Mixed Nuts: A little of this, a little of that

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Saturday, January 23, 2010

A little of this, a little of that

This was a busy week in the Pletcher household. A lot of running around, so we were glad to see the weekend arrive.

Thursday was Kindergarten registration at my school. I think it is a little on the early side to have next year's Kindergarten parents come in and fill out paperwork. Mostly because there is always a handful of parents with children who have fall birthday's, and they are on the fence - "should I send them, should I wait?" Right now, some of them have JUST turned 4. They have almost 8 months until their child starts Kindergarten, and at that age, a lot can change in 8 months. If Connecticut would just become a normal state and have the cut off at the end of August, we wouldn't have so many problems.

But anyway - because of Kindergarten registration I had to stay an extra 4 hours at work. I have no idea why, but they make the nurse stay to talk about the medical requirements for school. Honestly - we put a nice letter in the packet explaining what the parents need to do, and I think that is probably enough.

I did get a nice dinner out of the deal, though, so that was....yum.

Friday after school Arlington had a playdate with her friend "B". We try to stay and play with him after school almost every Friday. It also gives his mom and I a chance to catch up, which is nice.

Today was swimming lessons for the girls. They are still going well. Arlington is showing some improvement in her skills and will hopefully be able to move up a level the next time she takes lessons. Although that is hard to tell when that will be. She wants to do softball this spring. And soccer. And Daisie Scouts. Something is going to have to give.

Finley did well in swimming. They have been practicing putting their faces in the water. This is not her favorite activity. She doesn't mind going under the water, but her problem is water in her eyes. Vision impaired kids have a hard time with water in their eyes- every night with bath she has a mini fit when the water falls in her eyes. So - we are going to get her some goggles and see if this makes a difference.

This afternoon Mat is out shopping alone. He is doing mostly errands, but I am here with the kids. The cabinets and shelves for the playroom are coming along but he needs more wood.

This evening I am going out to dinner with a few girl friends and then we are seeing a movie afteward. We are seeing "Up In The Air". I am looking forward to going. I haven't had a chance to go out with these ladies for a little while, so we are excited to catch up. It is with three of my mommy friends. Our kids are all friends, and so we became friends last year. Now we try to get together and go out as often as possible.

Arlington took her first challenge spelling test this week. We were really proud of her! She had mastered all the first grade spelling words already, so the teacher has her (and a few others) working on harder words each week instead.

She was most excited because she got a "smiley face" paper - I guess it is a big deal in Mrs. M.'s classroom. She was the only one who took the spelling test and got them all right. Way to go girl!

This week we are going to start to teach Finley some sight words. That sounds funny to say with her. She sees well enough right now that we are going to make enlarged print flash cards in bold with some words. This is about the time Arlington learned, so we will see how it goes. I am tempted to have her vision teacher braille the cards as well so we can work on both at the same time.

Cainan is still mastering letters and numbers, so it is not time for sight words for him. But he is doing well. Mat and I are definitely going to be putting him in an enrichment type class starting this summer. It will help him be ready for Kindergarten. We worry about him the most out of the three, so we want to make sure he is as ready as possible.

So, that is all. Not much to report because we have been so busy! Mat thought it would be a good idea to report on how my meals turn out each week, so Sunday nights I was let you know.

See you Sunday!