Has anyone else noticed that I am really bad at blogging? Not even really bad, but really really bad. I had all of these expectation and high hopes when we moved to Albuquerque and I joined the throngs of stay at home moms. Let me tell you, NONE of them have really come to fruition. So then I think to myself, is this how it really is, or am I just really bad at this Stay at Home Mom gig. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE being home with them and spending my days with them. It really is great. But that is about all I have accomplished in the last year. Yes, I know that is my most important job, but I tend to look at others, see all they are doing and get down on myself because I can't even accomplish half of what they do. I am constantly telling myself I need to get it together.Then the realization hits me, I will probably never have it all together, and I should be okay with that. But I am not, and it's driving me CRAZY! So please, help me, let me know I am not the only one who feels this way!
Whew, now that I got that off my chest, I will move on to a few lighter subjects! Mike has started the dreaded second year of Physical Therapy. They refer to it as the dreaded year because it is ALL book work from August 2014 to end of July 2015. Yes, there are the regular fall, winter and spring breaks, but no clinicals or hands on training for second years. Mike is really enjoying the classes and the topics, but has a hard time when guest speakers come in. He says most of the neurologists speak in such soothing monotone voices that it puts him to sleep. He is doing better with his test anxiety. That is a relief for me! Let's hope he is all the way over it when it comes time to take his boards!
Little Man is a little sponge. I am doing a homeschool preschool with him a few hours a day while Lady Lou is napping and he loves it, he always wants more, more more, even on the weekends he wants to do his school work. I hope he keeps up his love of learning as he gets further on in school. I am experimenting with the whole homeschool option because there is a good possibility that I will homeschool him for kindergarten as well. (and however long we may be here in ABQ) The school system in Albuquerque is terrible and unless we move (which may be a possibility depending on what our landlords decide come January) I WILL NOT send him to the school he is zoned for. So far it has been positive for both of us, but it's only preschool!
Lady Lou is crazy fun. She has such a fun little personality and keeps us on our toes. She is constantly into EVERYTHING. She is my little tornado, you can always tell where she has been because she leaves a trail of anything and everything in her wake. She is fearless. She loves the big slides and the park and will climb up to them and go down them all by herself. She doesn't want help and she doesn't want you to catch her either. Miss independent! She is just getting to the chattering stage and it is so hilarious to listen to her chatter to herself.
The kids play pretty well together for the most part. They have their moments, especially little man when he wants to build something and our little bulldozer comes through and tears it down. But it's nice to see them play together, get along have fun together. This summer their favorite thing to do was play in the pool together and now that Lady Lou has figured out how to get on the trampoline by herself, they love to go out there and jump, well Little Man loves to jump and Lady Lou loves to get bounced around.
Well, that is all of my confessions for now. I won't lie, I may have more later, but for now, I will concentrate on trying to be less harsh on myself and getting more pictures up on my blog more regularly. :)
