tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43701777156648495202024-03-19T15:12:30.949-07:00...telling the world about my crazy fun happy life with 3 babies, 1 husband and one crazy Old English SheepdogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-1115086057633370542012-09-12T08:39:00.000-07:002012-09-12T12:55:47.289-07:00Help me cure Angelman Syndrome! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XCq44FfvhNowCEBQYD6t3hMB7JzVeiwDwUq6SeY-GETIViP9QUxpbEz0gwNN1cEfl627svyQ58hS1ZOJpAnuLehTHjK3hhp6eGbYJRq5PPO85-8zMCUkZlcoOWKQgV10_0DD6_i-OnHC/s1600/chanceschool2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XCq44FfvhNowCEBQYD6t3hMB7JzVeiwDwUq6SeY-GETIViP9QUxpbEz0gwNN1cEfl627svyQ58hS1ZOJpAnuLehTHjK3hhp6eGbYJRq5PPO85-8zMCUkZlcoOWKQgV10_0DD6_i-OnHC/s320/chanceschool2009.jpg" width="227" /></a>I am writing this blog today because of my first born son,Chance. He is the light of my life. He also has Angelman Syndrome. I've mentioned it before on this blog and this time you can help me. Angelman Syndrome is caused by a random deletion on Chance's 15th chromosome. It has caused him to be non-verbal, he cannot walk, he has seizures that are sometimes very severe. He also suffers from severe sensory dysfunction and somedays it makes it very hard for him to handle all the sensory input from the world which makes it hard to live a full life. Through all his struggles he remains happy and full of love.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.cureangelman.org/" target="_blank">Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics</a> works hard every day to cure this syndrome. It has already been cured in a mouse model. Any money this foundation takes in goes straight out to research. Last year they won $250,000 in a charity contest and used every cent to fund a clinical trial that is currently in progress. This year they are in a contest through Chase bank. They need help to win, and it only takes a few clicks.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">STEP ONE: "like" Chase Community Giving here:</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">STEP TWO: Vote for FAST</span><a href="https://fb.chasegiving.com/charity/view/ein/26-3160079/ref/index" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://fb.chasegiving.com/charity/view/ein/26-3160079/ref/index</a><br />
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Anxious the teacher will understand his non-verbal communication, that everyone will treat him with the dignity and respect he deserves. That his neuro-typical peers see him as a peer and not just some kid who can't talk in a wheelchair. That the staff treat him as if he were their own. I have so many fears relating to him at school, especially considering all the stories you see in the news about teachers and school staff abusing non-verbal children. And my son has no way of telling me if something is wrong. It scares me to my core, to be honest.<br />
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But it is also amazing, it gives him the opportunity to be with his friends, to learn how to be a friend. He will get to experience new things, meet new people, learn new concepts. He is such a problem solver when its something that interests him, this I think will help him learn. It's hard to say what he actually absorbs from school since he cannot verbally express what he knows. But in my heart I feel he is learning along with his neuro-typical peers, just maybe not in the same way as them. This is a hard concept sometimes for the school to grasp that he is able to learn the same things as his general education peers. They have no way to test him and prove it because he cannot always control his fine and gross motor movements to show them.<br />
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But despite that I will continue to push for him to be fully included as much as he can handle due to his sensory overload. He loves school so much, his teacher, the routine, all the other kids. Last year his year ended so well and he has the same teacher and aides so I'm sure this year will just be a great continuation. <br />
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Time for me to sleep as its time for me to get back in to routine and hope for the best. <3Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-89547768639428834242012-08-13T20:59:00.002-07:002012-08-13T20:59:32.442-07:00Making a change around here (blogwise)<br />
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So I have been really slacking on posting lately, this summer has gotten crazy! Our homeschooling summer has been up and down, one good part is the addition to the kid's cousin joining us a few days a week. Having that extra kid around has really pushed me to step up my game on planning and implementing things with the kids.<br />
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I've started using more communication methods with Chance although he still doesn't have much interest I'm at least making it available at every opportunity to model using it for him. We are now going to start trialing newer devices that may be more adaptable for him and grow with him. He starts school in a couple weeks and I'm looking forward to him to go back to be with his friends and teachers. He is not a fan of summers especially Texas summers which result in us staying at home almost the entire summer due to the extreme heat.<br />
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I've also stepped up on my painting. It is a passion of mine and I'm actually getting outside interests in it! Not just my lovely husband complimenting me! I've sold my first commissioned painting and have listed several new ones on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shaunamoreno" target="_blank">Etsy</a> and hope to get more interest soon! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shaunamoreno">http://www.etsy.com/shop/shaunamoreno</a><br />
