Catching Up!

I'm trying to make up for missed days. I don't think this quite does it, but it's what I've got. In the past two days I've had two comments on this blog even though I haven't posted in weeks, so I think it is time to put some attention here.

Enjoy!

I'll be back tomorrow!

For 3-1-2009 Hard

Parenting is hard. Joyful, wonderful, exhausting, energizing, frustrating, rewarding and HARD. Love my boy, but right now the hard part of parenting is dominating.

2-28-2009 Wind

We had wind a few days ago. I didn't get it recorded on film. But I got this house, which is new to me, down a little dirt road a few miles from my house. It just looks so classic (except the power lines, which bug me). Enjoy. Hope to be on topic tomorrow.

2-27-2009 Grey

A view out the window of my car as driving to get J from school. It was much worse as I got further along the road. Had to stop and clean the wipers a couple times because they just froze over and started to make the windows a smeary mess! A grey day for sure.

2-26-2009

Homework is our theme here today, regardless of what else I'd like it to be. I wish we had another theme, but it is where the challenge is right now, and we have got to get this mastered now! Wish nine year old boys had the internal motivation to do these things well the first time, but just does not seem to be the case. So we struggle, argue, progress, back-slide, and generally move along at a terribly painful pace. I know he can do it, and that is my source of hope. But again, it is the motivation issue that is such a terribly difficult challenge!

2-24-2009 - Smile

Getting my little guy to smile and not have a jokeresk distorted smile as a result is hard. A subtle smile like this one - worth millions!

2-23-2009 an older photo

Having trouble keeping up right now, but nothing bad is happening, so no need to worry. Will get the taxes to the accountant by 3/1/2009 even if it kills me, but probably won't get as many photos as usual taken while I work on them. This photo is from last June, but I did some editing on it last night as I printed it up for a little mini album class I'm developing. I am looking forward to apple blossoms and flowers and green grass and bird songs and all the things of spring. Usually I love winter, but this one started way to early and last summer was way to short, so I'm a bit impatient for spring! I ramble, so must go!