read this book!" I said, "OK". Then she said, "I hope you love it." Now, Cindy and I have differed on books before, but usually she has good stuff. So I said "What if I don't?" then came they reply, "You WILL LOVE THIS BOOK and I am going to go now so you can start reading it." Well, I had a calm baby and plenty of pain meds and Justin had stepped out to grab a bite so I started to read. Then came the interruptions: the nurses kept bugging me, Justin had gotten back and was trying to chat, I had to pee, not to mention all the problems with bleeding, and big boobs. So I was a little crabby. All I wanted to do was hold my baby and READ. When I was done with the book, I read it again and again. Now flash to present day. Well I am reading Twilight again. Just shush and listen. I had to reread it so I am well armed with evidence to discredit the movie. I am going to see it, thanks to Cindy who is treating me since the Scott family is having budget cuts. I am uncertain of this movie and hold ZERO expectations. I think Edward looks like a dufuss and Bella is ok, but she just isn't the Bella in my mind. The truth-tellin is this: VERY rarely are books that become movies any good, but the truth-truth tellin is this: I need to see this movie because I am a sucker for a good love story even if I don't want to admit out loud that I like vampires better than shape shifter wolves (AKA werewolves).

Spolied

2008-11-13T16:46:00.000-08:00

"Hey mom I saw this cool experiment on Mythbusters. All you need is mud, tap water and a bowl. I know where to get the mud and bowl, but do you know where I can get tap water? I've never heard of it before. Do you think you can buy me some?" The truth-tellin is this: Kids today have it WAY to easy.

Ist grade politics

2008-10-27T20:33:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Ann has a future in politics. Today in school she asked her group a few questions: How are you voting on Prop. 8, Obama or McCain and Do you support Jesus or Satan? One little girl said she was voting yes on 8 the others just stared. The yes vote girl said she was voting for McCain as well. Lindsey said, "That's good. Did you know that Obama kills babies?" (Yes we told all the children about abortion, but not that Obama killed the babies.) The girl said,"yeah that's why I'm voting for McCain." She also is a supporter of Jesus. I love that Lindsey is so confident in what she believes that she can strike up a conversation about it. I also am glad that other parents inform their children of what is going on with our world. The truth-tellin is this: Out of the mouth of babes.

Siblings...It's a love hate kinda thing

2008-10-21T19:56:00.000-07:00

"I am going to tell my friend______ that you pick your nose!","Well I am going to tell my friend_____ that you pick your nose and EAT YOUR BOOGERS!!!", "You better not, I don't do that anymore!" This is a normal conversation at my house. It goes back and forth and back and forth. Then there is the fights and I mean fist fights. Over things like this. One of my personal favorites was when Zac said he was going to tell his friend that Lindsey wears a certain kind of panties. I knew he pushed her to far when the first thing out of her mouth was " I don't wear those ones very often. I only wear them if I have to" then she put her head down for a sec. then walked over and hit him. I had know idea she didn't like whatever character were on those panties. But he clearly hit below the belt so to speak. She got over it and came back with something witty. There is another side. Like today Caleb was grumpy. Zac (with out a prompt from me) wrote Caleb a letter. My favorite line was " your the nisst (Nicest) brothur ever." A while back three girls were chasing Caleb and one of his friends on the field at school. Lindsey was playing ball with her friend when she observed what was going on with Caleb. She quickly joined the chase, to save her "boys" she threw the ball with all her might and took one of the girls out. The other girls asked her why she wasn't helping them (the girls). Her reply made me smile. She said "No one messes with my brother". The other day Lindsey was crying at school on recess. Caleb put his arm around her and comforted her. I only know this because we were talking about the caught being good at school program. He did this not for reward, but because he saw his sister upset and went to help her. The truth tellin is this: those vicious siblings KNOW everything about you and will use that power to torment you, but they also have your back when you really need it.

2008-09-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

This is Lindsey and her fish that she caught on our family camping trip. She wanted to cook it for dinner, but said that she didn't want to eat it. She took a small bite that she spit out, but the boys enjoyed her catch.