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I'm going to continue to blog as often as possible but not as many giveaway posts. I do have a couple reviews in the works and hope to have those out in the next week! I'm still new to the blogging stuff so I'm learning as I go and still figuring it all out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-1740414154753389162012-07-25T21:21:00.000-07:002012-08-13T20:24:30.089-07:00I've started painting again!!! <span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">I've loved painting since I was in high school and took my first painting class. It's always been my me time, and now with the encouragement of my wonderful husband I've started to carve out time at the end of the night to paint! I've even started listing some on Etsy -- Here's </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shaunamoreno?ref=seller_info" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">My store</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">!! I'm hoping to use any funds made to help purchase medical equipment for my son Chance, I'd like to get him a mount for his wheelchair to hold his ipad for school, and also a Kidwalk walker since insurance has denied us multiple times. I really hope this helps! Below are a few of my favorite paintings I've done. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-25750712732161328342012-07-09T22:45:00.000-07:002012-08-13T20:24:00.319-07:00First week of trying summer schoolNow that my 1st grader is on summer vacation he is making it very obvious he misses school. I know he loves his friends and teachers but the routine is also so important to him. So since I have been attempting (unsuccessfully) all year to get organized with homeschooling Daniella, I thought this would be a good opportunity to get going again.<br />
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So I got some more supplies, planned it all out for our first week. We did fourth of july theme activities and had some fun doing crafts and worksheets.<br />
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This next week I'm going to try and do a bit more than last week, I'm still trying to ease in to this routine but hopefully we will have some sort of routine by the time Chance goes back to school! My favorite site I found for printables <a href="http://www.overthebigmoon.com/" target="_blank">http://www.overthebigmoon.com/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-85256020294646097262012-07-04T09:20:00.001-07:002012-08-13T20:23:11.176-07:004th of July! Independence Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
I love this holiday!! Such fun memories playing with friends, BBQ's, fireworks, carnivals, good times! Love all the new memories we will be making with our kids on this day. However this year will not be as exciting, temperatures are pretty high today and our little ones do not care for loud noises even if it creates beauty in the sky. I'll be doing some fun crafts with the kids indoors today, along with just relaxing and hopefully catch some fireworks in the sky from our front porch tonight. As the kids get older I hope to instill the same patriotic feelings I get on this holiday, to remember everything this country has been through to get to this point. How in no way are we a perfect nation but a pretty darn good one, I am so proud to call home! I'll leave you with my favorite patriotic song from my childhood and will hopefully post some blogs over the next few days of all the crafty fun we've been having!
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My husband found this <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=338143&u=650894&m=36053&urllink=&afftrack=">BabbaBox</a> company in one of his entrepenuer magazines awhile back. It looked perfect for Daniella since she has become so creative recently and I've been struggling with activities to help with our homeschool adventure. So we signed up and it took about 6 weeks before we got ours (depends on when you place your order- but it ships out the 3rd of the next month after your first order then every 3rd week of the month after that). It's a monthly subscription of $30 so it didn't seem to much considering how much it would cost to drive around and pick up the supplies and plan and find ideas. So this past week was pretty exciting when we finally got our box! Each box has a theme and this months theme was 'you are what you eat!'.</div>
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We had so much fun making our place mate, shopping list folder and reading our story next we will download our free app for the ipad (or android) that was included. There was also measuring cups so the kids can help with cooking and a pizza cutter for homemade pizzas. And a sample of all natural kids toothpaste! </div>
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Healthy eating is definitely a priority in this house and I'm lucky all 3 kids love their fruits and vegetables. BUT they still get picky!! Some days Daniella will only want to eat Yogurt ALL DAY LONG. So I was hoping this would broaden her horizon a bit. The other two still just eat what I give them, so far. </div>
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So I put the DVD in and Daniella loves movies so she was excited we got a new one in the mail, we sat down together, I had Chance with us and Isabella was napping. I liked that you can pick and choose which food segments you want to watch first and they are short segments so its kind of interactive. I let Daniella pick, so we watched the Avacado and she loved it, both Daniella and Chance were laughing and giggling along with the kids in the video! Then we watched a couple more and she asked to eat, so we went to the kitchen and found some of the same things they showed in the video and she sat down and we watched it all again while she snacked on Broccolli Avocado, Bell Pepper.<br />
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Chance is off school now! For the next 3 months I need to keep him busy 24/7. Today we didnt do anything special I'm sure he thinks its the weekend he spent most of the day watching movies in his room. So I've been scouring <a href="http://pinterest.com/shaunamoreno/kids-stuff/" target="_blank">pinterest</a> for tons of ideas, most of them messy, so that means lots of baths around here.<br />
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Isabella is still almost walking , Chance is almost walking and Daniella is always looking for opportunities of mischief. In fact Daniella sprained her ankle 3 days ago pretending to be a dog around the house!<br />
