Kendra in the fashion show
Making butterfly sand art
Putting in her favorite color purple
Getting the glam treatment by having her nails done
Posing for a picture with Grandma
Stopping at the end of the cat walk for picture.
Next year Kendra hopes to bring her cousin Clare with her. They would be in hog heaven together. Thanks Grandma for such a good time.
FW
I have now survived my first week of working and going to school. Over all I think it was a good week. I haven’t learned much that is new but I am sure in due time I will. I have A LOT of work to do. My instructor (I have for all 3 class I am taking) wants us to work ahead of what we are doing in class. This means that I need to have so knowledge of what I am doing before we get to class. So getting ahead now is what I have to do this weekend. I am sure that I can do it, actually, I know that I will because I really don’t have a choice.
I thought that this week would be easier since it was the first week but I was wrong. I offered to make dinner for friends and do make cupcakes for Kendra’s class on top off all the regular stuff and adjusting for school. So my lesson learned this week was to not do so much the first week of class or even for that matter the second week. After that it is still a play it by ear.
I do have to say that I have an awesome husband who has picked up the slack around here for me. He has taken on dishes, some laundry, and the kids. He has done an awesome job. I am totally blessed to have him as a husband. God knew what he was doing in creating him just for me.
The kids are a little confused as to why mommy is leaving in the morning after she didn’t work the night before but they will get used to it. Kendra told me on Thursday that she didn’t want me to be a nurse or go to work that she just wanted me to be a Mom. I explained to her that I can be a nurse and be a mom to her at the same time. I think that she would just rather we all stay home all the time.
So here is to week 2. I am sure that you will be as good as week one if not better.
FW
Today has been full day. My day started at 6:45 this morning as I got everyone up, ready, and out the door so that Ephriam could have OT this morning. Once I got them ready it was time to ready myself. I got out the door 5 minutes later then I had planned but I still made it to school on time, actually I made it there 20 minutes early. It gave me time to get to where I needed be and find out where I was going. We got to do apical pulse and blood pressure. Nothing that I hadn’t done before. We listened A LOT to our instructor talk. Shortly after skills lab started the Dean of Nursing came in and said we needed to order our uniforms today. So after class I went ahead and ordered my uniform for clinicals. Then it was off to Theory class. There we got all of our paper work and assignments and took a math test. If we missed one out of the five questions then we needed to go to a math review sessions. I got all 5 right! Part of is was that I knew how many ml were in a ounce. Then we got to go home! The drive home was nice except for watching the temperature drop the closer I got home. Tomorrow is my clinical lab in which I am sure that I will get more papers and learn some more. Then back to Theory class on Thursday afternoon. Right now I am ready for bed but I still have a long night ahead of me. Looking forward to eating some dinner tonight, doing valentines with the kids, doing my reading for school, and hopefully an episode of LOST. We will see though. For now getting things ready for tomorrow.
FW
It is after 12:30 and I have not gotten out of bed yet. In fact I didn’t wake up till 10:30, thanks to Christopher getting out of bed and getting the kids breakfast. It has been a really nice seriously rare treat. Especially since I know that for the next 18 months or so this is not a reality at all. I will have to get up to spend time with my kids or do school work. Sleep will be limited but I know that we will make it through it, graduate, and pass my boards. For now though I am going to enjoy this day of the kids playing great together using their imaginations and play together. Enjoying being in the same room as my husband looking at our computer screens while talking.
Oh did I mention part of the reason for getting out of bed is because it is snowing AGAIN. Seriously. I can’t wait till Spring arrives. I am tired of the snow. Right now we aren’t even sure if we are going to be able to church tonight.
I think though that I should probably get my kids some lunch. Not sure what we are having yet but I will find out when we make it to the kitchen.
FW
Here is a family picture of us at my brother in law and sister in law’s house
Here is a picture of Ephriam playing with Woody from Toy Story
Here is Kendra just being a ham!
This is me, someone had my camera and was taking pictures of Me!
Here Kendra taking a nap
Kendra playing in the snow
Ephriam playing in the snow
A much needed night outside with the snow to burn off some energy
I am sure that my husband loves I shared this picture but it was a practice one with my camera.
COLD WEATHER! I am tired of it being cold and snowy. I can’t wait for spring to get here. I look at a picture of the kids taken last April of the kids at the zoo in front of the flowers and think how I can’t wait for it to be warm. I am tired of coats, hats, and gloves but am ready for sunscreen, bathing suits, and flip flops. I would even like to just see the sun a little more. I know that soon enough it will be blazin’ hot outside and I just can’t wait for that. I am so ready for 80 degree temps.
I can’t wait to plant our garden this year. So long as I am not sleeping while I should be planting because with school I am not sure that it will get done. We are going to just wait and see. Hopefully I can at least get a couple of tomatoe plants in. I am sure that the kids would like to see what else we can grow.
So dear cold and snowy weather please just go away.
