Up early to take their aunties to school, now we’re just waiting for their little friend to arrive for the day.
I’m ready so so so ready to send them off to school and I feel kinda horrible about it. But M has taken to whining nonstop (really what does an almost 7 year old have to whine about?) and fight with me about every little thing. Then there is V and her energy and her need to go go go. Such a busy little 5 year old.
I hope this year goes well. They start on the 22nd, it isn’t coming soon enough.
My life is a shambles.
Thats the easiest way to sum up what my life has been like over the last year. We’re still amongst a huge for us move from our apartment that we’ve lived in for almost 7 years into my mother in laws home.
Its a huge house, well compared to most and we’re really in need of the room. The only downside is that it has about 15 years of dust and cleaning that my mother in law just couldn’t do while she worked. Its a lot of work that I hadn’t really thought about having to do right away.
We’re still living out of boxes since half of our things are split between the two locations. We plan to finish the move May 7th. I’m scared to death that something is going to stop us from getting the mortgage on the house. Either my credit or Mike’s. And we will have moved into the house and made these decisions for everyone just to have it fall through.
Stress is my best friend lately and I’m so ready for it to go away. Hopefully after we hand over the keys at the end of this month we’ll be able to breathe easier.
Miss V 4 days old
It’s hard to believe that V is four today.
Born: Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 at 11:39am
Birth Stats: 6 pounds 7 ounces 20 inches long
Today: 32 pounds 2 ounces 37.5 inches (25th percentile for weight, 14th for height)
Miss V & her Tinker Bell Cake
Blue, originally uploaded by only1geekette.
Week 1 of the BIO2004 Photo Assignments
I found this lovely blue glass vase at my MIL’s while I was helping her pack some of her stuff. I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. Of course it would have been a ton better if I’d had a macro lens for my dslr. I’m going to work on that.
There are a few songs that I love, like really love, because they move me to be more motivated and or just really lift my spirits.
I bought My Paper Heart recently by Francesca Battistelli (okay not very recently as it was back in May I think). I only purchased it because the girls loved her song ‘Beautiful, Beautiful’ (another favorite of mine). I was listening through it the other day and found a song that gave me goosebumps within the first several moments and tears by the end.
This song encourages me more than I can explain. I often lose sight of where I’m supposed to keep my eyes. Everything has been such a struggle for me lately, and I know why it has been in some ways. I’m working to bring myself back to where I’m supposed to be.
Rainbow in Fairbanks Alaska
Our entire drive yesterday was rainy. It was bright and warm when we arrived in Fairbanks. Of course when we were in dinner it decided to rain. We came out and there was two beautiful rainbows. Of course I was only able to catch the one but still lovely. Of course this was taken with my phone.
So we’re homeschooling the girls, for as long as they’ll allow. M is pretty excited about the idea of starting school. I am too except for all the ‘getting it together’ part.
I’m going through a program so it’s not like I don’t have people I can go to direction. God how lost would I be if I had to do that!? The program is called IDEA and they seem wonderful. I’ve already checked and have my allotment for M’s schooling materials, $1,600 just for her stuff.
I’ve pretty much decided on the Calvert School curriculum. It looks fun and well-organized. I know a lot of the people who go through IDEA tend to piece out the curriculum that works best for them. That method seems so far beyond what I’m capable of at this point. I think I’d do better to have it all come in a kit for the first year. Then next year I can evaluate how I feel after we’ve done a full year.
I wish we were already moved into the house with everything set up how I like it. But that will take some time. Just more fun and exciting things to look forward too. We plan on changing part of the downstairs into our ‘class room’ of sorts.
This month we have General Orientation (actually that’s on the 13th) and then I’ll actually get to choose my curriculum and get it ordered. School starts here (public) on August 18th, my girls likely won’t start until September or so. Which should be fine just means we’ll end a little later than everyone else. Not an issue.
A very new adventure awaits!
