Wow, the last time I was here I was in my third trimester. Boy how time flies. Cannon is now 18 months old. I guess a little life update is necessary. Sienna is almost 7 (insane) and Chloe just turned 4. Oh, my sweet babies. They really are the best kids. Life is crazy right now with our schedules (mostly Scott’s) and their ages, but I know it won’t last forever.
Sienna just finished a cheer camp, which she absolutely loved. I had no idea how well she would do performing in front of a large crowd and she killed it. She is starting first grade this year. She has also started gymnastics and piano lessons. She is a busy and active girl. It sometimes feels like she has never ending energy. Chloe is going into pre-k this year, her last year at Prestonwood. She is finally showing interest in learning her letters and numbers. Coco loves her siblings sooo much. She loves art and school and playing. She is still a tornado. Cannon is a fireball. While is hasn’t started saying words and/or sentences as early as his sisters, he is riding his bike off boxes and climbing things and going down slides head first. He is very strong and active and eats SO MUCH. He is also very smart and stubborn. And he is a Velcro baby with Dad. Dad is his ultimate bestie. Scott loves is (mostly).
Scott is still working nights and is an FTO now. He is still loving BJJ. We drove down to Houston with the girls this last Father’s Day for a tournament. He did well and we had so much fun. And me… well, here I am. I am 18 months postpartum and completely lost. My hormones are haywire, I decided to stop going to camp, I don’t feel like I am excelling at anything, I don’t have great energy for most things, I’m out of shape, and I don’t laugh near as much as I’d like to. But God.
I have hope. I know things can change. I know I can change things. I just need to take a page from Anna’s book and do the next right thing. Make healthy choices. Envision where I want to be and make the choices that a person in that position would make. Lots of prayer and movement and discipline. I would like to make homeschooling the best experience for my kids, laugh more, be healthier, be more active alone and with the family, have a decluttered home, and maybe find a way to make some money on the side.
Year one of homeschooling was a success. Sienna did well. We had fun and we met new friends and were always on the go. Summer has been fun as well. We have a summer bucket list up that we are actually doing well at marking off! Leslie came and stayed with us for 5 weeks. It felt like it went by so fast. Shell is coming to visit this week. It has been too long since we have seen her, even though we talk almost every day.
This next school year we have another busy year planned out. Dad is off Mondays and Tuesdays so we try to schedule most things Tuesday through Friday. Sienna does school each day. Mondays are left for family fun mostly. Chloe will go to school Tuesday and Sienna will do gymnastics. Wednesdays we are trying a new program called Barefoot University. It is a “forest school” where everything happens outside and the kids learn while they explore. It runs through the school year. Thursdays Chloe goes to school and Sienna has piano lessons. Then Fridays Sienna will go to enrichment classes (art and literature) and I plant to take the littles to story times and gymnastics, etc. The weekend will be the weekend. Scott will work every other and when he’s off we will plan family stuff or catch up.
Well, the girls are awake now. Today has been off to a great start. Time for breakfast and cleaning the house on a beautiful Saturday!!
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”