I can do this. It's just that, well it's been a while since I blogged, so you see I'm not sure where to begin. Today though, I just feel compelled to sit down and catch myself up on where the past 3+months have gone.
So where were we, oh yes Soren turned 6! Then of course there was all that mayhem that comes in May & June. End of the year performances, teachers gifts, etc. etc. etc. (nice way to catch up huh?)
I must say I was in charge of Hawkin's teachers' gift and I was so excited about it. First off she was a fantastic teacher! FANTASTIC! Which of course made it easy to bless her. This was her first year teaching too so that made it easy as well.
She's a die hard Yankees fan and after seeing a director's chair in Hawkin's 1st grade class I decided Miss Duncan needed a NY Yankees directors chair. It took a little work since there are none to be had. In fact I had to order it and mistakenly bought a great chair with NY Yankees written in RED instead of white! Therefor, I had to fork over extra $$ (again totally worth it) to have the NY team logo silk screened on it! I wish I had taken a picture of the chair. It turned out great!
There were about 11 of the 18 kids whose parents went in on this gift (chairs aren't cheap you know) and we also framed a picture of the class and had the kids sign it!
She was truly a memorable teacher for so many of the students!In June as we finished up school @ Pioneer we came to the decision to home school the boys next year. Yes, you heard me right HOME SCHOOL! Let me just say I NEVER wanted to home school our kiddos, NEVER. The thought did not cross my mind until I realized as they entered into full time school age David was home when they were at school and they were home when David was at work. This leaves for very little family time. So I prayed and felt confident that I could in fact home school our boys. David was the one on the fence. So I left it up to the Lord. Then one day he came home after talking with a co-worker whose family home schools and said " we should do it" . I thought to myself really? REALLY? You know that feeling you get when you realize you're pregnant? At first you're so excited then you think....what have I gotten myself into! Am I ready for this? Well that's how I felt anyway about both homeschooling and pregnancy!
It made all the end of the year stuff that much harder. Saying goodbye to friends. Finding out who their teachers would have been and who would have been in their classes. It still makes me feel kind of sad. The boys felt a little sad too, I think. They used to be totally for homeschooling. I think they thought we wouldn't have to work. Now that the boys have made good friends they think about missing them a bit more.
However, all that sadness was soon gone as the summer and warm weather rolled in! That's where I will leave off today and we'll see if I can sneak in some blog time again tomorrow!
Bye for now, oh yes,
Tchuess!
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