Oh my....life has been moving at full throttle around here. I have much to say, many more pictures to upload, and very little time.
For the sake of sparing my few quiet minutes to myself, I'm going to keep this brief. But here's a glimpse into our life these past few weeks (man-style!)
* Thomas turned 6 on February 22nd. Hard to believe and yet, he seems like a miniature adult so often. He's like 6 going on 36. Funny kid!
* February 22nd also marked Thomas's first full school day at home. We're now homeschooling him for the remainder of the year. Obviously, a lot of backstory needed here. For now....he hasn't been getting what he needed from school for, well, all of the year. He'd finally had enough quite abruptly on that Wednesday morning. So we're just getting rolling with online school this week. I never saw myself as a homeschooler. I'm still not sure I do. It's a lot to juggle with the girls at their attention-needing (and deserving) ages. I'm trying to make one small positive stride a day. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't stressing about it more often.
* My mom left on Monday after coming out for the "Tim Tebow weekend" as it's affectionately been called around here. It was good. He's a remarkable guy. Great role model for the boys. I love that. And really good visit with Grandma too. Her grandkids sure love her.
* On a new medication to try to stop the migraines. Side effect is sleepiness. Um. Not now!! It has gotten better. The first few days were horrible. So.dang.tired. It's better now, but it's not really helping with the ocular migraines. I am only taking half a dose. Too scared to try to up it, especially while I'm flying solo for a few days. Good part is I'm mostly sleeping better at night. I sleep horribly normally. No one's ever been able to diagnose me with anything, but I know my sleep is not normal. I never feel rested in the morning. Never, seriously. I don't ever remember a time that I did. I might feel a little rested now after I get going, but it is hard to get going.
* Taking a family vacation to Disneyland next week. So excited! We haven't been there in four years. Thomas was just two (oh my gosh!) And we haven't even done a family vacation in long time sans traveling "home" to see family. Thinking on it now....I think our Disney trip four years ago was our last true family getaway. That's sad. Pathetic maybe. I'll admit I prefer that my babes sleep well at home than we travel the world, but still....I need to loosen up a bit. Um.....maybe a lot. Really, really excited.
OK--that was much longer than I was planning and I'm now hearing a slight cry from the floor above. I shall rest and write later.