Girls, Girls, Girls

2008-09-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

So if you discount Zach, who is in a league of his own my boys are pretty easy. Sure we've had a few moments like Hyrum trying to get a little girl to kiss him while he runs and hides. Caleb checking out the cute girl on the other baseball team with the pink helmet. No real drama. If you can talk baseball, trains, pirates, star wars and bionicles until your blue in the face your good. Lindsey Ann on the other hand should be renamed Lindsey Drama Ann. That girl has more drama than all the daytime soap operas put together. So I was trying to pick out her clothes for school. I wanted her to wear a Malloch(their school) shirt of her brothers because it was spirit day and the shirt is unisex, (if you care to know when I went to buy the school shirts they didn't have Lindsey's size) so I pulled out the shirt. Ya know what that girl said to me? She said," that shirt will make me look fat." What do you say to that? That girl doesn't have an ounce of fat on her. I, being the good mom that I am took a deep breath and pulled her in for a hug and said, "Oh, Honey you won't look fat, your beautiful." She piped back with "Look mom" she had a point. The shirt was way too wide for her little frame. So we tied it in a fashionable knot on the side and with her big bows in her pigtails she looked cute and didn't have anymore complaints. How can a six year old girl think she looks fat? I still am dumbfounded. A few days before that we were alone driving to ballet. She had that ballerina look going on, with her hair in a bun bangs wispy and black leotard with pink tights. I looked back at her to see her flirting with the teenage boy in the car next to us. She was making kissey lips at him. I turn around and try to stop my heart that is racing. As the light turns green I floor it to get her away from this boy. I also did a year check to make sure that I hadn't lost mind. Once I found my voice and confirmed that this girl was my 6 year old daughter. She said "I have a new boyfriend, he is a teenager, I blew him kisses, and he is SOOOOOOOOO cute". I had to chuckle and reminded her that she should save her kisses because they are special. I also asked her about Cade from class that she has been crushing on since kindergarten. She piped back "it's ok because Cade is my ex-boyfriend and he is my boyfriend now ". Heaven help me! Am I really dealing with this now? We talked about what it means to have a boyfriend. It went in one ear and out the other she said" but mom he's SOOOOOO cute I love him. Thankfully we were now at ballet. She isn't even a teenager yet and I am already concerned about buoying up her self esteem so she won't have an eating disorder, trying to keep her away from older boys and all the day to day ups and downs. The truth-tellin is this: Zach is a pain, but Lindsey will give me more gray hair and I am so thankful that I only have two girls.

First day of school

2008-09-01T11:06:00.000-07:00

Here is an update on the children. Zac is 9 and in the 4th grade. He had a girl come up to him the first week of school and say that this other girl had a crush on him. His reply was "what are you talking about". Good luck to any girl that has a crush on him. Caleb is 7 and in the 2nd grade. He has a great class and lots of friends. He is counting down until baseball officially starts. Lindsey is 6 and is in 1st grade. She is in ballet and soccer. I love this picture of her because it is filled with attitude just like her. Hyrum is 3 and will be 4 on the 9th. He is going to preschool 2 days a week. He has caught a couple of funny phrases like, "Mom that is soooo awesome!!" He usually is talking about a toy when he says that. He has also started the "sweeeeet". It just sounds so funny from a little kid. Juliette is 9 months. She has broken the 15 pound mark finally. All of her food goes to height and nothing for weight. She is starting to walk. I wanted a late bloomer, she is late for our kids, but I was hoping that she wouldn't walk until she was at least 2. I am wanting to postpone having to run after her. I guess it is inevitable just like the sassy mouth all of our kids have. Overall they are a good looking group. The truth-tellin is this: Looks can be deceiving!

