To start Ashton had an absolutely lovely time with my niece Lindsey's son Collin. Ashton was so happy to have a playmate for several days in a row!
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| Video gaming buddies |
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| Enjoying Crabs with the family |
Ashton continues to enjoy playground camp with all his little buddies!
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| Twins at the Walkersville Carnival |
Mid July we went to Bethany Beach with Ariana's family and Ms. Jessica's family. Genetics was strong on this trip! Ashton and Ariana where a force to be reckoned with. They definitely feed off each other and unfortunately NOT in a good way! The good thing is they really got along VERY well and seemed to enjoy each other's company greatly!!!!
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| Trouble!!!! |
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| Beach fun! |
Ashton said the highlights of the beach trip for him were flying a kite and sand surfing! I must say I was super proud of him for trying to stand up on the boogie board, I didn't think he would do it, but he did!
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| "Look mom, I did it!" |
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| Sand Surfer! |
Lastly, this summer Ashton begged me to put up our "redneck" pool. While it was a pain, I am glad I did. He has spent many happy hours in it! Plus with a little creativity he and daddy created a "redneck waterpark". LOL
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| Redneck waterpark |
I usually don't write the tough stuff down in these blogs, but July has really been a whammy. While at the beach at night, Ashton and Ariana ran away. Needless to say it was terrifying. Thankfully they were found at home safe and sound, but for a while there it was pretty scary. Apparently, they destroyed someone's sand castle on the beach and someone saw them and was going to tell on them, so they ran.
Also Ashton has been threatening to kill himself on numerous occasions. Some of it of course is just for attention when he doesn't get his way, but one day I actually had to talk him out of jumping from his bedroom window. That really shook me up! Needless to say he is back in counseling again! I hope and pray that learns how to manage his emotions more effectively before the hormones kick in and that he will develop some impulse controls so he is less reactive and slows down to think about the consequences of things.
I am headed to Thailand for two weeks in August so hopefully Ashton does okay with the Nannies and daddy. It will be the longest I have ever been away from him.
