I finally did some work on my new Book Reviews page. I made some categories (but only one is working right now – the Newberry Awards one). I’ll try and get working on the categories, but hopefully once they are through, you dear readers can go looking for recommendations when you want something good to read! I’m having a great time re-reading and reading Newberry Award winners. They are quick reads and really well written. Read More →
I’m happy to report that since coming home from Utah I have continued to feel happy (or at least not depressed). This morning when it was so sunny at nine a.m. I thought to myself, “how could I be depressed with all this light hitting my eyeballs?” I’m not happy to report that Andrew still seems to be struggling with tantrums (though he hasn’t been hitting anyone lately – that’s a plus). The last few times he got out of control, I decided to just hold him next to me. In some ways I think it is good, because eventually he seems to calm down and be willing to talk about his emotions. When I just let him scream in his room, he gets calm but he also acts like nothing even happened. In other ways I think it will be too hard to maintain. He was really upset last night and my arms are so sore...
So, I had big plans to blog while I was away from home – I even took my camera and fresh batteries. Yeah, the camera never got used once. All those cute pictures of my niece Kate – you’ll just have to imagine (or go see her parents’ blog – Weston & Erin). Not to mention the pictures of the snow storm, or my younger son on one of his rages, or my daughter with her amazing block castle… All those great memories, NOT captured for all time. Anyhow – two weeks ago I packed our Pathfinder with: two kids, aged 9 and 10 three duffles full of clothes (including a few grocery bags of mending – I did do ONE constructive thing at my parent’s home) two laptop computers (one is mine, one is a really old one my brother Alex passed on to us – loaded up with all the old kids games that...