My Social butterfly

Emma has turned into quite the little social butterfly. It's hard to believe the once shy (yes, at one point she was)little girl has turned into such an outgoing, active, 8 yr old.
I can only hope that she continues to pursue the things that she enjoys.
Right now she is loving her dance classes. She takes ballet and was actually moved up a level a few months ago. She has really learned a lot and it's amazing to watch how they learn and evolve in class. This past fall she also started Hip Hop. I was a little more hesitant to put her into this class, but she is loving it. She has so much fun and is improving there as well.

Another of her interests is theater. She had really wanted to audition for a local theater groups youth production of Alice in Wonderland, but at the time of auditions she was only 7 and the age requirement is 8. They will be doing a different children's production later this year and she is hoping to be able to auditio for that one. Hopefully it won't interfere with her dance schedule.

I never thought I would be the parent worrying about my kids' schedules, and by no means am I pushing anything on her. She truly loves it and I have told her that whatever she wants to do, if it is possible, I will help her do it. I can not see holding her back if it is what makes her happy.

Oh and instead of being in Alice in Wonderland, her class is going to see it as a field trip. How cool would that have been if she was in it?!?!

For now, her next "performance" will be a school thing. She is starting rehersal today for "Putting on the Hits". This is a little talent show type thing that her school does. Kind of like a lip sync, dance show just for fun. I can't wait to see what the future holds.

Animal School

A friend of mine just gave me a link to a great inspirational video. Normally I would see the words inspirational video and run in the opposite direction. Normally, inspirational is just not my thing..lol

So I gave it a look, and I am so glad I did. The clip is called animal school, and it really puts things into perspective and makes you think. This is very close to home for me and all we've been dealing with here. If anything, maybe it will make you think just a little bit differently.

Please take a few minutes to watch it. It may seem kind of long, but it is so worth it.
Here is the link:
http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/wp-content/themes/179/aschool012008.html

Meeting at Tucker's School today

I have the meeting this afternoon with Tucker's teachers. I am not looking forward to it. I am going to leave him home just so I can get some of the points across that I want to without him getting worked up. Over the last few months I have had a notebook that I write down some of his "quirks" in. I am going to type up an overview of it and hopefully it will givethem a little more insight. We are NOT talking abouta kid that just refuses to do his work. There is more to it than that. There has got to be.

Let's see where we can get today. I really want to push the issue that they have not done any of the things that we discussed when we switched him there in December. I am beyond frustrated!!!
Hopefully my list will help them open their eyes!

What a weekend

It's monday afternoon and I don't know what to do with myself. I only have about a half hour before I have to head out. This weekend has been crazy. We found out saturday morning that my Father in Law has lung cancer and they can not treat it. He has diabetes with lots of related issues and treating the cancer will not help him. As you can guess, our household is really upset and Peter is not taking it well. I am trying to be strong for him and be there because it is all I know how to do. It is so hard because I feel like there should be more for me to do. I feel so helpless. The biggest issue is that we will not be able to get the whole family down to Florida to see him. We have no idea how long he has left and are hoping that Peter can get down to see him before it is too late. Now would be a good time to win the lottery so we can get the kids down to see him.