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A letter to Aden on his first day of Preschool


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A letter to Aden on his first day of preschool. 


Hi Aden-

Hey buddy! I can't believe you will be going to school. I am so proud of you! You are my big boy! I am going to be sad, but happy at the same time. I am going to be sad because you are leaving me for 2 1/2 hours 2 days a week, when you have been by my side for 3 years now, but it is not long and before you know it I will be picking you up and we will go have your favorite ice cream, Cherry on Top! Don't get me wrong, I am going to miss you while you are in school, I just know you need that time away from mommy, to be with your friends and be a big boy that you are! I am happy for you because you will make some great friends and learn so much more every day!

You don't have to worry about making friends because you make friends every where you go! You are just such a nice, caring, sweet little boy that everyone enjoys to be around! You are so smart and you are going to help all your friends when they need help. That's just the kind of boy you are. You are a helper. 

I love you big guy! You have a great day at school and make some friends. Maybe your teachers will learn from you as well ;) 


A letter to Keira on her First Day of Kindergarten


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A Letter to Keira on her first day of kindergarten-


Hi Keira,
Today is the first day of kindergarten for you! I am so proud of you! You are my big girl and have made me very proud. I'm tearing up as I'm writing this for you. I am hoping that on your first day of college, we will look back at this and read this together. 

You have turned out to be such a bright, beautiful big girl! It's going to be hard letting you go to school everyday. You have been in my life for 5/6 years now, so it's going to be hard for me to let someone else take care of  you for 7/8 hours of the day. This will just make us stronger and make us cherish the family time that we have from 4 p.m- 8p.m. 

You will not have to worry though, you will make lots of friends. You have a big, beautiful, funny, caring personality, so everyone will like you! I won't be worried about you because I know you can take care of yourself. Just remember the book that aunt Jackie gave you...The Kissing Hand. Remember that mommy will kiss your hand every day and when you get sad or scared you can press your hand up to your cheek or your heart and remember that mommy, daddy and God (because God knows everything that happens and He can guide you through your tough times) will be right there beside you. 

There are a lot of things I will worry about today as I leave you for 7 hours. I wonder if the kids are being nice to you. I hope you are not scared. I wonder how you are doing today by yourself. I hope the teacher is being good to you. I wonder if you are having fun. I hope your day is going fast. I will not be able to watch over you all day anymore, but I know God is watching you for me and he will keep you safe!

I love you baby girl...I guess I can't call you baby girl anymore, huh? So, I will say, I love you big girl! I hope you have a good day at your first day of kindergarten.

Remember to use kind words and use your manners (Keira wouldn't want me to leave that out ;) ) I love you, big girl! Have a good day at school!



Random Thoughts


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This post is just about my random thoughts through out the week. They may or may not make sense.

I watched a show the other day called "Hoarding- buried alive" on TLC. I've seen previews, but just have never sat down and actually watched. Today, it was pretty much the only thing on T.V. so I watched one of the shows. If they are all like this one, I probably will not watch another one! I was actually sick to my stomach. This particular one was not necessarily about hoarding per say, but more about filth! This lady had so much trash in her kitchen that she had roaches crawling around everywhere. Not just 5 or 6 roaches, there were thousands. Her bed room had clothes everywhere and you could see the roaches crawling around the clothes. Her son is 20 something and said that he can't sleep at night because roaches will crawl across his face and wake him up! GROSS! I probably will not be able to sleep tonight. When I think about hoarding, I think about boxes and boxes of stuff that people keep in their house with stuff that they absolutely do not need! This show did not have boxes and boxes of things, this particular show had trash, dishes, clothes and bugs everywhere! This was a show about filth, should have been called "Roaches take over my house!"

Why can't you get things to look like other people's things. Like hair. When you go get your hair did, as most people would say. They make it look awesome. You get home, try to do it your self, use the same exact products. Do the same step by step actions that they did and it looks like shit. Why is that?
Then there is food! I watch Food Network all the time. That is my favorite channel. I will try and copy a recipe. I write everything down. I even watch the show and pause it while I'm making the product just to make sure it looks like the picture. Get done and mine looks like a smashed up piece of brownie that has already been eaten instead of a normal brownie.

