Ugh, I had high hopes of blogging on here, recording our family memories. Who was I kidding when I never ever finished a baby book for any of my kids? Let's see, since my last post, Sam turned 13 (I'm the mom of a teen ager!), Ben is 12, and Nate is 10. In a couple of months Darya will be 7. Good grief, time flies!
A few highlights from each month since last summer:
July: Joel turned 38
August: I turned 37, Joel sent me to California on a week long trip sans kids. It was the first time in who-knows-how-many-years that my twin sister and I were together on our actual birthday.
September: Sam turned 13. Joel took Ben on his special 12 year old father-son birthday trip. They went to California and spent time up in Big Bear. You can see pics on Ben's blog: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=42229954066678569#overview/src=dashboard
October: I can't remember anything off the top of my head
November: We went to Universal Studios for Down Syndrome day. It was awesome and we enjoyed the Harry Potter world a lot.
December: Joel's parents came out and spent the Christmas season with us (they flew back to California on Christmas Eve).
January: Post Christmas blues?
February: Nate turned 10
March: Ben turned 12. I went on a Bahamas cruise with my sister, Janene. It was amazing!
Homeschooling is going fairly well. Sam and Ben are pretty much exclusively using FLVS and Nate is pretty independent, too. Darya is in kindergarten in the ESE classroom. She seems to be doing well there. I'm spending quite a bit more time with selling on eBay, and that money definitely helps.
I know I'm missing a whole lot. But this should satisfy my guilt for now.
