Another day gone by

It's Tues morning and ds R has 4 days left of seminary. It's a wonderful program, it's just too bad for ds and dh that it's sooo early in the morning. Dh is really looking forward to sleeping in a bit. What's funny is ds will probably continue to get up early just so he'll have more computer time lol. That's ok, as long as he doesn't complain during the day that he's tired and does his school work.

My nephew and his wife and been keeping a daily blog entry of the life of their oldest child. The reason being is he was born with some sort of dwarfish and has had all kinds of medical issues since day one. They were told from day one that he wouldn't be born alive. Well he was. Then they said not much chance to survive past a few weeks, he did and has. Basically he has overcome lots of obstacles. Unforunately, it's now time for him to return home to Heavenly Father, but the way it is happening is causing lots of pain for the father. Long story, but essentially one day he was ok, the next thing one of his pieces of equipment that helps him breathe stopped working. So they ended up calling 911 and have spent the last 2 weeks or so in the hospital.

This little boy is 4 and what a sweetie. It's been amazing the things they've gone through and what he has and is going through. Now this sweet couple has to make the hardest decision of their life and that is whether to keep him in the hospital, or just take him home for one last time to say goodbye to family. They've chosen to take him home to be comfortable and be around family as they all spend one last time with him. So sad, but then on a religious note, he's a special spirit who was given to a special family who would have the strength to hang on and deal with life. They've done an outstanding job. So now I'm just waiting on the email stating that he's painfree and happy.

Change of subject, dr appt today for R and S. R has scout camp coming up in July so he needs his physical. S because she turned 4 last Nov and needs a physical. So dh has taken the day off so he can accompany us and help out. We have had some concerns regarding S and her lack of potty training. She hasn't had any interest in it since she was 2. We've tried various methods, but pretty much she doesn't care if her diaper is wet or poopy. She's had it that way since birth. So dh said "time her" and so we have. Every 45 min the timer goes off and she's headed to the toilet. She doesn't always like it, but is told she can't do certain things or have certain things until she goes. So most of the time she gives in. She's had a few accidents, but mostly been dry for almost a week. It's nice to see her wearing panties instead of a tight diaper.

As I'm sitting here typing, I'm happy for the quiet of the house. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE helping to educate my children, but as I'm finding out, if I don't have a break and time to myself, I struggle being with them. So even though it requires me to be up extra early, it's worth it to have my time so that when it's THEIR time, I'm ready.

I've rather recently found a new(at least for me it's new)math program that helps children learn their times tables. I had heard that some children could learn them in min, others learning them in a few days. It's called times tales. I had heard from my "live" friends as well as from others online that this was remarkable. So after several weeks of heming and hawing(the price seemed a bit steep for what we were getting) I finally convinced dh to buy it. Well, once I got dd to sit down with me and do the stories WOW was I surprised. She had the entire 6-9 times table memorized in 1 week. Now, we're still working on having the answers quickly, but the point that she now knows them is amazing. We've been working on these for over a yr. I highly recommend this program if your child is having issues and needs visual stimulation. Times tales lol I just had a thought that I've become an adertisement for them. That's ok, it's so worth it.

Karie
www.kariesplace.robertcity.com