August 26, 2009

One day at a time...

Last night was a long night. Logan has gotten up two nights in a row after having a bad dream. It is hard to even get him back to sleep, he hears any little noise and immediately thinks that someone is trying to get in the house. This didn't make for a pleasant morning for everyone. Hannah started her new school today and Chloe started preschool today and she was very excited so that helped. It is amazing to see the difference in personalities of each of the kids, they are all so different from one another. Next year will be a sad time for me considering Chloe will be entering Kindergarten...she is growing too fast for me. I am still not working so this is a big change for me being home alone. Thankfully Chloe is only gone 2 and a half hours out of the day so I still get my one on one time with her. I know that the time is coming soon when I will start to look for work again, whether that is before or after the holidays I am not sure. Thank goodness for unemployment.

One good thing is that I do have school to keep me occupied, I am still in school and I hope to be done in the next year but then I want to move forward for my Bachelor's so it is a never ending process. I am just thankful for the opportunity to be able to go back to school. It is also showing the kids that you are never too old to try something new. It also helps them understand the importance of homework because now mom has homework just like them. So we will see how the first few weeks of school for "everyone" goes, hopefully we will get back in the swing of things pretty quick. Until then we will just take it day by day.



August 11, 2009

Summer vacation coming to an end...

Well, one week from today the kids will return to school for another fun-filled year. I will officially have a 5th grader, 4th grader, and Chloe will start her second year of preschool. Seeing them grow so fast can be sad at times but very interesting as well. Chloe's vocabulary has really taken off. My four year old now sounds like a 13 year old. I do not know where the time has gone to be honest. She approached me the other day telling me "she wants to be married." I proceeded to tell her that she is not even out of preschool yet and has "plenty" of time to think about that...when she's 30!
Hannah is in her "drama" phase and everything is amplified times five. If she gets upset it seems like the end of the world is coming. She has been around the house more due to her broken arm. (5 more weeks of having a cast) Logan pretty much does his own thing but Hannah loves to tag along with him and his friends so it can get pretty ugly when that happens. They are so close in age that they basically have the same group of friends. To all that do not know, Logan is only 11 1/2 months older than Hannah.

For me I am not sure what comes next. I am back in school for classes to finish out my Paralegal Studies degree then I want to move on to my Bachelor's degree. I think getting back to school will do us all a bit of good. I am at home with the kids now but intend on becoming employed again sometime soon. My "dream" is to be able to wait it out until next fall when Chloe enters Kindergarten. I'm not sure that I can hold off that long, we'll see. So for now summer vacation is ending for us all in some way or another and a new chapter begins....

Until then.....