It has been a long time since I've blogged! Part of the reason is time and also because I have started to use facebook. FB is fun and DEFINITELY ADDICTIVE. The cool part is that I can converse with family and friends all over the world and friends I haven't seen since I lived in Hawai'i.
As summer came to an end it was time to for us to prepare to go back to work and school. I think Hannah was the most excited as she started kindergarten this year. She absolutely loves going to school! I love that we live so close (about 1 mile) to her school. Andrew, (and I when I'm home), will walk with her to and from school. It definitely gets their exercise in for the day! She is such the social butterfly! I was afraid that her outspoken and hard-headed nature would get her in trouble, but her behavior has been pretty good. She's had a couple of color changes, which is not bad at all. She is learning so much and excelling in the standards that she needs to know. Just last Friday she came home and told us the pledge of allegiance word for ward. Needless to say I was EXTREMELY proud of her. She did that better than some of my 8th graders! LOL. She is an amazing little girl who never ceases to amaze me!
The boys are doing well. I think Ethan had a hard time at first with Hannah being gone. He started to become very clinging to adults, especially Grandma Brown, and would absolutely break down if she came over to our house and had to leave. He's doing better, especially now that he is going back to the babysitters twice a week. He is such a firecracker, bouncing off the walls from the moment he wakes to the minute he falls asleep. Sometimes I swear he has ADD. He still can be very sensitive. His feelings are sometimes easy to hurt. I think he is coming into his own now that Hannah is gone and he is the older sibling at home in the day.
Morgie is the mellow one. Nothing phases him. He tries to keep up with the older ones and they are pretty tolerant and accepting of him when they are playing. He is also quite the lover boy. He loves to run up to you and just wrap his arms around you while burying his face into you. Even though he has a sensitive side, he can still hold his own with Hannah and Ethan. If they take something away from him or make him upset in anyway, he does not hesitate to yell at them or smack them. I think he has some of Hannah's boldness and Ethan's sensitiveness.
Andrew started school this September. This will be his last quarter at CSUB. He will graduate with his bachelors in December.....YIPEE. It has been a long journey with trials here and there, but I am SO PROUD of him for sticking with it till the end. Once he is done in December he is going to watch the kids in the day and continue to work his evening job with Bakersfield City and Recs. The plan is to start looking for a job around January in Idaho. Hopefully, if all works out according to plan, we will be moving to Idaho come next summer.
As for me, well its another busy school year. This year instead of teaching a contained 8th grade class, I am teaching 6,7,8 grade history; 8 grade algebra and writing; an art elective; and p.e. Not to mention I am the ASB advisor as well as the math field day coach. Although it can be stressful at times and the work can seem never ending, I love my profession. This age group can be very challenging, but also rewarding! One of these days I would like to try teaching the younger grades.
The people, (some of them, any way :) ) I work with are great. We've started a little Biggest Loser competition 2 weeks ago and I've lost about 8 lbs. Its just the motivation I need to lose weight. Its great to have good people to work with.
So, that's whats been happening here in the our household the last couple of months. Enjoying each other and life..... LOVING EVERY BIT OF IT!!!
