Whew! We survived!

Well we survive this last week, barely, but we did. Steve is feeling better, still in pain but better. His stomach problems were pretty painful for him the last week and still are. He probably enjoyed having a week of from any and all physical work around the house. I ended up mowing Saturday because he was hurting too much after watering earlier in the week. Poor guy couldn't even really pick Grace up and play with her like he did before, he was in so much pain. But I am proud of him, he is really following his diet well, no spicy foods, no caffine, no alcohol. Unfortunately he is still chewing, but hopefully he will give that up soon too!

We also survived the first week of all my daycare kiddos being back full time, plus one additional little one, 3 month old Sienna Rose. She is Jadon's little sister born on Steve and my anniversary, May 7 this year. Jadon has been with me since he was about 5 or 6 months old, he is exactly 3 months younger than Grace. He definitely has become like part of the family, and I have a feeling it won't take long for Sienna to feel the same. I already love her, she is a doll, a handful, but a doll nonetheless. We have had some good days, some bad days. We are all just trying to get back into a routine and get used to one another again. In the picture above left to right is Kadance, 19 months, Grace, 2, Sienna, 3 months, Jadon 2. Missing in the picture is my oldest, Kaia who will be three in October. She actually lives next door and her and Grace have become really good friends who will play together whenever they see each other outside.

We have started a new "preschool" program this year, just some ideas that I put together that I saw while looking around at preschool programs that you can buy. I put together a calendar that the kids can put the days and months on each day (they are velcroed) and it includes a place for the letter we will study that week, in addition to the number and color of the week. This is our second week doing it and the kids are kind of mixed in their reactions to it. Grace and Jadon love to do our lessons, they will sit and listen and color the sheets for quite a while. Kadance and Kaia will sometimes sit and color, other times they could care less. I don't expect too much of 2 year olds of course, but am glad to just get them introduced to the letters, numbers, and colors.

I hope to take some fun new pics of the kids this year to post, so keep watching out for the fun times that we have everyday!