I haven't been bloggin in a few days, because, well, the business took over! But, I am learning that it is all a matter of perspective. Even though I was busier than ever this week, I was able to put it into perspective, and slow down in my mind. By this I mean, I didn't rush. Each time the feeling that there just isn't enough time came over me, I replaced it by thanking Jesus for all that I have, and all that He is doing in my life. This perspective really seemed to slow me down, and allowed me to focus.

It has been a year since we had our front porch built on, and we have spent a good few months working on painting it as well as the house now. Wow! I have put in 5-6 hours just this week working on the porch only, and it is still not done! We also will not be able to finish the house painting until next spring. The wonderful thing about having this porch is the fact that it gives us another room to our house. A place to "hang out". So, while I was painting, the kids entertained themselves on and around the porch. Also, as I was painting, I gave my son his spelling test while he sat on the porch in the rocking chair petting his cat. We are working on the vowel "I" as this has been one letter he has the most difficulty with. With russian as his native language, there is something about the english vowels that he is just not getting. My patience has been thoroughly stretched, as he has not been able to learn vowels for a long time (3 yrs). Today we had some success!  For the first time I saw something "click" with him, and he looked excited. I had been explaining that words like, time, pine, line, etc, all have an e on the end becasue the "i" sounds like its name. He would stare at me blankly, sometimes nodding his head, or start to get frustrated and become very difficult. After he confused this concept several times again today, all of a sudden the light bulb went off! He then proceeded to get every word on his spelling test correct! Praise God!

Next week I am taking him in for some preliminary testing for learning disabilities. I know he has them, and sometimes I think it is quite severe, but what I am hoping for is some explanations pinpointing exactly what the deficit is and how to work around it to adapt his school work for success.

I better end this for now. There is so much more going on I want to write about but I need to save that for next time!

God Bless~