Alex's transition to a different school as by far been the easiest, he absolutely loves his new school and all it entails. He goes in around 10, plays for a bit, eats lunch and then heads to class. Afterwards he goes to the afterschool program, and is picked up at 5-and not a minute sooner because he loves the activities they do there. His teacher says he's adjusting well academically, and I'm looking forward to meeting with her. A few weeks back he had yet another "incident" which resulted in more stitches, but for once they weren't on his face:). He got his finger pinched in the door on the hinge side at school, they had to stitch his finger tip back in place, and he lost his entire nail bed. He is recovering well, the doctor said she is amazed at how quickly his finger recovered from such a traumatic experience-thankfully he has as well. That poor kid has had more stitches in 4 years, than I have had in a lifetime!
Laura is adjusting too, to my surprise she had a hard time with separation anxiety. I am just getting to the point of being able to leave her without her shedding tears, and asking "you come back and get me mommy?" with big tears in her eyes. But she too enjoys going to her "very own" orange school in "pond du lac". The teachers are all amazing where she goes, they are constantly doing activities academic and play in nature, and the meals are provided by an elderly woman who goes to church where the daycare is located. The kids eat better than we do! Her terrible twos are still in swing, we're just waiting for this phase to pass and enjoying the spontanaity it brings.
"Baby Ainslee" as she is referred to in our household is growing and morphing every day. She has adjusted to daycare as well, the girls there are wonderful with her and I know she is well cared for. One thing to be said about daycare centers vs. in home is how unbelievably organized they are-everything is documented, and there isn't much that I don't know what either of the girls did throughout the day. She had her 2 month checkup after we returned from Colorado and weighed in at 12 lbs, and 23 inches long.
Aside from the kids, Jason and I have been on a monetary mission. While I've heard a lot of talk about Dave Ramsey as of lately, I decided to get a book and see what all the hype was about. After reading the Total Money Makeover, I realized none of it was anything we didn't know-the book was solely to provide motivation for people like us. We don't have tons of debt, it's just hard to go month to month on a self-employed contractor and part time salary. We needed to get a handle on the small things that were holding us back, like our credit card. We've liquidated a lot of things laying around the house, which has helped us from month to month just to lighten our load. Our goal is to have our mortgage as our sole debt within the next 8 months.
And I thought this day would never come, but 4 years and 3 kids later-I am finally going to be receiving my associates degree. Along the way some people have made the comment "just an associates" but to someone who juggled kids, work, and school for the past 4 years-it's not "just" anything. It's a huge accomplishment, and not only did I complete it-but I completed it with a 3.94+ gpa. I hope I can go back for my bachelors some day, but right now we can't financially swing it, it's time for Jason to focus on his education-and for me to enjoy one less thing to juggle for a bit.
Alright, that's all for now. . . Til next time.
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