Ooops!!

Well, that month FLEW by!!  LOL  Seriously, how many blogs have I read that said “I’m such a bad blogger… I promise to get better… blah blah blah…”  I give up!!  NO more promises!!

So, here I am, for an update.  Hehe

Let’s see… I received my Bachelors of Science, CUM LAUDE (thankyouverymuch!!) last week.  YAY me!!  LOL

John is working the day shift now, for the first time in, wow, I’m not even sure how many years.  He really likes his job, and the day shift is something he’s wanted so I think all might be right with his world.  Hehe  I will admit, it will be strange having him home for supper every night.  Not to mention having to share the TV with him in the evenings…  LOL

The big kids are doing pretty well.  Kati had a part in the Junior High play last night.  She has been working hard for weeks, and it all paid off, they did a great job with it.   Joe made the “high” Honor roll with straight As this quarter.  Unfortunately, Kati is grounded for her grades.   Not because she doesn’t know what she is doing, but because she hasn’t done what she is supposed to (homework, study, etc). 

The little kids are doing very well too!!  Olivia is reading!!  Five years old… and reading!!  Her teacher had nothing but good to say about her at our recent conference.  She is so smart, and so clever, and so adorable.  I have to tell you, she loves her “little” brother SO much!   Timothy will be transferring to another school in January(I’ll explain that in a bit), and when I was telling the kids about it she got SO upset.  She just cried and cried.  She goes in and “checks on him” in his classroom every morning.  I’m sure it’s more for her than for him, he doesn’t really notice her.  LOL  She just is so protective of him.  She was so upset to think that she won’t be able to check on him anymore, and that he will be all alone at another school. 

Our state says that little ones cannot be in the pre-school program after they turn 6.  Timothy will be 6 in February.  We had talked about his options when this school year started.  If he was learning and catching up in most areas, we’d integrate him into the Kindergarten at our school.  If he was still lagging behind and it didn’t seem like he’d be able to do well, we would have to transfer him to our neighboring district where they have a self-contained special ed class for the younger kids.  Our school isn’t really set up for the little ones, and especially with Timothy’s language issues (or lack of as the case may be).  SO… in January he will be bussed to the other school.  Sometime between now and then I’ll be meeting with everyone and we’ll set things up and get the plan in place for him.  His IEP meeting is in April (I think) but we’ll have to meet sooner than that for this to all happen.  As his Mom, I want what will be best for him, and if it means switching schools, that’s what we’ll do.  The long term goal (no matter how long it takes) is to get him “caught up” and back in our own district.  

On the home front, he is doing AWESOME!!  He understands everything we say to him and he does respond appropriately, even though he doesn’t use words, he is very good at getting his wants/needs across.  Hehe  He’s very much integrated into the family. 

Sometimes it seems like just yesterday that we were in Ukraine, and other times it feels like it was so long ago. 

Our “Gotcha-versary” is coming up on the 16^th , and on the 20^th is his one year anniversary of being home!!  A lot has happened in this year…I’ll be posting more about that in the next few days.  J  

I'm also thinking of giving my blog a facelift...