Time Lapse

It’s been a minute since this single mother of 4 has updated the happenings around here.

There’s a few updates in regards to my 13 year old. She expressed interest in changing to a different school in late fall. I was able to get her in, but she changed her mind. Fast forward another month, and she requested again for me to inquire if they still had an opening. They DID! So, I made sure to tell her that there would be no changing of the mind, once we committed to the switch. We made the transition late last week, right when the snowstorm came through. Her first 3 days were virtual. She started in person this week, and is loving it so far. I’m very excited for this journey for her. She loves sketching, and is quite talented. This is an art school, so it’s going to be a good fit for her.

My 16 year old is doing ok, but parent teacher conferences are this week, and it was just brought to my attention that she has outstanding assignments from last week, and essay that she hasn’t done, which was to be written in class. This was news to me and made my heart sink. I had no idea she has been struggling, and now I have to have this face to face conversation about it with her. I know she will shut down and act stressed. I feel terrible. So, that is heavy on my heart at this time.

My 9 year old was diagnosed as a “night owl” a couple of weeks ago at a neurological doctor visit. He has a hard time falling asleep, and ends up waking up not feeling rested. He will sleep in class until around 10am, according to his teacher. The only remedy we are told to try, is consistent bedtime at 8:30pm, and wake up time at 6:00am. No electronics after 6:30pm nightly. No melatonin, as that is an inhibitor for puberty and can cause issues with kids and teens.

My 11 year old, just had an epic birthday party at Modern Mission. It was a huge indoor laser tag facility, and we got to play 40 minutes of games. He invited kids from his old school, as well as his current one. We had about 10 of his friends come. It was so fun for them. I like creating memories with the kids, rather than buying some expensive gift. They will remember the experience much more than the gift anyway.

This life is just like a roller coaster.. never a dull moment, and it does give me thrills.

I love adventures, and parenting is just that.