Well I know it has been a while since I've sent an e-mail out, updating on us. Right now, we are still in the swing of work/school, but this semester is coming to an end shortly. So here is the quick summary of what we are doing.
Rick- Has only about a week left of school. This semester was more college gen. ed. requirements or math classes not pertaining to his major, which is now Physics with an emphasis in Engineering.
He is seriously considering enrolling in a summer course. It has a few drawbacks in his opinion. First being that it is an English course. I can just see his eyes rolling now. Second, it's a long class late at night. However, there are some benefits. Taking it now means not having to squeeze it in during the day next semester- so it will not affect his work schedule as much. So that is a consideration.
Julie- switched shifts (or gears? ) a bit at work. I've been opening the building so my shift starts earlier and I get home to have lunch with the kids now. The summer schedule is still up in the air in some aspects. Mostly though, things will remain the same as now. We get up pretty early here and eat breakfast at school. I am hoping to work with the 'school-agers' this summer- which will actually be what my degree is in, but it seems so long ago now, I'll have to refresh my memory :) So we will be very busy with that. I have a professional development trip coming up shortly that I'm excited about attending! I've been working extra jobs (babystitting, Parent's Night Out) to earn funds for it. I am also organizing a fundraiser/trivia night/parent's night out for school right now. Other than that, just being a mom, working out, occasionally still doing poetry---though that is feast or famine these days. For now, it seems this is where we are. Just working hard, as usual, and keeping busy. We do spend time together, even though there is a lot of 'tag-team" parenting going on- between Rick's classes, my school stuff and going to the gym (not all of us can eat a bucket of ice cream and not gain an ounce--ahem---cough RICK cough)
Tyler- Tyler is doing great! He's a chatterbox! He's doing super at school- of course he's three and a half so some days are better than others :)...but I'm almost 26 and that's true for me too. He's probably most excited about the baby chicks that they hatched at school recently. He loves playing Old maid with me and backscratches. We just recently planted some seeds and he helped dig with Daddy's shovel. Tyler has a big boy bed, in case I didn't mention that.
Emilie- Also doing great. My kids really adapted well to school, even though both were the youngest in their classes. Rose- as I've started calling her, is potty trained, in case I haven't mentioned that- she's been about the same as Tyler so for about five months now, except I obviously wasn't able to stay home and have the consistancy she needed like I did with him...so I just trained her over winter break, but she is able to stay dry at school unless they forget for a long time to let her go or something- which I expected it to be harder since they have a lot of kids at once to deal with. Rose loves music and movement! She is quite the jumper, dancer, runner, and anything else physical you can imagine. I am able to visit her class each morning because I bring my class there to sing. I'm working on her to use her words more in a sentence. She's getting there, but granted...when your brother is SUCH a chatterbox, who can get a word in edgewise ..or for that matter, why should you if he already said it? She is very independent, which is expected (she's a girl, and she's almost 2!).
