Karate Kids

Yesterday Rulon came ran out to the car after school with his bag of valentines in tow and a very specific valentine on his mind, "MOM, Noah have me a valentine to come see his karate class!!" Sure enough. A valentine from a karate studio good for a 30 day free trial. This was not the first time he had talked about karate... more like the third.

Rulon's jaw dropped when I said, "lets call them and set something up."
"Right now?"
"Yup, hand me the card."
"Right NOW? In the car."
"Sure." (we were parked at the school still)
"Uh. ok. You're going to call the karate place right now."
"Listen and see my boy."
I called and scheduled both boys for their first free class the very next night.
"How about that Rulon, karate tomorrow night!?"
"OH MY GOSH HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ME! Thanks mom!"
So here is a peek at their first class:

Older News

Back in November I went back to work part time at Heritage... they opened a new day treatment program called River Run and I am the Recreation Therapist. It is a small program, so different from the residential program that has an enrollment of like 150 students... we have a maximum of 12 students at a time. For now we have 3, two girls and a boy. It is a great program, I work with 4 other staff and we have a building all to ourselves practically.

Going back to work was a sudden/unexpected decision followed by a quick interview and training process so I went from mom-all-day-long to 20-less-hours-a-week-mom... did that even make sense? It really is rewarding being back in the profession that I love and NOT being full time. I enjoy the students and the staff with whom I work. Everyone at Heritage has been so complimentary of me and has made a big deal over "having me back again". It makes me feel good. That said, I will be happy when I am all-day-long-mom again. My kids need me and I need them.

A few pictures just for fun: Me at my desk, I have a shared office with the program supervisor, Steve. He is easy and enjoyable to work with.

This was the official opening of the River Run Program with the Chamber of Commerce folks and pseudo-ribbon cuttting ceremony and open house.


Here we are, the staff that run the program. Left to Right: Steve(program supervisor), Colleen (teacher), Glen (Administration there for the ribbon cutting, etc. Such a nice man), Me (Rec Therapist), Molly (Therapist), Spencer (Residential staff).

What have I learned in the last 3+ months?

1. I have the best husband in the world.

2. My kids have the best father in the world.

3. I'm still pretty good at what I do.

4. We are so blessed.

Old News

About two weeks ago I chopped my hair back to super short. Aahhhh, what a relief! Since half of my hair fell out at the same time after having Mina I knew something drastic had to happen - well, something drastic of my choosing, half of my hair fallingout was NOT my idea of something drastic to schedule into my life... So, the short hair is back, for how long? I dont know. But I do know that I LOVE my new hair cut!! So here are my before and after pics just for fun.

All in a days work

What do two super heroes do after "teaching all the bad guys a lesson"?Well, first they take baths so as not to smell like a pair of boots.Sometimes they look like old men after they soak for a while what with the prune skin and bubble beards and all, but they smell good!!

Mina snuck in a bath too, she likes to displace as much water as possible! I still cannot believe how smitten I am by Mina. She is like an angel of happiness in our home, not even a grumpy super hero can resist her charm and warmth!

Then they make chicken noodle soup becaue they worked up quite a hunger. What? Your 3 and 5 year old boys don't make home made noodles for a delish soup dinner on their own? Hm, weird, mine do. But they are super heroes so I guess it's not too much of a stretch. Mina was on supervisor duty so no worries. I was able to remodel the basement bathroom and iron the wash cloths without interruption.

Here it is on you tube (hopefully) if you want to see it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEe4WZ8vs2Q

Then they quietly brush their teeth and put them selves to bed. (After straightening the living room and starting the dish washer, of course.)

As I said, all in a days work. Tomorrow is a day off, right? :)

The big test

I guess the blog just missed my touch..... Julie I don't know what to say.... I rule!!!