September 28

Tonight was fun. Eli is off on his retreat for school, they take them to a camp of some sort for 3 days, and he will be back tomorrow. Zayin had school this morning and seemed to enjoy himself once again. Today he came back with a craft showing how God created all living animals. It had feathers and some animal cut outs on it, very cute. Zoe and I just cleaned the house for a while and then read until it was time to go pick up brother.  Tonight he got to play outside with 4 other boys and Katie. Katie is a very sweet girl who is about 12 and has downs. She loves bossing the boys around, but tonight she was trying desperately to share her chips with all of them.  It was very sweet. Yesterday a mom told Zayin he was so good, and then asked me how I did it? My reply was...I have no idea. She says, "You're just blessed." It made me feel good that he really was playing so well with the other kids, and it's the truth, I really couldn't tell you any secrets to parenting.  After dinner, Zayin cleared the table and then played with Zoe for a while. We topped off the night by watching Aurthur and the Invisibles and munching on pirates booty and drinking chocolate milk. It was a lot of fun!
I am trying to get used to the noises and sounds around here. I'm so used to pure quiet of living in the woods, surrounded by, well not much, it's sometimes hard not to let your mind get the best of you when you hear something, and you don't know what the noise is. I'm sure sooner or later I wont hardly notice the noises.
I'm starting to chill out and think more about what I want out of this new life, and who I want to be, or who I want people to see me as. I haven't gotten very far, but at least I have started. Everyday is a new day, and right now I am just trying to get out of my rut of cleaning and organizing every day, sounds like a horrible habit doesn't it. =) But I want to focus on some other things. Just don't ask me what yet. hehehe

September 25th

Yesterday went pretty well. Nothing too exciting. Today we ran a couple errands and then had a BBQ for the apartment complex. It was nice, and we continue to learn more and more about our neighbors. Amanda is a single mom of 2 boys and Zayin loves to play with them. They seem like nice kids. Trevor is the all around nice guy who has been so helpful and full of advice. I think they are the ones we talk to most. There is a girl Katie who works at Bethel, and she is super nice. We talked to her forever today at the BBQ. There are a couple other  people we have met and everyone seems friendly.

Today was hot, or at least it felt like it. Poor Zoe was sweating outside while she was playing, and Zayin was too. I think Eli and him are going to buzz their heads. It might feel really good actually, but Zayin just gets so hot, especially when he is sleeping. I handled it pretty good, but y'all know me. I love the heat! I even left the hoodie in the closet today. hehehe

For now everyone is asleep and Eli is reading. I'm going to go rest, and try and enjoy the quiet while it lasts.

First day, let's see how it goes...

So a friend of mine suggested that I do a blog and that it might be easier than the whole update email. Let's just see about that! Everyone here is fine. Adjusting and trying to get on a little more of a schedule. The apartment is growing on all of us, and we are starting to meet the neighbors. Everyone seems really nice so far, lets just hope that continues. Zayin has already found a couple of buddies that live right below us, and they all play pretty well together. Eli is doing well at school, and Zayin seems to be enjoying his too.
Well since this is another test run, that's as far as I'm going to go. Miss everyone!