Success and Trials

So, at the urging of Jennifer, I will post tonight, though there is not a whole lot to say. After Christmas break, I finally decided that she HAD to be potty trained. So, it took her about a week, of three accidents a day at school, and a few at home....but she is fully potty trained (except at night...so I guess that's not FULLY). No accidents at school or at home! YEAH! I am so happy to have her out of diapers. It's a strange feeling not having to carry a diaper bag with me all the time. She is doing much better in daycare. Mornings are still a little hard, but she doesn't cry anymore and she is always happy when I pick her up. My baby is not so much a baby anymore. Usually, when that happens there is another sibling to fill that void...not for us though. I will just have to relish in the time we have of no diapers.

Potty training has been our big focus as of late, so everything else seems like small potatoes. Jason feels the strong need to have our emergency preparedness stuff together, so we are actively working on that. Work for me, is...well...work. I love seeing my old friends and chatting with them. I love being back in the classroom and teaching; I really did miss it. But, I do not enjoy the fact that my class is SUPER chatty. Literally, 90 percent of the class are chatty kathy's. I cannot get them to shut up! They get recess taken away, table points taken away. For positive reinforcements, I give tons of table points to those rare tables that are actually NOT talking, and give candy to those students who are paying attention and following directions. I praise up and down those that ARE listening...and still....talking! I could go on and on about that with this group. One thing though, at least, is that other than talking, there are really no major problems. I count my blessings on that. And, it really is hard for students when their regular teacher is gone. Yes, I taught many of these kids in Kindergarten, so I know them, but it is not the same. They depend on the consistency of seeing the same face all year long. I give them that....but not much more.

Jason started back at school this week for what is his final semester. He's doing a lot of research on various companies in various states and sending out resumes. We pray consistently that he will find a job, so I don't have to. We are finding that our lives are very busy and very stressful. It is difficult to find time to unwind from everything that is taking place in our lives, but we are doing our best with what the Lord has given us. We count our blessings as a way to remind us that our station in life will not always be this way. It has to get better, right? Eventually, Jason has to find work, and eventually, we will have more kids...right? We do what we can, but we have to be flexible in listening to what the Lord wants for us to do. It's just soooooo hard sometimes. So, sorry I haven't posted since Christmas, and sorry this one is not all that exciting. I can't say that the next post will be more exciting or have any pictures in it. I hope that it will. When we get Sam's school picture I will try to scan it on to the computer, but I make no promises. Sorry, Jennifer...this is all I've got!