Things that have been said in my car

2008-08-07T13:27:00.000-07:00

We were driving today and I was losing my mind, again. The things out of our mouths were unbelievable. I decided to share these things with you. For the sake of understanding and protecting the guilty all comments are by children unless they are in parenthesise then they are by me. So here is the list, in no particular order. I'm hot, usually followed by I'm cold. SLUGBUG, No I saw it, no I did, no I did, no that one is mine I saw it(this usually lasts until we see another one), I have 10 points, NO you have 5 points and I have 15, No MOM what is 5+10+5 (20) I have 20 points, No you don't, Yes I do, What color was the one you saw? This goes on and on and on. (WE ARE NEVER PLAYING THIS GAME AGAIN!!!) Are we in California?, I have to go pee, He touched me, She kicked me, He's looking out my window, scoot over, I have a headache, Can we have a treat?, I am going to throw up, I can't breath, Prayers, If you touch me again I'm going to kick you, Don't spit on me followed by MOM he spit on me, you hate me, I hate you. (How was your day honey), (please be good), (I'm losin it). Can we have the music please, No I don't want the music, Please can we have the radio on (yes), Louder please, No, (No) please change the song, turn off the radio, Will you please be quiet I can't here the song?, No your not the boss of me, WILL YOU PLEASE BE QUIET?, please turn up the radio I can't here the song. Turn up the air I'm hot, no I'm cold. Mom you never do what I want. He's bugging me, your a Jerk, your a brat, you always bug me, why can't you leave me alone, I'm never playing with you! (Will everyone just shut up!!!) (I love you). The truth tellin is this... Be glad you don't have to drive with us.

The fantastic 5

2008-08-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

Why are we a freak show? Whenever I am dumb enough to take the children somewhere I get stares and comments. One time I was taking Zac to summer school. Just a quick drop off. We run into someone that we know in the parking lot. We stop to say Hi. I roll down the window and he greets Zac. We are talking and he hears Hi's from the back of the car. He then pokes his head in the car and says wow how many kids are in here. I say with a smile oh just mine. He then says alllllllll 5 are innnnn here. I say pissy, yes alllll 5 are in here it's not like we have 500. He chuckles and I chuckle and I think can I run over his foot and make it look like an accident. I have no idea why people and I mean strangers think that they have the right to comment. I know that I am crazy. I am with every fiber of my being trying to keep it together when I take the children out in public. If Justin ever took the children out and someone had a negative comment he probably come back with yeah their all mine do you have a problem with that. When someone says something to me I think I've done something wrong and am not doing a good job of making them behave. The truth-tellin is this... If you see a women with 5 children out in public do the following: 1. Pray for her 2. STAY OUT OF HER WAY and 3. Be glad that it's not you.

Sunday is the day of rest, for the children

2008-08-03T19:58:00.000-07:00

First today is Sunday which is the Lord's day of rest notice that I said the Lord's. I have not rested once today. Ok so I did take a rest in the restroom, but Hyrum did pound on the door asking for food even though his very capable Dad was in the front house. Sundays are hard days for us mainly because I have this FANTASY that because it's Sunday the children are supposed to stop fighting. Ya know, I feel like they can at least act like they've been taught how to behave one day a week. We also have issues with church clothing. EVERY SUNDAY at least one child child can't find at least one article of his or her clothing. Oh and don't think that your so smart and suggest that we lay out their clothes the night before. Well miss smarty pants when we do this the savages still manage to lose something. I guess we could put everything in a vault and everyone would be happy. Today Hyrum is missing one Sunday shoe. I shut of the blow dryer to hear a ruckus coming from the boys room. I assume that it is Zac, well because 99.9% of the time it is Zac. I walk down the hall to see Zachary coming out of his room. I am dumbfounded. He seems calm. I ask him if he is almost ready for church he says and I quote "I am going to get ready in the front house because I don't want to get hit with flying toys" Now at this moment I think smart kid, then I think if a child was throwing toys Zac would have handled the situation (read) as yelled at them to get out so this leaves me with Justin. I decide I better find out what is going on. I hear him say Hyrum where are your shoes? Now you need to know that the boys room is a mess. I sigh and think we are never going to find this shoe. I notice that the toy box is overturned (the flying toys) So I make a few helpful suggestions: Did you look under the bed, in the closet (which DID hold the toys). Yes he did and no shoe. I leave the boys room thinking that his shoe is on our bed. Well one shoe is but not the other so I have a thought... what if the shoe is just by chance in the shoe closet(ya know the place it should be) and lo and behold we have a shoe. Ya just never know where your going to find something, it might just be where it is supposed to be. So this is my truth tellin... the children WILL misbehave even though it's Sunday and until the children are grown something will always be misplaced even if it is right where it should be.