The Rays of Sunshine

Since I have taken a long break I feel doing three things on each of us would be a good catch up.  Derek loves to tell stories, he likes to embellish every detail, and throw in a good laugh every chance he gets. He loves to incorporate current things with fiction, and it is best listening to what he will come up with.  He is the kindest kid I know. He cares so much about so many things and he loves to help others. On his birthday weekend in Dallas, he saw a lady taking out the trash and he went over there and helped her pick up the trash lid, I have never been so pleased with my kiddo.  We did Young Writes this year, and to witness him blossom through his creativity was so much fun. He loves to draw, color, and put his imagination on paper. WOW his vocabulary has really blossomed this year. Some of our favorites are Gummy Bears are Buddy Bears/ Strawberries are Strawbobbies/ When he doesn't want to walk, he says- Picks you up.  He loves to talk, all th

I am back in the blogging world. Things got really busy and I had to let go of some things! I am not going to lie, it has been a tough year; between kids, school, work, life,  and maintaining a family, I have been really struggling to keep it all together. In January I took 2 classes in an effort to finish my Master's degree by the fall. That was more of a load than I expected, and I wanted to spend extra time with my family, so I put this on pause. Oh, how I have missed it though. Derek was struggling in Kindergarten, so I had to devote more time with him to improve his reading and writing skills. Looking on the other side of it now, I am so happy I did, as he is reading at his level, and his writing is getting better. We all want the best for our kids, and the last thing was wanted was for Derek to be behind going into the 1st Grade.  All our hard work paid off and he graduated from Kindergarten. It was a rough start, but we got through it and he is ready to start 1st grade.