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We spent today at the BEACH! I should clarify before we get too far, my 3yr old Daniella is convinced our boxes of sand are the beach :) Easy to get there ... just outside the front door!! Now my 7yr old with his sensory issues doesnt really play in the beach, mostly because he will eat it, but Today I ventured to keep them busy first we had an all out Dance Party in the living room after breakfast throwing around all our big bouncy balls, but then Chance shortly got annoyed -- by my Dancing I'm sure! So we went outside for a little gardening and beach time!!! I figured I'd give him just enough to feel it on his hands but not enough to just chow down on chunks of sand... and it worked!! Daniella made sandcastles and Chance played in the sand on his wheelchair tray!! Now its bath time then lunch then movies until Speech Therapy... I can handle days like this NO PROBLEM!!! :D<br />
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Bugs are in season around Happy Chaos Casa, so I'm trying not to load the kids up with tons of bug spray full of crazy chemicals, I found a few recipe's online so I can make my own with Essential Oils. --<br />
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So with that in mind I started thinking of ways to declutter and make summer easier to have all 3 kids fully entertained at the same time. Last summer was easier since Isabella was an infant and basically ate slept and pooped, as infants do. <br />
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My first project was to purge the plastic toys which I kinda did, about
50% anyway, then I organized them all and gave Chance all the bigger
toys in his room. Then I decided to use all the left over diaper boxes I
had to build a toy bookshelf out of them! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-86168076388913599052012-05-13T10:06:00.001-07:002012-05-28T12:47:37.586-07:00Mommy's day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love this day, the day to celebrate my lifes purpose. Being a mommy!! I've always known I was going to be a mom, I know its not for everyone, and everyone does it differently. I L O V E love it!! Some days are crazy hectic (well every day is really!) My kids are everything to me and I am so lucky to have them all 3 in my life :)<br />
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And I've found several others doing giveaways like this blog <a href="http://naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/2012/05/sponsor-giveaway-from-natural-kids-team.html" target="_blank">http://naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com</a>. I hope I win some more of these fabulous toys for my babies!! As of right now I'll continue to purge the plastic and look for the more natural toys, but I am sure its all in balance since we still got Daniella a cute pink/purple keyboard for her birthday because she has gotten in to performing songs for us! We love this passion in her and will hopefully continue to find more things she will love! I'm going to continue to look for more natural ways of parenting and living too, and hopefully at some point the natural stuff will take over the chemical stuff but until then I will just keep trying!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-6704028688718694682012-05-02T20:19:00.001-07:002012-05-28T12:48:36.703-07:00Still trying homeschoolingI'm still plugging away at trying to homeschool but she is definitely a challenge, I am having my own challenges of getting organized for it too, plus MIL has been here 5 weeks and totally thrown us off what little rythym we had, now D is watching way more TV than I'd like, and Isabella is not quite walking yet so its hard to handle her physically while trying to do stuff with Daniella so I'm kinda failing at it for now, I have 7 more weeks of MIL and I need to get something figured out soon. MIL has been great though, she does all our dishes and keeps the kitchen clean, so you'd think I have tons more time to do fun learning stuff with the girls, C has just started to get in to a good space neurologically so I think it will get better soon, hopefully before summer because all 3 littles home with me for 3 months we have to get more creative or I will lose my mind !! Last summer was great, although we were pretty much with out a vehicle I got through it. I think it will get better if we can move to a better neighborhood, and have a better living space for kids. We just ordered a subscription to a monthly kids craft box. So hopefully that will help jumpstart ideas! I am also hoping I start blogging more, I think this helps get my crazy thoughts more organized LOL ... I guess we will see!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-16431052660438005562012-03-13T11:23:00.000-07:002012-05-28T12:52:32.800-07:00My life is a Jason Mraz concert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning I've spent it listening to Jason Mraz. Love him! His music is so happy even when its not always about the greatest things in life. He has a way of lifting my spirit. My happy chaos life is every week some kind of roller coaster. Today is no exception. C had a seizure this morning then of course he was super crabby all morning (understandably so). After a nice bath he seems to be better. D has been off and on sick but she seems better I think its mostly the time change and weather changing. I'm still trying our homeschool preschool a little bit everyday. C is on spring break so its a little harder to fit it all in. Plus I am so excited my mother in law is coming over in 2 weeks to spend 3 months with us. She live in the UK currently so we havent seen her in years. It will be so nice to have the kids nana living with us. Plus she will be able to babysit which will help me and J get back to one on one time <3. So as you see, the day is full of fun and not so fun stuff. But overall I smile. Life is always good in some way.