Our Appointment was A Wreck

I cannot say for sure what our appointment was for but Steff didn't cooperate, she screamed and cried most of the time, Ryan had had very little sleep and Sadie got tired. So, while everyone is supposed to be nice and happy not many of us were. Kieran and I cooperated and Ryan smiled through the pain of being sleep deprived but Steff and Sadie were not having it...It was something to remember.
The kids are doing good today.
Kieran came home kinda ornery though. He said there's a couple of kids at school giving him a hard time and teasing him. He said they have been threatening to bring a knife to school and stab him. And, for some reason or other Mr. Visser has tried to call today. I did try to call him back but I got his voicemail so I left a message. I asked Kieran what his teacher could possibly be calling about and he said he has no idea. Usually he will tell me if there's a reason behind a phone call so I'm at a loss about what he could possibly need to talk to me about. Other than drama at school he's doing good. His home life has been great but I worry about him at school.
Steff is the ever present stinker. She has more crafty ways of being a turd than any child I've ever dealt with. Today she stuck the nose of her giraffe into a cup of coffee, I guess she figured it was thirsty and needed a drink...Mom drinks it so it must be okay for her animals. One other thing she's really into doing lately is taking her clothes off and running around in her diaper. Which, we are hoping those will be going bye-bye soon(diapers that is). She keeps taking her diaper off too so we decided to get her some "big girl panties" for Christmas. We'll see how that goes....we would be elated if she would potty train soon, she is almost 3 years old and it's past time, at least for me personally.
Sadie has been a good little sleeper lately, which has been nice...She usually goes to bed right around 8pm and she will wake up only once throughout the night but I don't think she even opens her eyes. All she wants is a bottle and to go back to sleep. Her naps have changed from 45 minutes to a couple of hours and she does that twice a day. It's been nice having that time to myself and to have a chance to spend it with Steff, she seems to require more one on one time lately. Sadie has also been making new sounds and squeals that are so very cute...Lots of new stuff starting to happen with her. She has this toy that she stands up to and pushes it and walks, another cute thing she does.
Ryan is getting very, very excited for his Christmas break to get here. He has been working 35 hours of OT each payday and he didn't on this last check and that's when he decided he's not going to work 35 hours any longer. See, he had worked 30 hours OT for this last check and the difference was only 75 dollars. I could hardly believe it. I don't blame him one bit. I wouldn't want to spend that extra time at my work if the reward was only 75 bucks.
I think everyone of us in this house is getting excited for Christmas. I know Kieran is and I definitely am and I think Ryan is also...I'm sure he'll be elated once he's out of work for the rest of the year.