Almost Summer

Over the past few months, I have dealt with more than I could possibly deal with, as ONE person.  But, as each day passes, I find a way to get through each moment.  It's finally June.  All I can say is WOW!  On May 18, my little Temperance Porter turned 3.  We celebrated her birthday at Disney and I have to say, I think she really enjoyed herself.  This was a SPECIAL trip.  Not only were we celebrating her 3rd birthday, this was my nephew Keon's first time going.  I truly feel like he had a freaking BLAST!

I completed my second semester as a graduate student at UNCW, but unfortunately I have to complete two more courses in the Fall.  But, I will handle my business.  It must be done and trust and believe, I am going to DO IT!  I won't lie, there are times I want to completely give up.  I mean seriously, what was I thinking when I decided to go back to school with two children who need my guidance?  But I am here now, and I must find a way to stay focused.  Now that summer session has started at UNCW.  I get the pleasure of teaching Organic Chemistry Lab and I am actually enjoying it.  Yay me..............

The school year is pretty much over for Kai.  He didn't go to the Tot Spot every day, but did have the pleasure of going twice a week from 9-1.  I am GLAD I put him in it this year, he absolutely LOVED it.  This Fall, both of the kiddos will be attending school.  They are growing up so fast.  I know Mimi is going to enjoy herself, especially since she is always cooped up in the apartment.  I know Mimi will be going to the CDC, but won't find out about Kai until the summer time, since I applied for the More at 4 program for here.  Fingers crossed he gets in or I have "no" idea on what I am going to do, but I am sure mommy will figure something out.

So what's planned for the Summer??
Let's start off with ME first, since my summer is pretty much shot to hell with school.  I will be working on my research, which I LOVE, it's just going really slow and I am getting frustrated with doing it seems like nothing.  On top of that, assisting my mom on clearing out her house--> there right here could take months up to a year, so not sure exactly how much of that will actually get done.  Oh I almost forgot, I have to work on my Comprehensive Exam/Presentation that has to be presented to my committee by mid-August.  Not looking forward to that and also, catching up on Organic Chemistry so I can go at it once again in the Fall.

Now the kiddos.  Well, Mimi is still needing therapy, so we may be taking a few trips to the park during the week, so she work on climbing, sliding, and just plan out being a KID.  We haven't done signs lately and you can tell is slacking because she's starting to just do a "random" sign to get what she wants or just NOT do them at all.  I admit, it's quite time consuming, especially with an already loaded plate.  But, somehow or another, we have to get back into it.  Me and Mimi will be working on coloring, getting her to "feed" herself a little better.  Oh and the big one, using the potty, since she seems to be comfortable taking her diaper/pull-up with no regard.  On to Kai.  Less video games/movies and more READING.  We have a huge collection of books and he needs to get into them more.  I don't expect him to read, but we can read together.  He's been working on writing his name for fun, but he doesn't exactly know what letter is what.  So, that's something we will work on.  Hopefully we will work on swimming lessons, for our Disney cruise next year (another blog on that in the future).

Well, that about sums it up on what's going on in my little family.