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Kaity read CJ a book before his nap. |
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Kaity did school with a purring Muffin wrapped in a baby blanket on her lap. |
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Cailey and CJ spent quality time educating themselves about insects. |
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Kait requested curls for Easter so we set her hair in sponge rollers. She loved them! |
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Gramma Bailey bought the cousins matching Easter clothes. We wish Kieghla and Peyton could have been with us!
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Daddy taught the kids how to use the tiller in the garden. |
 I stepped into my closet to put away laundry and was startled to find Muffin asleep on the shelf on my side. Kaity used a pillow from her bed to make Muffin a quiet nest in my closet. It cracks us up how obedient Muffin is for Kaity! |
 CJ was all geared up to go to the park with Daddy. He was wearing his hat and sunglasses just like Daddy. |
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Wow. Where did my weekend go? Particularly Sunday? March is the busiest month our family faces as far as birthdays go. We have 4 family birthdays and 4 friend birthdays. Yesterday, 3 of those parties were celebrated. We began the day with church, then Kaity was off to a party while I taught a class. Chad took CJ to a party and I booked it from my class to a party at 4. We had to enlist my mom's help to get Kaity from party number 1 to party number 2 while I was commuting from Oro Valley to Marana! I absolutely hate days like these! I dread being gone all day, not to mention the prepwork and clean up invloved. It's exhausting and a ton of work. However, these birthdays are all important and need celebrating and we love them. It's a sacrifice of love. Whew though! I am still recovering. I was just discussing with my mom my 'tiredness'. I am so tired all of the time. I am overwhelmed easily. I think my body is still recovering from the chemo and radiation (and the surgery and depression and on and on . . ). They (my doctors) said to give it at least a year. I just have a lot of trouble saying 'no'. Plus, my mom mentioned that some people forget that I was sick. I don't look sick anymore. I am done with treatment. It's been almost a year since chemo finished and nearly 10 months ago radiation finished. Still, I am drained easily. I don't sleep well (pain) and it often takes me a long time fall asleep. I wish I was better at saying 'no'. I wish I knew how to tactfully remind people that I am not the same 'mover and shaker' I used to be. I am a crockpot! Plus. I just want to be home with my kids. If I have a reoccurance, I don't want to regret how I chose to spend my time or who I chose to spend it with. I want to be with my kids and hubby, hands down. My April scheduled is already completely filled. Every weekend. Sometimes I want to move far away . . . Today, my best friend came over for lunch with her cousin from Michigan and her 3 year old daughter. There was so much estrogen (not from me though! Ha!) in the house that Chad and CJ packed up and went to the park. Kaity put on a summer dress from last yaer (it has been so warm here already). It was a good laugh. I think she's grown about 4 inches in the last 7 months. The dress was short! Yet another project to add to my giagantic list. I have to get out the kids summer stuff and see what we have and need etc. Those kids just insist on growing even though I have begged them to stop! Mondays are the worst days for school. I may switch to Sonlights 4 day schedule or school Tuesday through Saturday. I'll decide tonight when I update Homeschool Tracker. We just have so much to do. Can I cancel my life until 2010? Love ~ Jenn |
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Our pretty girl, growing way too fast! At the park enjoying our beautiful weather.
Look at that smile! Such a handsome boy! This day the kids "helped" us in the garden. They are impatiently waiting to plant their own little plots. |
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My first entry in our blog! I am excited because I believe this will be a great way to keep in touch with our dear-to-our-hearts-out-of-town relatives. We miss Gramma Bailey so very much and the kids pine for their cousins. I of course miss my sister-in-law Amy, and who wouldn't miss arguing with my generally good natured brother-in-law? Since today is still in its infancy, I don't have a lot to report. I do however have great hope for the day ahead. The house is in serious need of a good cleaning, I need to spend a few hours organizing some lesson plans and Chad wants us all to work in the garden together. We may take the day off from school. We began a lap book on Anarctica this week. Kaity is so intruiged by it that I decided to turn it into a unit study. CJ is making one too. We also began a lapbook about the book of Genesis. It's been a lot of fun because both the kids are really into what we've read so far. Kaity had to draw a comic strip about 'How Not to Deal With Anger' and one about 'How to Deal With Anger' (this is after reading the story of Cain and Able). She did an excellent job. However, the pictures she drew for 'How Not to Deal With Anger' were surprisingly graphic! She drew pictures of killing people and one of the pictures shows her holding the heart of someone she murdered! Ahhh! This from my cheerful, compassionate, helpful, obedient sweety! She took the assignment very seriously and in her mind the worst way you can deal with anger is murder, by golly, and lots of it! On the flip side, her 'How to Deal With Anger' comic was very sweet. It depicted a friend breaking her angel figurine and instead of getting angry with her friend she chose to read her Bible. Yesterday Kaity stepped on a push pin and it went all the way into her foot. She stood there crying and I had to pull it out. She bled all over the kitchen. Poor baby. I gave her some Motrin because I am sure it was aching! CJ is currently fascinated by numbers. He can't get over the fact that numbers never end. He frequently writes down something like 49827278072363526199765878364031 and says "How many is that mom?" Our verse of the week is Hebrews 11:2 Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hugs ~ Jenn |