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Ethan: My little wild and crazy guy! It's been tough for him to get back into the swing of things since school's back in session. Last week was especially tough - falling asleep in class, sword fighting in the cafeteria, shoving another kid's face in the dirt...fun stuff.
On a more positive note - he can beat the TAR out of me in Wii bowling! This kid's GOOD! So good, in fact, we took him real bowling for New Years Eve hoping we had a pro on our hands - let's just say, Wii bowling is a lot easier.
Friday we have Ethan's ARD (Admission, Review & Dismissal for special ed.) meeting. I'm kinda nervous but ready to see what we can do to help him improve as he grows and learns. He's now reading and even writing small sentences. It's REALLY exciting!
We've also been working on teaching him the basics of our faith through the book Big Truths for Little Kids. I highly recommend it!
David: My sweet hubby is still looking for a job that will better provide for us and allow him to be home more. Working 75-90 hours per week is really taking it out of him - and the rest of us for that matter.
I'm really proud of him though, despite the long hours he still loves to serve our church through Sunday School and Royal Ambassadors.
Lately, he's been on a crappie fishing kick (FYI: crappie is actually pronounced like "croppy", you know the fish). He's even acquired a john boat! It doesn't have a trailer so we're saving up to buy that but that shouldn't take too long.
Me: I'm crazy. Really.
Actually, I'm just trying to stay on top of all my irons in the fire. I've got women's ministry stuff, work stuff, a possible promotion in my future (more on that another time!!!) and a ton of other things going on!
I went to my second Weight Watchers meeting and LOVED it! I lost only .6 lbs since my first weigh in. That's ok though - that first week I worked on cleaning out my kitchen of all unhealthy foods and since we're on a tight budget I couldn't waste any so I still ate stuff like meatloaf and chicken and dumplings.
This week I put together a meal plan and even learned how to tweak a few of my recipes to make them more healthy; for example, my tortellini meatball soup recipe - I healthified it by using 100% whole grain tortellini and swapping my pork Italian sausage for turkey. Believe it or not, my guys like it MORE!
Hopefully I'll lose more than .6 lbs this week but after diving head first into about 3 cups of cookies and cream I kind of have my doubts. I should try to start Shredding like I've committed to. It's just so hard to fit it in sometimes!
3 comments:
You can do it!!! I know you can. Sounds like everyone is pretty busy... in a good way. Be blessed!
Amanda
isnt it exciting to have a begining reader? its been hard on us getting back into the swing of things after the holidays also, i dont think they have had a full week of school yet, what with snow days an inservice day and MLK holiday maybe next month, huh?
You can do it hon, are you doing the points system? I found that to be easiest for me, making sure portion sizes are correct was a big thing for me, and I walked, walked, and walked some more. I LOVE WW's and wish so much they had one over here in English. Once I have the baby, I'm planning on doing their system again, I'm tired of being fat and most of all unhealthy.
Praying for your son and hubby as well.
God Bless
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