Wednesday, March 24, 2010

It takes a village to raise a child? I've seen this village and I DO not want it raising my child.
Whenever I've read people's reasons for homeschooling I always would read these stories of young school aged children being abused at school. The stories would anger me and I always said if I saw these things happening to my child I would take action and probably home school.
I have blogged about this 'friend' of my son's before. I know I can be an overprotective parent and I don't think that's a bad thing. I didn't want to over react to a few incidents, I believe in second chances, I know they are boys with energy and we all know boys do stupid things sometimes. I made the decision to keep abreast of their relationship and I asked Noah about it from time to time.
Yesterday my son came home from school with a big scratch starting just below his eye to just above his mouth. He told me his friend Carson did it. He said Carson thought he tripped a friend of his, which Noah denies, and Carson came up, grabbed him around the waist and used a sharp rock to scratch him.
Through more conversations with Noah yesterday he told me all these stories of how he gets tackled by this boy, how this boy is almost controlling him at recess. We are meeting with the principal today to talk about it.
I go through these arguments in my head. Should I pull him and home school him. I want him to learn how to handle conflict. He's not mature enough to handle this conflict, he needs our help and protection. On and on it goes....
I want to give the school a chance to handle it, Noah enjoys his other classmates, and there is only 3 months left. He is already so lonely and bored in this town that I don't want to uproot him. Any words of advice from my friends??

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Cookies are baking in the oven, the bread maker is doing it's thing. I have 3 sleepy kids all tucked in their beds, my feet are up and I decided I had better write something so y'all know I'm still around.



It's coming up spring soon (thank God!) so it's time to get this house ready for selling. It doesn't feel like we are even close. Baseboards are lining my dining room. Paint cans fill my bathrooms and tile is half done. Life is a bit chaotic but we are muddling through. The house is starting to look pretty good, I almost want to have a chance to live in it more now.



The kiddo's are sick this week. Jake has strep, Samara has croup and possibly strep, so most of my days consist of snuggling with Jake on the couch as he watches his favorite video. I have been trying to take Samara outside to clear her throat, poor girl. They are on the mend so life is getting back to normal.
I had a root canal last week, it wasn't as bad as I thought until I went to pay for it. $860.00 WHAT?!?! When I arrived home I told my hubby that he went into the wrong profession. Honestly almost $900 for one tooth.... obviously NOT regulated by the government.


I have been online quite a bit (shocking I know) I have been surfing blogs people, and boy there are some really interesting people out there. I have come across a really great blog about cooking. The pictures are beautiful, I swear I gain weight just looking at her photo's. When I looked at her profile I found out she's a high school girl who loves to cook and want to go to Culinary school upon graduation. Pretty interesting! I love getting a peak into people's lives through their blogs. Maybe I'll blog about my travels within the blog world and let you know my fav's.
Well I'm off for now....

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