Wow! Has it been over a year since I wrote on this thing!? Believe it or not, I actually check my blog page daily. It's not because I check MY actual blog, but because I check the blogs I actually follow. The ones I love the most are from friends that write about every day life… nothing special, but totally relatable, you know. Sometimes, I feel with Facebook, that it's a waste of my time to update my blog, but then I LOVE going back and reading older posts. I might make it a new years resolution to keep posting on this. Maybe not daily, or even weekly, but maybe once or twice a month!?! We shall see!
Lots has happened since I posted last.
Tre: Tre is in 3rd grade and an AVID reader. He is completely OBSESSED with harry potter and is on the 6th book. His original goal when entering 3rd grade was to finish the first two books! He sure did blow that out of the water. We are now in search of a new series that he might be excited about. I want this reading thing to continue. I never learned to love to read and it sure did show on my ACT scores. HAHA!
Tre is also in karate and is a purple belt. He should be testing for his brown belt soon, but apparently this test is very challenging with a 6 minute non-stop sparring round with 6 different black belts. He has a lot of anxiety about it, but he will do just fine. He's grown so much in karate since he first started. He also loves baseball and the other day his cousin told him that he's a good receiver so now he wants to start flag football.
William: William is in first grade and doesn't really like school too much but he's very smart. He is already reading on a 3rd grade level and flies through his math work. The only problem is getting him to sit down and do it! He's my "slow" child and is in no hurry to get anything done.
He's also in karate and just recently got his yellow belt. He enjoys it and is looking forward to advancing even more because he loves the idea of contact sparring, unlike his brother. He also plays baseball and seems to like it, although, he's moved on from t-ball and is somewhat overwhelmed by the thought of the pitching machine. We signed him up for fall ball as an introduction and he actually got some hits. I think he will do well.
Becca: Becca is a sweetie pie and a total stinker, depending on the day. She is into ALL things girl and I have learned that is totally innate. We have started to potty train her and Jack got her batman panties and she is not a fan. I went back and got her princesses and she's much more excited about those. We tried to potty train a while back and that was fairly successful, but she never got in the habit of asking to go and after going to the beach for a week, mommy fell out of the habit to remind her, so now we are starting over again. Since we have two weeks off for Christmas, now is as good of a time as any. Today she had two accidents, but I'll call that a success.
She is in mother's day out at St. Mary's and she loves it. So do I. I use that time to play, tennis, run, grocery shop, clean, or go to lunch with Jack if he is in town.
Speaking of:
Jack: Since I wrote last, Jack was hired by Southwest Airlines and is a first officer based out of houston. So now he drills with the Navy a minimum of 10 days a month in New Orleans, or wherever they send him, and spends the rest of the time flying all over the country with Southwest. We waited a long time to be hired by a major airline and are thrilled we finally don't have to say "maybe this year" when we spend our new years eve in the hot tub talking about how the year went and how the next year will go! Now we can just say "I can't wait for second year pay!" HAHA! The pay in the first year is really bad. Thankfully, it's a steep increase every year for the first few years, so we don't have to wait too long! We talk often about moving closer to his base or to Dallas (he'd change his base) but I think we are waiting for his retirement in the Navy first since he'll still be gone a lot while he serves and I have family support here and I wouldn't in Texas. Still, it's in the back of our minds all of the time.
Sarah: Well, I still stay at home, but consider myself a "married, single mom" on most days. Jack is only in town a few days a month, leading me to do all things karate, boy scouts, homework, potty work, etc. Some days I am completely and totally exhausted and other days I feel like it's a piece of cake. I am thankful that I have family as a back up. My mom helps a ton with the kids, my dad helps around the house (i.e. a mouse in the house last week), my sister and I are neighbors and car pool lots, etc. This year Jack won't be home for christmas so allison, my other sister, is sleeping over and helping me with that.
I guess that's all for now! Hopefully next time I write, I can say that becca is totally potty trained but I'm not convinced!
