Sunday, June 12, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEB!!!

11 yrs ago today, GOD blessed us by sending us this sweet boy!!  Have a great day!!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Welcome!!

WELCOME!!  To the readers from Kelly''s Korner!!  Thanks for stopping over here and meeting us!!

JEB is a sweet little guy, who will be 11 yrs. old on Sunday, who also just happens to have Down syndrome!  GOD has richly blessed us with him in our lives!!

Spend some time looking over some of our posts and getting to know us!!  We'd love for you to leave us a comment so we can add you to our buddy list!!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

I am still here......really......

Well, I have no excuses really.  I check this poor, neglected blog, I really do!  I check it so I can click onto the blog friends and see what's happening with everyone else and think, "You know, I really need to write something on the blog." 

Well, sad to say, it's been over a month since I've posted anything.  No excuses.  I've had plenty of time to do it.  I just chose not to do it.  BUT here I am now to post pics of JEB's Buddy Baseball game.  Too cute!!  He had fun.....wanted to be in the middle of everything!!!  Summer has begun......my tutoring schedule is packed, but I have one whole day off and every afternoon so that JEB and I can do some things.  Pretty good, I'd say!!  Enjoy the pics!!















Saturday, April 30, 2011

FIELD DAY!

Friday was JEB's field day at school, so I went and cheered on the boys in his class and had a blast!  I hung out with his teacher, Mrs. "Pocket" - as JEB calls her.  Several other parents came to cheer on their little boy too!  I did learn something new about my child.....he likes running.  He wanted to run in every event and had the best time running in the 50 yd. dash and the 100 yd dash, and even brought in the last leg of a relay race!  Guess I'll have to get him involved in some sort of running activity.....maybe soccer, since he loves kicking the ball around.

Next weekend, we are going to the local Easter Seals "Buddy" Ballgame.  Sort of like the Miracle League, that does baseball for kids with special needs, where they pair up a child with an older "Buddy" and that buddy helps them play baseball and run the bases and catch.  JEB has a glove already, and he loves swinging his bat and hitting the ball, so we'll see how much he cooperates.  Usually when there are other kids doing it and participating, he'll do whatever they are doing.  I can't wait.  Too bad there is only one game though.  Maybe next year, they can do two/three.  That would be fun!

Today is a special day in our area, as one of the local mom's who has a child with special needs, is building a Special Needs Play Park.  I don't know how to link anything to the page, but if you look up Butterfly Kisses Play Group on FB, it will pop up and you can look at all the neat things she's doing with a Pepsi grant she won by having people vote for this idea.  It's really cool!!  Can't wait to see it all complete!!









I think you could say that he had a great day!!!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

a new found pastime for my sweet boy....







It seems he has discovered the fun of putting a puzzle together.  We did a couple of larger, 25 piece ones before and so I thought I'd go to the dollar store and see what I could find.  I found a couple that he was interested in - Toy Story and Spiderman - 100 pc., smaller pieces kind of puzzles and thought I'd let him try his hand at them.  We did them together a time or two, and since then he is totally enthralled with sitting at the table and putting them together.  He searches out the colors he needs, and wham!  It fits!  It's fun to just sit and watch him find the right pieces.   I know this is a very good activity for him, gives him time to work on problem-solving skills.  Guess we'll be spending some more time at the table working these puzzles.  Guess I'll have to go for a little bit more pcs next time!!

last day of break ...... for my hubby

It's over....well, almost.  Officially tomorrow, I guess.  JEB went back to school on Wednesday and Jn goes back on Monday.  It seems to go so fast! 

We went to Bham to visit friends, which was fun because we hadn't really done that since we moved to GA.  BUT my poor hubby got something while we were there and kept having to visit the "gentleman's room" on a pretty regular basis.  He was sick for three days!!  Poor guy!  FINALLY on Wednesday, things sort of slowed down a bit, but he was totally exhausted!!  So, in all, he probably didn't have such a great break, but at least he's feeling better!  AND JEB and I haven't gotten it, so that's a blessing!!

All is going well, we're just winding down the school year.  Just about 5 more weeks and we'll be done.  Don't know yet what our future holds, whether we'll still be here or if GOD has something else in store for us.  We've sent many resumes out these past few weeks, with a couple of great possibilities.  One in particular that would be soooooo perfect, so those of you who actually read this blog, please join us in prayer for GOD's guidance and HIS hand as we wait. 

Enjoy your weekend!!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Spring Break!

Well, I have been a totally horrible blogger.....since it's been a MONTH since I've blogged anything!!
I have been busy.....subbed a few times, had to get my car's clutch replaced....OUCH!, and just trying to juggle all of my tutoring kids and their projects and keeping up with who needs to study what and when.  I do enjoy it, but it makes things hectic!!

JEB is on Spring Break this week and we haven't really done anything, which is nice.  He's missing his teacher and the routine of it, but he's enjoying going to see Daddy at school and going to Mommy's old school, which he still calls - "Momma's school".

I've also sent out countless numbers of resume's for John but he hasn't had any responses, so it seems that GOD wants us to stay put for another year, which is sort of what I thought all along, but you never know where GOD will open a door. 

GOD has been amazing these past weeks.  He has orchestrated so many things....provided just the right amt. to repair the car,  shown me things that I've not realized before.  I've been reading a new book, "Always True", by James McDonald about the promises of GOD.  I'm really enjoying it. 

Well, not much else, really.  I'll put some pics of the munchkin on here that we took a couple of weeks ago. 
Enjoy!!



He looks like such a big boy in this last picture.  I can't believe he'll be 11in June.  Where does the time go???