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns" target="_blank">Best Song & Video!! </a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-692372519133346152012-03-03T07:18:00.002-08:002012-05-28T12:54:19.473-07:00Adventures in homeschooling and balanceWow, I havent posted in awhile, but my lil sprite fairy D, decided it would be a fun experiment to spill milk out of her mouth on to my laptop keyboard! So I had to wait a while before we could buy another. I have started to explore homeschooling, and we are trying to focus on a homeschool program based on learning the nature and the natural rhythms of the home. I really really like the program but I'm struggling to find the balance in using nature to learn and our need of electronics in our home. We are very mindful of the TV the kids do watch, but at the same time I feel guilty for them watching. I think my struggle comes from the fact that we have C with his complex physical needs I cant always be fully engaged with D all day long, in fact I cant always be in the same room with her and she is still at that age where her curiousity over comes her and all sense of 'this might not be a good idea' goes out the window. So I'm working on balance, making sure when I have the opportunity the TV is OFF the majority of the day and her and I are side by side engaged and mindful of everything we do. I do also struggle with the fact that C needs the cause and effect toys and videos to get his playing done, he cannot handle the sensory effects of paper, crayons, sand, grass, flowers, dirt, etc. So I have to find alternatives things he can put in his mouth or be engaged in visually but not hands on. We are so lucky to have the ipad and the many wonderful apps that can accompany us moving in to a more nature based, mindful lifestyle. It's not perfect, I find some days our lives revolve around staying inside and I'm busy with things the kids cant participate in, we will get there, I have several role models to help.<br />
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I've also chosen to homeschool because I've been learning how kids best learn, and how the schools seem to be very counter intuitive to this process. Hours of homework in Kindergarten and Elementary school, Expecting preschoolers and kinder kids to learn to read and do math; which I KNOW I didnt have to learn to do math until first grade, the only math I learned in kinder was to count to 100. I really cant see how putting so much pressure on young children is a good thing. I know if our homeschooling doesnt work out, I will be trying my hardest to get the girls in to a montessori program, I wish there was a waldorf school in town too but I know the montessori school program would suit Daniella really well. For now I will try my hardest at home to nuture a love of nature and the miracles of mother earth <3Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370177715664849520.post-2715478350725694952011-11-07T08:17:00.000-08:002012-05-28T13:05:01.914-07:00MondaysI normally like mondays, it's when my oldest goes to school and i just have the two girls during the day. But today I am dragging so much, the coffee's not working, my toddler was up until 1am which felt like 2 because of the time change, mr. C got sick in the middle of the night so I had to clean him up and his bed luckily he went back to sleep and woke up fine for school. Baby is still teething which feels like has been going on 10 yrs! And today I still need to clean up Mr. C's bedroom, the playroom, make some appts, and sweep the floor in between keeping the girls out of trouble and hopefully keeping them from screaming their heads off all day over various things. So this monday is in no way a good day, but I am now playing catch with Ms. D whether I like it or not as I just got a soccerball to my head while she was yelling 'CATCH' her new favorite word!!<br />
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Being a mother up to this time has been fantastic and continues to be. D is almost potty trained, I is learning to crawl, sit up and eat baby food, and C is his happy crazy self as always. I am constantly challenged by them to do better and learn more. It's so weird how this life that I've had continues to be so hard yet so fulfilling at the same time.<br />
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Life gets so crazy for us sometimes. Hubby has been self-employed since I met him. This kind of employment is not easy and not for everyone. You have to be resourceful. Money does not always come in regular intervals like for employees of a business. You have to wait for money, or you gets tons of it in one big bunch but then you dont always know when the next bunch is coming. This lifestyle has made me resourceful to say the least, I know how to stretch a dollar, and we know how to budget to big bunches to make it last until the next. It has also taught me what's really important. Some people seem to think it's better for a family to have steady money coming in and more money than you may need. Although it does make life easier to have more money, I dont think it makes it better. Life should be great with or with out lots of money. I definitely appreciate having money and lots of stuff to buy. In fact I love shopping, going to store and buying fun stuff to bring home. But I know for sure my families happiness has nothing to do with whether we can buy stuff or not. I actually really love this. I hope my kids see how we are living our dreams and always make the best of whatever our situation is. I hope they never see us stress over money, and they see us work hard for everything we have. I know they will never see my husband and I fight over money. I know we do get stressed from it here and there but there is never a doubt we will be ok. And I hope my kids grow up knowing if they follow their dreams they can make any situation happy.<br />
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In theory Arts & Crafts sounds fun and fabulous. Classic mommy stuff. But when your dealing with my oldest, he LOVES to make messes and eat ANYTHING. Not good for me. Stresses me out. and I have to get over that. I do. So I did! Today I made a whole bunch of edible playdoh/slimy doughy mess!! It turned out to be so much fun! I covered C's wheelchair in an old sheet and he went to town! Mostly eating it, and D thought it was funny but she didnt want to really squish it, but when I put down a whole pile of flour she had no problem making a mess with that! It was so fun and cute! Then I took some of it and made patty's that I squished the kids hands in to make ornaments for grandparents. I cant wait for more fun stuff!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714544866866147542noreply@blogger.com0