Starting school this August

Well it has taken a while but my daughter has mastered potty training. She has gone over a month without an accident and she is now wearing regular underwear to bed now. I can't express to you how happy this makes me. At the same time it is somewhat bittersweet though I like the fact that I don't have to worry about diapers and training pants anymore. My little girl is growing up. She will be starting school this year in August. She will only be going a half a day, but the school assured me that my husband and I could change it into a full day in the future. When I started school in kindergarten I only went a half a day. Now kindergarten is a full day. My nephew (who is now 17) started out in preschool as a half day and it was hard for him because he had never been away from his mother or grandmother. My other nephew (who is 7) had to start at a full day. It was really hard for him because he also had never been away from his mother (or should I say grandmother, actually my mother you might as well say raised them both, they have the same mother, my sister). It put the now 7 year old in a tailspin because everything was so new to him. He had to some adjusting and I mean fast. I did not want my child to have to go through that. The school also assured me that they would easily accept volunteers to help out during the school day. Since I have been a stay at home mom I know that I will take the school up on that.

My Vacation at the beach

My family and I spent the last week at the beach. We only live about an hour and half drive from the beach so we can actually make it a day trip if we wanted to. We stayed at the caravelle resort http://thecaravelle.com/. It was nice to be able to sit on the balcony and see the ocean and wake up to it every morning. But to be perfectly honest as much as I liked the vacation it was nice to come back home. I think my entire family felt the same way.

vacation at the beach

Me and my family got back from a week at the beach. It was nice to be someplace else for a change and I can say that I really did enjoy myself. The first half of the week was cold but it really turned around at the end. My husband planned the trip so that we would be there on our 5Th anniversary. It was so nice to wake up look out the window and see the ocean. One thing that surprised us was the fact that we saw someone that looked like Santa Clause. We have seen him there before and we spoke to him this time and he had several pictures of himself and Mrs Clause. During Christmas time he decorates his home (and himself) and so does his wife. I guess you could say he is Santa to a degree. My little girl did not say much she is still in the shy stage when it comes to Santa Clause. If we see him again I'm sure she might want to take her picture with him I suppose time will tell.

One thing that we really enjoyed was building sand castles. I never did that as a kid growing up and now that I have a child of my own I can do it now. I am usually doing it when my husband is combing the shore looking for sharks teeth. Yes I said sharks teeth. As I was looking along the shore with my daughter for shells to decorate a sandcastle she found one. I showed my husband and I think he was so proud. He taught me how to look for them and and that was something he wanted out child to learn how to do. I am glad that she found them. It is something that we have passed on to her, and isn't that what parents are suppose to do, pass things to their children.

Mothers day

Mothers day was yesterday and I just had to share what my little girl got me. She picked it out herself and that makes it extra special.

Morning

My little girl will be starting school this year. The one thing I will miss the most is the time we have in the morning. When I wake her up we will lay in the bed and talk about what we are going to do that day. Sometimes she will look at me and say "I love You Mommy," and then she will give me a big hug. Those words are the sweetest words I think any child can tell their parents. I just hug her back and smile. When she starts to school that will be something of the past. Gone will be the days we just lay down and talk about nothing and everything. We might do it on the weekends but I know that it will not be that often, and soon is will be a distant memory. I like the sound of her before she goes to bed when she is talking to her Daddy and telling him all about what she has done all the day. Having a child is a blessing, and my heart goes out to the people that don't have children of their own. My brother is planning to get married this September and his bride to be wants 5 children. To me that is a bit much how about one at the time before you start talking more. What if there is a medical problem and they can't have any let alone 5. He thinks that he has it all figured out. What he does not understand yet it that children are different and so are parenting styles. The way he wants to raise a child may not be necessarily the way she wants to raise a child, there will be clashes. And what if they have a child that is a special needs child. I am sure that this is something they have not even thought about. His bride to be is so sure of what she wants and she is not considering what he wants (as far as children, maybe other things I don't know). I just hope that the marriage is not over before it begins. According to the bible the man is suppose to me the head of the house and I fear that she thinks it is her place to impose her will and desires on him. If she is indeed this way I fear that the marriage will not last. Marriage is a partnership not a dictatorship you have to compromise with your spouse and always think about what they want. You are suppose to put them ahead of yourself. I just hope that this is what she does once they get married. And that she does not railroad him once they are married.

Mothers day is May 8

Mothers day is coming. There is no telling what my little girl is going to get me. I would like something nice just like any mother would. I am expecting a toy or something, because if it is left up to her to get me something that is what my little girl will get. For fathers day last year she got my husband a stuffed animal and for the first few weeks she did not want to play with it. Now it is forever in her bedroom along with all her other stuffed animals. I hope if she does choose a toy that I can enjoy playing with when I play with her. But whatever it is I know it will be special because I know that she will have chosen it herself whether it's a toy or anything else.