Been Way To Long

Long Time NO BLOGGING!

To be honest I have not been into blogging for quite some time.  I guess you grow out of things.  But I think I am glad to be back and document the things that have been going on in my life and my families life.  Besides, it is always really sweet to look back at posts and remember things, or be shocked what you wrote about.

That being said I have a lot to update:

I have a 11 yr old son and a now 8 yr old daughter.  They grew UP!

 My son is in 6th Grade and he is attending Public School.  Actually the IDEA Schools - their Judson Campus.  I believe the last I wrote I was homeschooling him for 1st Grade????  We did homeschool for 1st - 4th grade but after our big MOVE last summer (2015), he wanted to try public school.  He did well, but it was a bit to easy for him witch caused him to act out behavior wise.  He has also been diagnosised with some anxiety disorder so that raises "Its" ugly head with bad behavior and poor discipline. Last year also ended on a sour note when some of the other 5th grade boys he was friends with stopped being friends and instead got aggressive with him.  I found him being chased down the street to my house and the boys tackling him in our front yard.  It was traumatic for me and for him. For several weeks the boys harassed him and myself when it was time to be picked up from school.  It sadly continued into the summer, leaving my son paranoid to go outside the house.

This new school for 6th Grade we hope will help him feel safe, and challenged.  It is still the beginning of a new school year so they are still getting all students on the same page.  But they are an AP school and they work towards getting all students to attend college upon graduation.  They are big on rules and schedules and organization. The hours are long!  7:30am - 4pm.  It is across town so it takes a drive to get there, about 30-45 mins to get there.

My daughter just started 3rd grade this week.  She is a the same school both kids attended last year.  It is nice to have it so close to our house.  We walk together every morning to get the free Breakfast offered.  Breakfast is offered at 6:45am!!!  And school starts at 7:00am.  It is EARLY. but then she is home early, 2:45pm.  She is liking her two teachers this year.  And is happy that one of her BFF's is in her class with her again this year.

So every one in Texas does things differently then I have been use to.  I have been here a year and I still feel out of place.  I am grateful for the sunshine but I sometimes feel like it is only a temp stay here.  It might be the house we are renting now, the fact that I don't feel like it is really home.  Or that I can't seem to keep up with the way people drive here.  Very aggressive and chaotic.  Most don't follow the common rule of not passing on the right.  And most people seem very impatient.  Maybe that is because the city is huge and spread out, or the exhausting heat that melts your brain cells as you are driving.

I hope to sit down often and document the stuff that I have been doing this 2nd yr in Texas.  The joys and the struggles that I go through daily.  Again to be able to share with LemonDrop and to remind myself that this too shall pass.  :)  Stay tuned!

~HoneyBee

CAN you all just SEE?

It has offically begun.  My son has gotten in trouble at school for saying some verbally mean things to another boy in his gym class and was sent to the principals office. 

I am frustrated and disappointed.  I am angry and sad.  I have spent the last 24 hours crying, talking about my feelings with friends, and family.  Nothing seems to make me feel better. And just to make myself clear, I am not having all these feels towards my son's behavior but rather with how the teachers have dealt with the situations.

Flashbacks of what kindergarten was like has sweep through  my mind and all I want to do is scream at the teachers at school and the principal about  my frustrations.  No one seems to respect my son's boundries. Instead of giving him what he is seeking in each classroom setting, the adults that are responsible to teach him refuse to help. I am the one  they punish by calling me into thier offices and pointing out that he is not getting along with a certain child in class. 

I feel the need to stand up for my son, be his advicate and explain to others that he has "space/boundries" issues. He does not like to be touched by some people.  He diserves to be heard and others should respect his boundires.   Yet no one at school seems to see that.

I wish that others could just see that he is not doing the things he does because he wants attention or to truely be mean.  He does and says the things he does because he feels no one hears him or reads his body language about how he feels about certain students in classes.  I know for a fact that there is other students in his classes that have issues of physical boundries and have been all over my son rough housing and yet after being told or reminded are not sent to the principal's office for their behavior.  And I also know that my son can play nicely with other kids, yet there is a few in each class that he has a hard time sitting next to or being required to play with.  I just wish that the teachers would be sensitive to my son's needs like they are of others, and allow him the opportunity to not be paired up with these other kids.

When you have a child that is labled a bully it is just as hard as the parent of the child that is being bulled.  Specially if your son has developmental issues for his behavior.  And the school is not willing to help him succeed.

~HoneyBee

Picture Day!

Today was picture day at School for my kids.  My son was not to happy with me hangin around.  He is in 2nd Grade and even though he is 7 yrs old...he is going on 20 yrs old.    My daughter on the other hand loved the idea of pictures and mommy doing her hair and making her look pretty.  Even though she is only in Preschool, and not in school, she was still able to have pictures taken because she is a sibling. 

I got to see her picture right after it was taken.  I unfortuantly was not allowed by my embarrased son to see his.  I am pretty sure it turned out ok.  If not...he will be going back..and mommy will be standing next to the photographer to make sure he gets it right....'just so you know'.

~Honeybee *Buzz*

Changes 2012

A lot has gone down since I last wrote. Great changes. None I can speak of.
Ive changed a lot tho.
I know what I want more and I am closer with God. I have become a youtube junkie
and I am getting ready to start my own channel. To vlog and what not. See where that can take me.
Work has been going badly. The people that I work for have become very shady and it feels as tho there more in it for the money then the compassion of the animal. All I hear is blood work and X-rays.

I have become a better mom. I have more patients. I spend more time with her. I am still working on our relationship that is for sure. She is growing so fast and becoming so smart. I homeschool her still and she loves learning.
My marriage is good. Him and I are happy and finding ways to keep each other happy as we should. We are learning that communication is what we were lacking and now that is all said and done we are making it work. In fact little secret we are trying for another baby =^.^=

His family we no longer keep in touch with . We are finally starting our own holiday traditions. Which I have always dreamed of doing. However it saddens me that none of his family call to talk to my daughter to see if they can take her for the day to spend time with her or anything like that.

Currently our car is having issues so I have to ride my bike to work and back. I even ride home on my lunch. I love seeing my family I love the little that I have and cherish them very much. We finally got a kitten! so far she's working out great! My life is close to being complete now hehe.
I can honestly say I am happy . I just pray that the holidays don't disappoint me like they do every year
I have so much motivation to cook dinner and use the crap out of my crockpot! so if anyone has recipes they would love to share please do!



Lemondrop =^.^=