Packing my bags and getting ready to go to Californ-i-a! It’ll be a fun business trip!! And in the meantime you can find me over at Eight Days a Week guest blogging for today!!
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I have to say that this picture is probably one of the most breath taking pictures I’ve taken so far. And I say so far, because trust me – I plan to catch many, many more precious moments like these in these 2 crazy kids’ lives.
I love how Jayden is with his little sister. I love how he’s always there to help her out… and this picture just shows exactly how that is… he will always be there to help her up in life… I know it. And I love it.
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Your Dreams
Do you dream big? So many people in this world are stuck in what I call a big, fat rut! I’m so like this myself at times, but sometimes we get to a point where we are comfortable and used to the same thing every day. What growth are we getting from this? I’m getting to this point. Everyday I wake up to the same thing…. there’s no challenge, there’s nothing big that I’m working towards and that will keep me in this rut.
So I’m changing this. I’m sitting down and mapping out my dreams… it doesn’t matter how big your dreams are, what matters is that you have dreams. If you don’t have a dream of what to work towards how in the world do you expect to ever progress in life. You can easily get lost in the every day life if there isn’t something motivating you to be big.
Why are you doing what it is that you do every day of your life? Are you at a point in your life that you expected yourself to be at? If not… why? Do you have your goals and dreams in a place where you can see them every, single day? The only way that we can grow and achieve things that we want is if they are in front of us… every, single day. Make a dream board, make a dream journal… just make sure you are seeing your dreams every day and are doing what you can to achieve them.
Ella has developed this high pitch squealing scream when she sees anything that’s little girl related. Then following that scream is her saying, “Ella!” She’s explaining to us all that since that is something that she loves it is Ella’s. I love that. I love the excitement that comes squealing out of her. I just am absolutely head over heels in love with this precious little girl!
Today it has been 2 years and 12 days since we discovered that our little precious princess has a heart problem. 2 years and 12 days since we learned that life is so precious and that horrible, sad things can happen to you, and more sadly to our children. I am so happy to say that Ella has been off of her medication for over a month now without any signs of SVT. It’s scary, but it’s something that her doctor really wanted to test and we’re listening to him. I don’t think that Gino’s on the same page as me on this… in fact I don’t even think I’m on the same page as myself, but for some reason I feel strongly about listening to what he says.
She is just this little bundle of smarts that I’m almost not too sure on what to do with. For a little girl just turning 2 I get a little concerned at how much she knows. How much she soaks in. I need to make sure that I am doing every thing I can to make sure that her little mind is soaking things up…. and good things! She’s already interested in colors, numbers, I feel like she’s going to be reading by the time she’s 3. I’m extremely proud of her.
Jayden has been adjusting well with his new class. It definitely does help that it is his old teacher. I’m going to start helping him with goals so that he can feel the excitement when he accomplishes that goal.
I’m currently working on my goals that I plan to accomplish this month, this year, and for the next 5 years. I think that my plan is to sit down with him and do this with him. Have him have his goals written out just like mom and we can get excited together and for each other.
Gino and I are getting more and more excited about the new direction we are taking our life. We both feel so fortunate to have been given an amazing opportunity that will not only change our lives, but our children’s lives, and children’s children’s lives… FOREVER.
So, life has been busy… but in such a good way! We are in the middle of building this amazing company and I can’t even begin to describe how exciting and fun our new adventure is for us.
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I have just gotta apologize for skipping out on Just a Motivating Monday last week! Things were crazy busy in such a good way around these parts that I completely could not get to it… but this is a new week, and this week we’re starting this week off RIGHT!
Sometimes we don’t find the time that we need for silence… our moments of sorting our thoughts, feeling the feelings in our heart that point us in the direction or path that will define our life. These times of silence and relaxation are so important for our souls. If we just continue to go on and on without taking a time out for ourselves
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” ~Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne
We run, run, run and try to do everything in our little power to rush a million things in a day that only has so many hours. I do this EVERY, SINGLE DAY! I am going to make it a point to follow Pooh’s Little Instruction Book and find time to do nothing, listen to the things that can’t be heard and to find time to take a hot, hot, hot bath with candles, soft music and NOT BE BOTHERED!
I would love it if you left a comment and let me know things you do to relax.
On Thursday we received a phone call from the Principal. Never a good thing… I’m extremely happy that Gino was the one to answer the phone! I’m sure his stomach was turning as the principal announced who he was over the phone, but then he said… he’s not in trouble or anything. And here is where some happiness and irritation begins…
At the beginning of the school year I was a bit SHOCKED at the fact that my son is in a class with 30 kids. I am pretty sure that in the previous years he was close to 16. Um, a kid with Sensory Processing Disorder does not focus well with 30 kids in his class. To top this off there were 6 3rd graders in this class, because thank you to the beautiful budget cuts there just wasn’t enough room for them w/the 3rd grade teachers. *SIGH*
Okay, back to the phone call… the principal informed my husband that Jayden is going BACK to his 1st grade teacher, who we & he ABSOLUTELY LOVES! He’s not the only one, there will be a few other 2nd graders going with him. He will still be in 2nd grade and will be in a class where a few of his friends from church are… which is a nice plus.
Downfall: I’m a little irritated at the fact that Jayden has become comfortable with where he’s at, with his classmates, with his new friend Isaiah, and we are ripping him from that and he’ll be starting completely over.
I’m just really disgusted that this is what it has come to. They’re cutting budgets in places that SHOULD NOT BE CUT! It’s going to effect our children and I don’t like that.
A close family friend introduced to me something called Connections Academy which seems like an amazing home schooling program. If things get bad we just might have to venture that way… and I don’t want to take him out of school, but I want him to learn.