Monday, May 21, 2012

Has it really been 2 yrs

Well I apparently suck at blogging...lol. I haven't blogged in 2 yrs. I'm going to do my best to start back up again. Let's see where to begin... We have had so many changes in the past 2 years. E. is approaching his 6th birthday in July, very exciting! He starts his 3rd year of home-schooling. We've decided to do it on our own this year so 1st grade may have a few bumps and kinks to work out. I'm very excited to get everything organized and be able to have more structure during the days. No more Tuesday/ Thursdays getting up and being gone for most of the day with 3 kids. We have joined a Catholic Homeschool group where E. can get some outside enrichment. Field trips, events, and friends it should great for him. He's also going to be starting swim lessons in a few weeks and he hopes after that to be joining a swim team year round. IT should be wonderful way to get out his energy. E's doing great in Math he's already aced basic addition and subtraction, now we are working on speed and accuracy. He's doing good in his reading books but doesn't enjoy reading like I wish he would. Its a work in progress. As for Mad she just turned 2 in April and is soaking up every word, phrase, and sentence possible. She's counting to ten regularly and is started to work on counting to 20. She has some of her ABC's down but is less interested in learning that. She reads every book she can find and absolutely loves when we read her stories. Mad is such a little mommy, she takes care of her babies and her new baby brother on a regular basis. She loves baby Gap so much she is a little rough with him out of love which has been a test on our parenting. We've started using Love and Logic it works wonders on Mad not so much E. Both of them are very into puzzles and have so much fun playing Trio and lots of other things together. So amazing as a mother to watch your children grow and bond with one another, I'm so happy we had them closer in age. Baby Gap was born few days after Christmas and is coming up on 5 months. He's one of the sweetest most laid back babies. He absolutely loves his siblings and just stares at them for hours. He's a big fan of jumping in is jumper on a regular basis. He's a tummy sleeper so tummy time has been a chore for him, he thinks its nap time when we put him on his tummy. He's also our biggest baby and biggest eater, so he isn't sleeping as long at night as E. and Mad did at his age. He's very attached to mommy just like Mad, the 2 of them definitely know how to wear me out. As for my DH and I we celebrated our 5 year Wedding Anniversary this year, things are going wonderful. I love how far we've come and how much love there is between us now compared to how we were when E. was first born. We are constantly learning from her mistakes as parents and doing our best to correct and bumps in the road. We really struggle to find a happy medium of organization in our home. I'm constantly frustrated with clutter surrounding us, yet I'm the reason its there. I'm the pack rat, I love my childhood memories, things my mom and given me and books I may or may not ever read. I'm on a mission to make our home more enjoyable and to declutter our lives. The question is can I do it and where do I start. I"m going to start blogging my way through this mess and hopefully when I'm done there will be some amazing pictures to show for my success!

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