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
