Someone posted this website: Here. I am in love with this idea. It is right up our alley. My kids are going to freak when they wake up and see what I did tonight. Late night snack.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Stuff.
I need to blog more often.
I started a child care in my home. It is going well. I have a few part time kids and one full time baby starting in 2 weeks. I am SO excited. I love that I get to add to our income but still be in our childrens lives. If they have a late start at school: I'm still here. If they have a snow day: No worries! Sick? Still here. Summer time: Nothing to it. I have been praying for months (almost a year now) that I would know what to do. When Jim first got sent home from work with his shoulder injury and we had to frantically start looking for something, starting a daycare felt right. I prayed and it still felt right. That doesn't mean it's been easy though. I have had soooo many ups and downs ( a lot more downs than ups, unfortunately). It's been a hard year, but I am hoping that finishing up this year and going into next year will be better. Jim is still in a lot of pain and thinks he re-tore his shoulder after his surgery. He also has had severe pain in his neck, elbows and wrists and after months of tests and waiting and misdiagnosis' we finally have an answer. 2 Ruptured/damaged disc's in his neck. The doctor says that is causing all the pain in his arms and wrists. They are sending him to a pain specialist to get shots and if that doesn't work: surgery. The hard part is the waiting though. We thought he'd be able to get right in, but there's papers that need to be faxed.... then more information is needed from the doctor......then we have to wait for approval.....then, if he's approved by the pain clinic at U of M then they can schedule an appointment, but who knows if that will even be this year at the rate everything is going. And worst of all, he has to keep working every day, through the pain. It's been tough, but, the Lord only gives us as much as we can handle, right? My sister Katherine gave me an excerpt from a book at the beginning of the year that has been wonderful. I love these two quotes "In everything...give thanks" and "Father, I don't know why You're causing, or allowing, this thing to happen, but I'm going to give thanks in it because You ask me to. I'm going to trust You to have a purpose for it that I can't know and may never know. Bottom line, You're God- and that's good enough for me. "
For the month of November I made a thankful tree and each day we put something we are thankful for as a leaf (idea from my sister Kat). It's been good for all of us. Samantha's are practical (toilet paper, kleenex, ears, windows) Ethan's are sweet and funny (baking with Mom, a house, underwear) and Paige's are in between (dishes, socks, clothes, Mom and Dad). It's funny to hear what they say each day and our tree is getting more and more full of leaves. It's nice that we can really focus on the things that we have and are blessed with.
We just had parent teacher conferences for all 3 kids. They are all doing great. Samantha (kindergarten) needs to work on using her "inside" voice a bit more and also not being so chatty, but she is doing great otherwise. Ethan (2nd) is doing very well. He's reading at a 3rd grade level and his math is going good. He could work a bit more on math at home through a website they use at school and his teacher and I did discuss having his start seeing a speech therapist for his "th" sound. It was a concern of mine when he was in kindergarten but at that age you figure they will just grow out of it. He hasn't and I'm glad to be getting on a path of helping him. Paige(3rd) is doing very good. She is reading above average and is doing well in math and social studies. She just needs to continue to challenge herself with both reading and math.
That's about all for now. I'll try and get back here more often.
I started a child care in my home. It is going well. I have a few part time kids and one full time baby starting in 2 weeks. I am SO excited. I love that I get to add to our income but still be in our childrens lives. If they have a late start at school: I'm still here. If they have a snow day: No worries! Sick? Still here. Summer time: Nothing to it. I have been praying for months (almost a year now) that I would know what to do. When Jim first got sent home from work with his shoulder injury and we had to frantically start looking for something, starting a daycare felt right. I prayed and it still felt right. That doesn't mean it's been easy though. I have had soooo many ups and downs ( a lot more downs than ups, unfortunately). It's been a hard year, but I am hoping that finishing up this year and going into next year will be better. Jim is still in a lot of pain and thinks he re-tore his shoulder after his surgery. He also has had severe pain in his neck, elbows and wrists and after months of tests and waiting and misdiagnosis' we finally have an answer. 2 Ruptured/damaged disc's in his neck. The doctor says that is causing all the pain in his arms and wrists. They are sending him to a pain specialist to get shots and if that doesn't work: surgery. The hard part is the waiting though. We thought he'd be able to get right in, but there's papers that need to be faxed.... then more information is needed from the doctor......then we have to wait for approval.....then, if he's approved by the pain clinic at U of M then they can schedule an appointment, but who knows if that will even be this year at the rate everything is going. And worst of all, he has to keep working every day, through the pain. It's been tough, but, the Lord only gives us as much as we can handle, right? My sister Katherine gave me an excerpt from a book at the beginning of the year that has been wonderful. I love these two quotes "In everything...give thanks" and "Father, I don't know why You're causing, or allowing, this thing to happen, but I'm going to give thanks in it because You ask me to. I'm going to trust You to have a purpose for it that I can't know and may never know. Bottom line, You're God- and that's good enough for me. "
For the month of November I made a thankful tree and each day we put something we are thankful for as a leaf (idea from my sister Kat). It's been good for all of us. Samantha's are practical (toilet paper, kleenex, ears, windows) Ethan's are sweet and funny (baking with Mom, a house, underwear) and Paige's are in between (dishes, socks, clothes, Mom and Dad). It's funny to hear what they say each day and our tree is getting more and more full of leaves. It's nice that we can really focus on the things that we have and are blessed with.
We just had parent teacher conferences for all 3 kids. They are all doing great. Samantha (kindergarten) needs to work on using her "inside" voice a bit more and also not being so chatty, but she is doing great otherwise. Ethan (2nd) is doing very well. He's reading at a 3rd grade level and his math is going good. He could work a bit more on math at home through a website they use at school and his teacher and I did discuss having his start seeing a speech therapist for his "th" sound. It was a concern of mine when he was in kindergarten but at that age you figure they will just grow out of it. He hasn't and I'm glad to be getting on a path of helping him. Paige(3rd) is doing very good. She is reading above average and is doing well in math and social studies. She just needs to continue to challenge herself with both reading and math.
That's about all for now. I'll try and get back here more often.
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