bye bye

Ok I don't blog enough, I know. That is why this is my last blog. I just don't have time to do it. I'm on Facebook, so you can "befriend" me there if you're on Facebook as well.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope everybody had a good holiday season. We sure did. But the fun is over and since yesterday we are back to reality....

It's not as bad as it sounds! The kids complained a little yesterday morning when it was time to start school. But as soon as we started everything was fine. They seem happy to be back in their routine. For school we are following a set schedule. After trying many things, this is what work best. On most days we are done by lunchtime. Tuesday is different, because of playgroup and karate. When we come back home, we only have geography left to do. Corey loves geography so it's not a problem to have him do his work.

During the holidays, we went to visit my MIL. We were at my brother-in-law one morning for breakfast. When we were walking back to the car, Samuel looked at a street sign and ask: "mommy what does schol means". He is 3 yrs old and almost read school properly. Did I also mention that he does fractions better than Corey. Speaking of Corey, we recently had him evaluated and he reads at least at a 6th grade level. I really think I have my work cut out for me with those two. They keep me on my toes....

I know... I know..

No need to tell me. I know it's been almost 2 months since my last post. What can I say? Life has been busy. At the end of the day, after everything is done, I'm just to tired to sit in front of the computer. All I want to do is "veg". Since the end of the year is upon us and the beginning of a new one will soon start. I will try to make a "resolution" and will try to post more often. In the meantime I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!!

Kayzley has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!

Kayzley arrived earlier today. The kids are very excited. She will be with us for 1 week. I will keep you up to date on her stay with us. For the time being, if you want to know more about Kayzley just click here.

An other change....

Well, 1st grade can be very boring for a kid who reads at the 4th grade level. When we decided to send Corey to school, we had decided to give it 1 month. Well school was short lived. As of this week Corey is back home. He was totally bored. Jeff was hoping that school would make Corey interact with kids his own age. This did not happen. In his class he played with Grace (he has know her forever). The rest of the time he preferred playing with 3rd & 4th graders. On the intellectual side he had more in common with them.

Friday was his last day. We started school here again today. It went great. Corey can't stop saying how good it is to be home.

Proud Mommy

As a parent we always worry about the decisions our kids will make when we are not there watching.

On Wednesday at school Corey made a good decision, so allow me to boast a little. Corey is in the same class as Grace (the daughter of very good friends of ours). During recess some girls were teasing Grace and telling her that she was not their friend anymore and would not play with her anymore. Corey saw what was happening. He went to see Grace and told her that he was her friend and would play with her everyday.

I'm not trying to say that Jeff and I are perfect parents - trust me we're not. But it is nice to know that our son is willing to make good choices even when we are not looking.

What a week!

It's been a very interesting week to say the least. We started school on Monday. The 1st day was great. And then the rest of the week... The same issues with Corey started to come back. Jeff and I had been talking about this for months now. We decided to send Corey to school.

When Corey was placed with us he was 9 months old. The adoption was final only 18 months later. During that time he had supervised visits with his birth mom. He didn't react well to this visits. He would end up with nightmares, major insecurity and more. We were told by DSS and by a child psychologist that one of us should be with him all the time. The problem is that it became so much a part of our routine that once the adoption was final & the visits stop we didn't change our routine. The result: we sheltered Corey too much. He is now at a point were is afraid of everything. He needs to know that it's ok to be "out there". He also has to learn to be more independent.

So he is starting school on Monday. We have enrolled him in a private school here in Adams. It's a good school. It has small classes and it doesn't teach to the test (because it doesn't do standardized tests).

Is this going to be permanent? What are we going to do when Samuel reaches school age? I don't know, we'll see...