Back - to - work & school! Thursday, Sept 6th, 2007

Been awhile since I last posted - sorry about that. . .things have been crazy. . .

On Sept 1st, we went to Lake taconic & had a day with some family we haven't seen in awhile.

My mom, brother & his girlfriend went, as well as myself, my husband & our kids (4), and 2 of my aunts & their kids (1 has 1 (in his 30's) - and a friend's son came with her, the other has 3 - in their 20's). Haven't seen them in ages & it was great to!! We had a great day & I am glad we went.

We walked on some of the Rail Trail - it goes from Kingston to like New Paltz. . . on Sep. 2nd. Found cool mushrooms to take pics of! Those will be in my nature blog, all with the info when i get them id'ed;0)

Then, the other day (9-3) . . . we went to Minnewaska State park (hubby, me & the kids) and we walked around the lake. I have been really into pics (yea i know - but even more;) lately. . . i have been taking pics of EVERYTHING - literally;0) lol

Most of those will appear in one of my other blogs tho. . . :) So if ya wanna see. . . you will have to go there;0) I haven't gotten through any of those pics yet. . . ;P" i am working on taking them off the cam now. . .

Have some of the kids to share. . . from the past week or so;0) that'll be good. . . (Please visit my other blog - Tara's Talk & Treasures for a bit more detail on us from the last week or so - dh & I).

The kids started back to school on Wed, Sep 5th.

Dariyn was thrilled lol . . the other's didn't quite share her enthusiasm;0)

No real homework for anyone yet. Kymberlee has a book to cover by Mon.

Kymberlee & Dariyn (5th graders) want to try out for chorus (I have to sign a permission slip). Dariyn says she already tried out & will be in chorus if I sign her paper. Her class tried out today. I told Kymberlee she has to sing if I sign it LOL . . . but they sang in their concerts since starting school (the ones we could make it too).

Rayna wants to be in a pageant next summer. . . well she is the one that didn't talk to anyone in DC . . how the heck is she supposed to be in a pageant??? I told her she is going to have to start talking to people if she wants to really do it. . . Funny thing is, she is QUITE the ham once she gets to know & relax around people. . . I don't know how to make it more easy for her. . . It's strange because there are people she'll talk to . . like in the store. . . and then others (Same day, same store) she won't . . . she is a strange little gal :}

Jesse's 2nd grade teacher (from last yr) "moved up" & is a 3rd grade teacher this yr. At the end of last yr, we all decided whether we wanted our kids to have her again, or preferred another teacher for 3rd grade. I decided to keep him with the same teacher.

Then, of course, there is Rayna. She is the youngest . . . but quite wise beyond her years. She is so compassionate, loving, adorable. . . but boy, is she stubborn!! LOL What a kid:)

Oh, then I just have to vent a little bit. . . Judge Joe Brown this evening had a "pit bull" case. . . the lady took her kids from a daycare because they had a pitbull (um, to start with, didn't she know about the dog previously?? I didn't watch the episode). Anyways, dogs need to really stop being portrayed in such a neative way - Dogs are not BAD dogs . . . OWNERS are bad people
:( My staffie is 7 yrs old this month - on the 11th. We have had him since he was 4 & 1/2 wks old. We had a baby after getting him - even as "bonded" to me as he is, he has never attacked a child, or an animal. He loves people & attention. . . He was raised with other dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, geese, children. . . We have also had an Akita, a Chow, a wolfX (2 different ones - 1 being @ 75%) - all these dogs we had with children except for the 75% . . all these dogs are also condemed dogs. I agree - they are DEFINITELY not dogs for anyone. But, we should really stop blaming animals . . .and start blaming the responsible people.

It's a rough life here . . . a trailor that's too small, never enough of everything . . . someday, I am sure it will be better. . . I tell them that. . . and try to remind myself.

Pics coming soon . . . Stay tuned:)

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Same today. I took Rayna to "school" & dropped her off. She was reluctant, like always. I am glad that she doesn't cry anymore - like she did when I took her to daycare! For about 4 -6 mos (a semester - a semester & 1/2), Rayna cried every time I dropped her off at daycare . She did eventually stop, but like I mentioned earlier, she refused to verbally speak to anyone! :( I feel really bad because she missed out on playing with the children. SHE played, on her own, but never with anyone else;(

Today, I didn't take any photos of the kids, so I am going to share an old photo from July. This pic is from July 12th, 2007. We went the the Mohonk Nature Preserve. Rayna LOVES animals. . . She is going to change the world;)

Have a great day all!

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

This one is going to be about the kids.

I have blogs for this & that. I think the other I will focus on the rehab aspects, or animals in general.

The other is for my photo of the day. I will post 1 pic a day there. Then, I am also going to have a "houses of NY". . . They won't necessarily be "exotic" or big, or beautiful, or anything. Just houses that I happen to take a photo of.

So, I will move my post about Rayna's first day of "Jump Start" to this blog & then continue on with the kids from there!


>>>> August 13th, 2007 --> My other photos of today, include several of my daughter. She went back to school today. Well, not "technically" today - but my youngest (of 4) is starting Kindergarten this fall, and they do a "JumpStart" program for them. She will go to "Morning Kindergarten" Mon-Thurs for 2 wks. (8 days). This is supposed to help them get an idea of what it is going to be like, however, this is the same little girl who has attended daycare for the last 2 & 1/2 yrs & not spoken a word to anyone inside the daycare in that time. From the time she started, until her last day, she didn't SPEAK a word. Anyhow, here is my "little" girl . . . . on her first day of Jump Start. I ended up staying today {Sigh}



I actually started a new seperate account at Photobucket for more photos. I can't post them all here. . . too bad! I love to take pics! In fact, I am looking into "upgrading" my camera again this coming tax season! I **think** I found the one I want, but I want to look into more reviews & info about it first.

Yesterday in "school", Rayna played the "Name Game" (they had to arrange the magnetic letters of their name on the magnetic board) & got a crown.

Today (8-15), with the program, Rayna went on a field trip to a museum in New Paltz (I think at the college). She said she had fun & she liked that they got to paint:) She likes to paint. However, she didn't talk to anyone yet still.

Rayna will go to the JS program tomorrow, then not on Fri, then Mon-Thurs of next week.

Kymberlee is at Gma & Gpas again (she stayed last nite when we went). We went up yesterday afternoon & had dinner. We also went swimming. April came up with Iz & I took Izzie in the pool with the other kids. April & mom sewed. Then we dropped Jaymz at work & came home.

I will post about my niece Izabella, here too. She is my little pumpkin - princess Belle!:) I don't get to see her much though, so when I know they are going to my parents, I try to go too, so I can see her;)

So here is 2 pics of my lil' princess Belle:

(1 Where did Iz go??) (2 watching my 4 kids in the pool). These pics are from Sunday 8/12/07,

And here is Iz trying to sit on a diaper on the bucket! This pic is from yesterday, 8-14-07