Also, I have never been to so many 'specialists or surgeons' in my life. Ever since I started seeing a Dr. here in Lincoln instead of Seward, she has sent me to a specialist every time there is something wrong.
- I had to see a "specialist" - a Neurologist, to be exact because I was having migraines, and they didn't want it to be something else, so they had me go talk to him to be approved for a MRI of my brain. My brain is normal, I guess.
-I was having problems with my stomach, so they sent me to St. Elizabeth to see a "specialist" for an ultra sound to tell me that there was nothing wrong with me that it was just probably the flu. ??
- I broke my pinky. My doctor actually took the x-rays and conformed it was broken, then taped it up and sent me to a "specialist, surgeon" - a orthopedic to be exact. He conformed it was broken and gave me a little splint that does as much good as the tape that my doctor put on my finger!
- I had really bad pain in my pelvic area about a month ago. Went to see my doctor in Seward, because I can trust her with my women problems that I have down below (she diagnosed me with 'precancerous' cells of the cervix about a year ago, so she knows what is going on), so she checks me out and sends me to a " specialist" another ultra sound of my pelvic and a vaginal probe. This one comes back with a large cyst on my left ovary. I guess some times seeing "specialists" are worth it.
- Keira recently got glasses and the eye doctor told us to come back in 6 months and if her eye sight wasn't any better, he would make her wear a patch. Well, we went back in and he told her she had to wear a patch. But he couldn't approve that, so Keira had to see a surgeon at Eye Surgical Associates. He did the same tests that her eye doctor did, 20 minutes later he said "Yep she needs an eye patch." Hmmm, well, give us one so we could be on our way.
- Keira starts school on Wednesday, so I was going through her school hand book to see if there was anything else I needed to do since her open house is Monday. I got to the last page and it says, " Suggestions for Kindergarten Readiness." So I was reading it and thinking that Taygen (2) and Aden (3) could probably start kindergarten along with Keira. All 3 of them could do everything that is on that list! Here is the list.... If it wasn't for the age requirement for school, Taygen and Aden would be there!! ;)

  • Knows first name and phone number
  • Knows parent's name and where they work
  • Is able to put shoes on independently
  • Is able to put on boots, coats, hat and mittens
  • Is able to buckle belt and zip pants and jacket
  • Ia able to button shirt or jacket
  • Is able to draw a line and circle with some degree of accuracy
  • Is able to count to 10
  • Is able to recognize some alphabet letters
  • Is able to identify colors
  • Is beginning to develop large muscle coordination by being able to skip, hop, jump, and run with some degree of proficiency
  • Has some experience with cutting, pasting, and coloring
  • Is able to stay with a friend or babysitter for an extended  period of time without becoming overly upset. Is able to play with others and realize the necessity of sharing and taking turns
  • Is able to play with a given activity
  • Takes pride in belongings by caring for them
  • Is able to listen to a short story read by an adult and retell some of the happenings. 

A Day on The Beach


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Night out on the Town


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Hot Date


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Summer's Over!


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Well, apparently the kids were not the only ones on Summer break. I guess I was on break from my blogs. I had been trying to keep up, but pool leagues are over and when the hubby would play is when I would write my posts. I haven't really had time and I don't like taking time out of the kids' day to sit on the computer! 

So, I guess I have to try and sum up our Summer in maybe one post. Well, nothing too exciting. I went on my mission trip in the middle of June, but that was the only real vacation I've been on. We are planning on taking the kids on a little mini vacation this coming weekend before school starts. I did manage to break my pinky finger playing volleyball. You wouldn't think that was too serious, but I really can't type, so this entry is taking me forever. Instead of using my pinky finger for my "a" I have to use my ring finger, which makes me stop and think for a minute, which I don't do so well with because I forget what I was actually thinking about. 

This Summer has gone by so fast. It seems like yesterday I was telling Keira that it was her last day of school and she would be starting kindergarten in August. 

Even all the fairs and street dance seem to be flying by. Not that I am a street dance person, but that's what comes around with fair season. We did go to the "super fair." Whoopy crap! There were only about 4 rides that the kids could go on. We still had fun though. We went this last Sunday, so it was only about 85 instead of 100+ like it has been. Really didn't feel any different, but sometimes if you say 80 degrees instead of 100 it sounds better, don't know why, maybe reverse psychology. 

Well, we are less than one week away from the kids starting school. Very sad, but proud at the same time. I will be sad that I won't have my "Keira time" during the days anymore, but she also needs that interaction with her friends and teachers. Aden will be starting school as well, but he will only be going for 2 1/2 hours, 2 days a week, so I will still have my Aden time after noon. It works out because I will drop Keira off at school then come back to Lincoln and drop Aden off at 9 at preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will have my alone time with Taygen on Tuesdays and Thursdays when Aden and Keira are both in school. We can go get some mommy, daughter ice cream somewhere ;)

The hubby is going to get another degree...not that he needs another one. He starts in August also. Right now, he drives back and forth to York 4 days a week, but once he starts school he will be working out of Lincoln 3 days a week and york 2. Which means he will have to work Friday's, but at least he will be home by 4:30-5:00 instead of 6:30-7:00. 

It looks like I will have to do another post on our Summer, I'm just drawing a blank, or just being lazy and want to watch my shows...could be that ;)