Back To School

Well, Shaea has officially started school again. This semester I'm taking Math 1050, English 2010, Nutrition, and Human Development. I think it will be interesting.

The boys are doing well so far. They did DRAs for the beginning of the schoolyear. Kelsey's teacher said he did well in everything except for writing. And we all know he can do it, he just won't. Isaiah's reading scored were really high. Level 28... the highest they allow for 2nd grade. This concerns me a little, because it doesn't seem like they have left much room for growth. Reas loves PreK and has enjoyed taking stuff for show and tell.

Well, that's it for now!

Going Quackers!!!

Well, I've been back to school for a few weeks now. In I took my Final in my Education class yesterday. My Math class still has 4 weeks left. I've done pretty well in school. I work really hard, and I've managed to keep my grades all As and A-s. Every time I get straight As (that includes the A-) we all go bowling. This way the boys are more likely to let me get homework done.

In addition to school, I have been cast as the lead role on the musical "Honk!" Kelsey is joining me as part of the ensemble. The play is basically the story of the Ugly Duckling, how he gets lost and how his mother searches for him. I'm the Momma duck! The music is fun, the cast is small, and everyone is really fun to be around. Opening Night will be July 25th, a week after I'm done with school. I can hardly wait! (See my other blog, Shaea's Dramatic Adventures)

We have started a new point system for our chores. Ben & I came up with a list of chores that need to be done on a regular basis, and assigned each chore a point value. Each one of the boys has to do a certain number points every day, except Sunday. This seems to work really well. They don't have to the same thing every day, unless they want to. Isaiah really likes doing the dishes, and Kelsey likes laundry and toilets. Reas gets points for helping anybody with a chore, or using the potty without being asked, since he's too little to do much else by himself.

Well, that's the latest for us! I'll write more another day... Have a great day!

Mom's done with school... but not for long!

OK, so I am obiously not going to be the world's best at keeping up this blog. I can at least try to get on here as much as possible. So here goes:

Woo hoo!!! I'm out of school for a couple of weeks. I'm pretty sure that I got straight A's. For a full load of classes, that's pretty good. I have been very tired, but I made it through this semester.

The boys only have a couple of weeks left of school, and my summer session starts the Monday of their last week. They have been really good about me being gone in the evenings. With my schedule, I was gone on Monday until after their bedtime, but the other days we still spent a lot of time together.

Ben is still as busy as ever, and me going to school has just made him squeeze it all into less time. During the summer we have scheduled it for Ben to be home in the middle of the day when it super hot, and I will be in class. It might be a little tight on our family time, but it'll work.

Well, I've gotta go for now. TTFN!!!!