Maddy Mommy weekend

So this is Madison's Communion dress. We picked it out on Sunday after her and I enjoyed a movie together. We had a mommy/Madison day! I wish I could blow the dress up bigger without distorting it but I can't. It is super beautiful!

My mom kept Robby and I took Maddy to the Roxy Theatre in Northampton. It is a really cool old theatre that only shows one movie at a time. The have a player organ that plays before the show begins and the stage curtains open up to reveal a big movie screen. It is so cool and rich in history!

It is also very affordable on the family budget! We got two tickets, medium popcorn and a medium soda for $10.00!

The Roxy theatre opened in 1921 in a little town just north of Allentown called Northampton. It is said that when Billy Joel wrote the lyrics to Allentown, he was standing outside the Roxy theatre after he had just performed there and a man came up to him and said he'd never make it or come back. The song as most of you know talks mostly about Bethlehem Steel but also about the coal region and Allentown. Growing up in this part of PA, I laugh everytime he sings

"We spent the weekends at the Jersey shore," because we really did when we were little.  I have this on my play list below. If your not from PA it's hard to imagine. But if you ever come to PA you have to stop in Bethlehem and Allentown, and that cool theatre in Northampton! So much has changed in our hometown but the Lehigh Valley is still such a cool place to experience.

Madison really had fun and I am glad her and I got to spend some time together. I am really glad I found her dress at Burlington Coat factory too. It was almost $100.00 less then the one we saw the day before at JC Penny's! And it was the same desses that Penny's had! Unbelievable how stores can jack the prices up like that!

Robby has been okay. His teacher asked us to keep him out of school again because yesterday he was coughing everywhere. He is asthmatic and just super congested again. It is so normal for him, except he doesn't understand how to cover his mouth when he coughs and that I think was their biggest concern.

So he is at home for at least 2 days probably. We'll wait and see.

He had to have blood drawn on Saturday right before it was time to give him his morning meds. So after 4 sticks they finally got the blood and then Rob looked up at me and said "it was okay that I fed him right?" and I replied, "yes, but no medicine was to be given!" And then his mouth dropped. He was reminded ten times over and still messed it up so poor Robby has to get stuck again this week. Ugh men, sometimes I think moms have to do it all! It sure feels like that in my family.

I found a cool song yesterday. This Autism thing is really hitting me hard right now as Robby's behavior is bad again.

This song can apply to so many of you that read this blog. I put this on my playlist at the bottom too, but here are the lyrics.

The Life That's Chosen Me (written by Karen Taylor-Good and Lisa Aschmann)

We had such expectations, we would soon be giving birth
To the next Chopin, the next Einstein, the greatest child on earth
And we'd be the perfect family, soon we'd have the perfect kid
We'd never have a challenge or a problem, God forbid
Oh but Life had different plans, so I need for you to understand

Don't desert me, don't ignore
I need friends now more than I ever did before
Show compassion but please don't pity me
I'm a parent just like you, it's true
But I have special needs
I need you to notice that my life's different from yours
I need you not to judge me, don't condemn and don't keep score
I'd love an extra pair of hands, or just a hug or two
I need you to acknowledge that I carry more than you
Got the world here on my back, so I just thought I would ask

Don't desert me, don't ignore
I need friends now more than I ever did before
What you take for granted comes so hard for me
I'm a parent just like you, it's true
But I have special needs

I need answers, I need help, it's so much work
And a miracle or two sure wouldn't hurt

Don't desert me, don't ignore
I need friends now more than I ever did before
It's not the life that I'd have chosen, but it's the life that's chosen me
I'm a parent just like you, it's true
But I have special needs


I need you to listen, I need you to care
I need your understanding, I need you just to be there
I need your friendship, maybe a hug or two
Oh God I need a miracle.........