Catching Up!

I had really wanted to make entries to my blog on a reular basis. Ok, so I am getting pretty regular here, reularly NOT posting an entry.

The kids are back in school and that is a GOOD thing! When Stevie is home Rachelle picks on him something awful! She has gotten to where she hugs him around the neck and then pulls him down on the floor or the couch, or where ever they happen to be, and then she sits on his head. I thought the boys were the mean ones? She has a good teacher though. Stevie can dish it out just as good. Rachelle also likes to take things away from Stevie. An all around torturer.

Terrilyn has been working at Harmon's (a local grocery store) as a bagger. She thinks it is ok. Expecially when the checks are deposited into her savings account. She can't touch the money in it, but I pull out money for tithes and spending each pay period, and she leaves some in for saving up. Currently she wants to save up for a VW Bug Bus. (I can't spell what they are called!) But she wants an Orange one. Her current favorite color. Her grades for Term 2 are not all very good. She has 4 Fs and a D+ and a B or 2 and the rest are C's. Her current GPA is a 1.1. End of term is this Friday I think. I have told her that whatever classes she has a F in will be taken again next year. During the same term she gets the F in. SO these Fs will be made up 2nd term of 11th grade. She really wants to go to Preference. A school dance and hang out with about 19 of her friends. But it is a dressy dance and she needs to buy a prom type dress. We shall see what happens. For English this term her teacher had the class enter a poetry contest. There are 5 different age divisions and each one has 10 winners who get a $50 savings bond and a free copy of the book the poems will be published in. Terrilyn received a letter stating that they wanted to publish her poem. There are about 82 kids, I think, in her school who received such a letter. How cool! The book is called A Celebration of Young Poets We are pretty proud of her! Can't wait for the book to come out!

Delsa hates school. She says it is boring. And she especially hates Math. Although she has straight As. Way to Go! Delsa is growing. She is nearly as tall as me. Also, she is a great help with the kids. She reads to Stevie and plays with him on the computer. Delsa LOVES to crochet. They have an after school program on Mondays where she gets to make a lot of different projects. And she is taking an afterschool class Tuesday through Friday to learn Ballroom Dancing.

Stevie still loves school! He has a 1/2 birthday celebration in class on Thurday as his actual birthday is in July. I can't decide if we will have a party for his school friends now, or wait until July. But I don't know where a lot of his friends live to invite them later. Also, on Thurday, since they are learning about 'Pets' this week they will be going on field trip to a Pet Store. Since school started they have gone to a grocery store, fire department and a dentist office.

Rachelle is nearly as big as Stevie. She has a nasty temper, too. When something doesn't go her way she throws herself back, no matter what is behind her. She likes to help do things also. I think she will potty train soon. Every time someone has to go to the bathroom she needs to go, too. She doesn't actually 'do' anything, but it is good to let her go in as it will encourage her for when she DOES!

Well, I will end this entry and post Terrilyn's poem in the next one.

Have a God Blessed Week!