Its a new year and I am so glad! Don't get me wrong 2011 ended on a great note, the kids had a wonderful Christmas and I am so thankful for that. Last year started off terrible for us and got worse but I knew God had our back and that through it all we'd be ok and sure enough, WE MADE IT!!
This past year was not all bad, Brayden and the girls started school and they LOVE it. The girls are in Pre-K and Brayden is in Kinder. We decided to put the girls in separate classes so maybe Marissa wouldn't rely on Mariah as much. In case you didn't know Mariah is the oldest and you can tell by her independent, bossy ways, she tends to help Marissa do everything! Well it has paid off Marissa has really opened up and become almost a totally different lil girl. She used to be so quiet and very shy, but now she's a lil social butterfly with lots of friends and loves to be the center of attention! At Christmas she was the star, standing in the middle of the room with all the family and belted out Feliz Navidad as loud as she could! Made me tear up a lil bit. School has helped Mariah as well, she has tons of friends and is not AS bossy.They both can write their names and tons of other stuff!! Smarties they are!! Brayden is loving school and cries when he can't go. He's learned how to spell so many words its surprising how fast he has picked up everything! I was nervous as heck about sending him to school because of his food allergies but the school has done better that I thought they would! We've had a few almost mishaps but nothing more than that!
Deion is in the fifth grade, wow I feel old. He's doing really, really well this year! He likes his teacher and his teacher is awesome! He joined the band and is playing the trumpet. He had a concert recently and did great!! Also he has joined the C-Stem Robotics team at school. They build robots with middle school and high school kids and take them to the George R Brown in March to fight other robots. He loves it! He always liked science and this is right up his alley!! He's excited/nervous to be going to middle school next year!
DJ is doing great as well!! Making straight A's!! He has become interested in space which is awesome because I remember at his age I was in love with it! I was determined to be an astronaut at that age.HA!
Christmas was great! The kids got almost everything they wanted which is like NEVER happens! We were blessed this year and were able to give the kids so much, much more than we ever thought we would. They were so happy on Christmas morning! Before bed on Christmas Eve, they sat down and read the real Christmas story. This made me proud as a parent that they wanted to know the real meaning of Christmas.And next year we are going to have them show the real meaning of Christmas by donating and volunteering!! They enjoyed the story and now we are seeking to find a church near by so they can learn more about Jesus and the Bible.
This year is going to be focused on bettering myself (see Resolutions Post) and being happy, no matter what! Here's to 2012!!
