I haven’t been posting here in a long time, sorry.
As some of you may know, in December we started a project to expand our house so that each of the kids could have their own room. Much of the new construction is for Mom and Dad, and J is very upset about that, but he’s expressing his frustration by talking through it (sometimes at high volume) rather than resorting to violence, which is a big improvement over last year.
We’re all rather tired of being cramped up in a tiny space all together. Though, of necessity, it has helped us learn to deal with each other a bit more.
J, B, and K are all doing fairly well at school. J continues to enjoy his gym class most, though he recently got to take some Chinese food in for a cultural day in his English class and got quite excited about that. B. continues to immerse himself in the creation of computer games. K had a talent show this week (sang–quite bravely) and continues to take ballet lessons. Her teacher says she can go on pointe after she turns twelve–maybe at the end of the summer.
We continue to struggle to get along many days, but on the whole, we’re in a much better place this time this year than we were at the same time last year.