FW
PS I am working on getting up some new pictures of the kids. Hope to get it done by Saturday night but we will see.
Well Christopher and I have been struggling to get Kendra to not destroy the nice things that we have. It doesn’t seem to matter what we take away or how many times/ how hard we spank her (yes we spank). It is just not going into her brain. I am not sure if it is just that she is bored and looking for things to do, trying to get our attention, or needs to get rid of some bottled up energy. I have tried keeping her busy, giving her attention, and sending her outside to run to see if this helps and it doesn’t seem to be getting better. I just don’t know what to do. I don’t know what is next if she doesn’t straighten up. How in the world am I going to deal with her as a teenager if I can’t get a hold of her at 4? Can someone tell me it gets better with out lying to me?
We have now gone through this 2 year in a row. Last year it was chocolate chap stick on the wall and soap all over her, Ephriam, and the bathroom. So maybe it is just the season. Hoping to keep her busy this weekend and see if that helps. I hope that I don’t have to fill every minute of her day for her to behave but we will see.
However if you have suggestions I am willing to take them too.
I am just plugging along. Getting things that need to be done finished up and done. I of Monday I finished my last crap class that I have to take in so that I stayed on the wait list for clinicals because next Tuesday I will officially start my classes. I am so glad all of that is over and done. I am now onto more new and exciting things. I might actually get to blog more because on Tuesdays I will have an hour and a half lull between classes to get school work done, blog, pray, eat lunch, ect. I am looking forward to that time alone and being able to do my own thing. Who knows though I might end up with a friend to do things with too in my clinical lab group. We will see how things go.
I am looking forward to the little bit of a break that I will get inbetween classes. I have enjoyed sometime reading, getting things around the house caught up, but mostly I have enjoyed watching lost season one with my husband. Yep last night we spent from 8pm to midnight watching the end. He just can’t stand it that he has to wait for me to watch the next episode but he is doing well waiting. He is usually watches Heros in the meantime. The kids were sad to see me go into work tonight because they have enjoyed having me at home. I don’t know what they are going to think come time for me to go to school and I am not home that often. We will also see how my schedule works out as for me getting to school.
Ephriam is plugging right along. I need to call the developmental and behavioral ped to see if we can get things back and moving for him. There has been a little bit of a miss hap with them and I am quite disappointed but still need to fight for Ephriam. He has been talking up a storm which has been great. He has been a joy to have at home.
Kendra is working at getting all of her toys taken away due to writing, drawing, coloring, painting, and taking apart things that she shouldn’t. I am not sure why she is being so distructive but we are hanging in there. She usually a joy to have and it might be her age or the weather. She hasn’t been able to go outside for weeks now and I think that is killing her. I try to keep her busy inside but that doesn’t seem to be doing the trick. Hoping that maybe she will snap out of this soon. We will see. She is doing well in school and looks forward to going to Kindergarden next year.
Christopher is hanging in there taking on the Daddy Daycare roll while I work. He is doing a good job so far but his job is going to only get harder as the year goes on. He is still looking for a job and I just know that when God wants him to have the perfect job he will. He just needs to keep looking.
Well I think that is it for now but look for more post as the week goes on.
FW
(For this review I received this book for free through booksneeze.com)
I thought this book was a great book about giving. I know that it is a Christmas book but I really think that it could be an all year round book on giving. This book uses a little girl named Emma and her dog Shu-Shu who go on an adventure to go to the King’s Birthday party. Along the way they meet people who are in need who they help out. I loved how at the end of the book that there were suggestion as to how to give. This book also shows how kids that they don’t have to be a certain age to give. That there are things all around them that they can give to others in need. It doesn’t have to be anything but just something that you already have that maybe you don’t need anymore or have more of. My 4 year daughter loved that it was a little girl in the story. I also think that it helped her relate to the story more. I think this is a book that we will remain on our book shelves not just all year round but for many years to come. I hope that it shows my kids how to give to others on a daily basis and not just at certain times of the year.
So here we are in 2011! A new adventure awaits this year! This year I have decided to just pick a word to use for now. No scripture yet but I am sure that when the time is right there will be one. If you haven’t figured it out this years word is
MARGIN
Something I don’t see to have a lot of. This year due to school, work, and family Christopher and I have decided to say no to a lot of things that we would normal say yes too. This year we will be focusing on getting through school, work, and being a family. This means that we are saying no to lots of things. Like I will not be working in the nursery at church starting after April. This is because I feel that I will need that time to either be studying or spend time with Christopher and the kids. We are slowing things down.
So if you ask for the next 18 months and we say not it isn’t personal we are just getting through this short term important life changing part of life.
I want to find time in the mess of chaos to work out on a regular schedule, have a hour a week to just me, nope I don’t get that right now and have time with Jesus everyday. This means no school work, no husband or kids, and no house work. Just me doing what I want to do.
So this is what this year is about margin.
How about you? What are you working for in 2011?
