A frazzled mom's survival guide

      Well it is official. I met with my thesis committee last week and it was confirmed that I will never make the NY Times bestsellers list. Oh well, I knew that going in.  However, the project passed.       While I am far from being a bestselling author my five year old learned how to write his name. :)  The picture on the left is his and while it only has the first three letters, they are correct and in the correct order.  Since this masterpiece he has managed to include the other three.  I realize that many kids master this in 4K, there are many more who may never master the skill and I'm pretty lucky that he is able to. Now on to potty training. Oh and we are down to two major meltdowns a day :) Like I said it's the little things.    Emily is progressing. She is reading on her grade level. A skill at one point I thought she would never master.  She has also learned to swim and wants to join a swim team.  Wh...

It can't believe that another year has come and gone.  And while I may be older than the internet I realized this morning that I'm not over the hill yet. I've accomplished a lot this year so here's the list... Finished my BS  Finished all but three classes for my Masters :) Discovered that we can take the kids to a restaurant with fewer odd looks :) The youngest started 4K so I have a quiet house until 11 am :) Cleaned something almost every day. Survived 4  IEP meetings. I really don't like parent teacher conferences. Reorganized the kitchen (it involved a sledge hammer :) Still have 4 kids Discovered that I live town with lots of parades :) Regrettably I still have not learned patience.  It's not a resolution just an observation. I don't even try to make those anymore, I never make it past January 2nd.  I think patience comes with age and experience, I have more than when I was 20 but not nearly as much as I will have when I'...