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Cried a bit, cried a bit more. Its been a difficult year, I decided if I wanted to show a moment of weakness, it was my day to let go! Got over it, counted my blessings, then had a wonderful day.

*Day I will remember Sam taught HIMSELF how to ride a bike...you're right Sam it's all about the physics! :) Smart boy!

3 + 2 = 5 rambunctious kids!

Christian would have made 6, but he has a foot injury and missed out on all the fun.

Yes, that's me hanging upside down in a tree! By then, these kids drove me bonkers, and I joined in the fun!

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Your my best friend

You know when you walk in the door and everything is clean, including the dust off the washer and dryer, I've been doing a lot of thinking. I want nothing more than the happily ever after that we promised each other 20 years ago. But I also know God does not work like that. There will be obstacles to learn from.. hurdles that seem too high, canyons that are too wide, teenagers and toddlers that just don't give a f* about the relationship that mom and dad strive to keep hot. But it's OUR relationship, and we are the only ones that can keep it loved!

But hey looks like we're on the upswing... You know me, I love my research!

Our little rainbow turned out to be such a blessing! Even when I'm upset with you or you with I, she reminds us both how easy it is to just love! How can I not be happy feeling our daughter's excitement when you walk in the door! "Da-Da home"! *Not to say that the other kids don't give me warm and fuzzy feelings too, just that I have to PULL it out of them. ;)

One more just for fun.. as I'm always blogging just before bed with a little one sleeping next to me. I COULD be sleeping... 

Hopeless Romantic

He's and idealist, I'm a realist. How do we fit together, we just do. Unless we fight who we are both with each other and with ourselves.

Alone time

Much needed, and so appreciated! Thanks love.

Isabella

Maddy, her BFF, Samuel, Emma and I visited my aunt Patty on her yacht the Isabella last week. We all has so much fun living the life of luxury!
http://www.isabellamegayacht.com/www.IsabellaMegaYacht.com/Welcome.html

-Thanks Patty! We all had so much fun!!

Pesky 5lbs

According to this.. and what I know looks good in a dressing room 3 way mirror, I need to loose 5 lbs. I'm curvy by nature, and don't want to give that up! However, I'd like to shed some inches off my pear shape.

When you only 5 ft tall, 5 lbs squishes in a lot of places. :(  I HATE excising, and have never really committed to a regiment in all my life. So I figure I'll make little changes. Skip eating Hershey chocolate bars at night, doing sets of 20 squats randomly through out the day, enduring walks with my inquisitive kids, eating my morning nurta bullet.....

Word of the day - asynchronous

[ey-sing-kruh-nuh s] 

• Word Origin

adjective

1.

not occurring at the same time.

2.

(of a computer or other electrical machine) having each operationstarted only after the preceding operation is completed.

3.

Computers, Telecommunications. of or relating to operation without theuse of fixed time intervals (opposed to synchronous ).

I Samuel gifted? He shows so many traits that's it's hard to ignore. While it delights me to know he is above average intellectually, it worries me the hard times he may face being advanced in this area but not in others. I've learned a lot about gifted children in the past few weeks, enough to make me want to be prepared for what ever may lay ahead. I already have many joys and difficulties with Sam's temperament, intellect, and sense of self. With all the many tasks and hurdles at hand, I'm adding the assessment of finding out whether Sam is gifted. Once armed with this information, I can learn more about how to better parent this brilliant child. 

One thing so far I've learned is that gifted children often mature out of sync. This seems to be the case with Sam. Unlike kids his age he loves to theorize & analyze constantly, yet is trapped in the body of a 7 yr old boy.

Giftedness is asynchronous development in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm. This asynchrony increases with higher intellectual capacity. The uniqueness of the gifted renders them particularly vulnerable and requires modifications in parenting, teaching, and counseling in order for them to develop optimally.