Finally...First day of preschool!

Okay, Ryann’s first day of school.  At this point it almost seems ridiculous to tell the story…sorry it has taken me so long.  Alright, my friend came over to get some good pictures of her first day since my “point and shoot” (which I think all my photography friends call it) is rather unpredictable.  She looked super cute and we got her to school, although it was without Jon because he just couldn’t handle having to take her to school.  He was kind of a mess!  Actually, I was doing fine until I saw him…then I started crying.  I think it was so hard for him because she is his last one to go through this process.  We got to school and walked in with our backpack.  She was pretty excited.  We put her backpack on the hook outside of the classroom and she went into the “calendar” room to find her nametag and hang it up.  While she was doing this J and I were in the doorway taking pictures and supporting her through this process.  There was another mom behind us for 5 seconds, maybe.  With attitude she says “excuse me” and pushes past us.  I guess she didn’t really care about her daughters first day of preschool.  I cursed her under my breath and went back to saying goodbye to Ryann.  She was at the table with the other kids coloring a picture and she said “No, Momma. You stay here?”  I replied with “No Baby, you can do it.  I will be back and get you soon”.  I waited until she got distracted with her teacher (who is super awesome by the way) and then took the long walk back to the car without my baby.  I must admit the 2.5hrs without her was bitter sweet…missed her like crazy.  When I went back to get her she was with the other kids outside playing.  She of course yelled “Momma!” and came running, which always makes you feel good.  At this point I found that she was not wearing shoes and this made me wonder…hmm what happened?  Came to find out from the teacher that she was trying to use the bathroom and had trouble pulling up her dress and then pulling down her panties.  Her shoes got a nice amount of pee in them along with her dress.  Her hair was crazy and she did have some snack on her new dress.  Honestly…she was the cutest I have ever seen her.  Her smile said it all and I knew that she had a great time.  The whole way home she talked about learning her letters, her name and showed off all of her pictures that she colored.  Heartwarming, to say the least. 

That was the first day of preschool.  Sorry it took so long!  I had a feeling I was going to get a little behind on the ol’ blog.  My days are filled with either work, teaching kids, driving kids, doing laundry, telling someone “No, you can’t play the XBOX”, doing laundry again, answering what is for dinner, or cooking a meal.  At this point, the big kids are in Idaho with Angel.  I drove them on Friday and we will get them back on Monday.  I must admit it was a nice little break, but kinda weird.  It was very quiet while Ryann was napping on Saturday.  I got behind on laundry because I boycotted this weekend.  Well, let me clarify…I did three loads of wash but I haven’t folded a single item. The clothes are dry and sitting on top of the dryer in my laundry room…Yikes.  Anyone want to come and fold them?  Alright, time to tackle another week. Happy Sunday and I hope you have an amazing week!

It's all good!

Sorry I haven’t updated about the Mom situation. We are all good. So, the short story is we had a huge cancer scare. Mom had her surgery and it went great. Get this…they pulled a FOOTBALL sized tumor out of her tummy along with 7 liters of fluid. I think she lost like 10+ pounds, which she is obviously happy about :0). Anyway, this tumor was completely benign and in fact it was some rare type of disease called Meigs Syndrome, you can look it up if you want. The Dr. stated that this was only the second or third time he has seen this and he has been a surgeon for over 30 years. Crazy, right? It was so funny, when we got to go back and see Mom in the recovery room, we told her about the news and she said…”Hahaha I told you it wasn’t cancer. I knew I would be fine hahaha”. Leave it to my Mom. Those who know her can probably picture her saying that, she is a tough cookie. She got to go home yesterday and is feeling pretty good…so she says. I can never really tell with her. She never wants to worry my sister or me and will often keep issues hidden till she has to say something. I got to thinking…9 years ago on 9/11/01 she went in for a liver transplant and came out kickin’ and then yesterday on 9/11/10 she went home from a big surgery. I know that 9/11 is often a day of mourning for my fellow Americans because of the terrible and senseless terrorist attacks. Every year I mourn but also celebrate because my Mom is still here. We call it her second birthday.


So with all this that went down on Tuesday the 7th we were also supposed to start the home schooling thang. Obviously it didn’t happen so when I got home we started on Thursday. I still don’t have my friggin curriculum which upsets me because I ordered the stuff way ahead of time! Oh-well, we have borrowed some books and got started with what we could. My stuff should be here by the 15th…we will see. So far it is going okay. There are a few “bugs” that we have to get worked out but really it is a pretty big transition for Shawn and Annie (Shea did home school with us last year) so I expected some issues. I am excited to really get into the swing of things and find my routine. I struggle with things in chaos and when I didn’t have any curriculum to work with, it was a mess. Plus on Wednesday Ryann woke with a stuffy nose and watery eyes. She got worse throughout the day and woke with the same issues on Thursday along with a fever. She didn’t get to go to preschool, which was really sad because it was her day to bring snacks for all her friends.  There were lots of tears.  Anyway, she was sick, grumpy and just wanted Mom to hold her. So I did what teaching I could between nose wipes, a few Dora episodes, and snuggles. When she went down for her nap the big kids and I really got down to business. She is all better now and ready for her next day at preschool.

Okay...I want to thank everyone who prayed for my family and sent good thoughts…IT WORKED!!!

Good thoughts are welcome...

So, I have been struggling lately. My Mom is sick. She will be going in for surgery on this Tuesday. Without going into detail, I am trying to keep my spirits up. Add that fear to my everyday life and I feel like I am going to explode. We were supposed to start our home school curriculum this Monday, but I never got my K-12 curriculum. So, can’t really get started without that. This might be for the best because I will be leaving Monday afternoon to be with my parents the night before Mom goes in for surgery.

I have been making the trip to Seattle/Tacoma area lately, which normally wouldn’t be an issue. I like going home, seeing my old stomping grounds, catching up with friends, and enjoying what the Westside has to offer (trees/The Sound/Mt Rainer…) but these last few trips have not been for fun. First, my Uncle passed away and I went back on a Tuesday and then turned around and left Wednesday afternoon, after the service. It was nice to see family but obviously it was a lame reason to get together. Then, about two weeks later, I went back again for another funeral. This time, one of my best friends from H.S. lost his Dad, and I wasn’t going to miss this time to support my friend and a family that was like my second family… That was also only a two day trip.  Needless to say, I am kind of a mess. I have to work today and I realized that I really have a lot to catch up on, along with seeing my scheduled clients. Motivation is low. Okay, that is all.  If you pray, please add my Mom to your daily prayers...If not, please think good thoughts on Tuesday for her and my family.

Here are a couple pictures of Ryann’s first day of preschool. My friend took “better” pictures because my camera is often a pain in my…neck.

I will give you the story of her first day of school later, it was of course...well, I will tell you later. Nothing major, just a story.  I was told she did great!