Back Again

It's amazing how much time passes before I get around to posting.  I'm starting to sound like a broken record! 

On Mother's Day my mom mentioned how long it's been since I posted to my blog.  Then today Bill told me how he went to look at the blog and enjoyed going back and seeing all of the pictures.  I feel so convicted!  So I logged into Blogger, though not easily; it took awhile since I could no longer remember my password!  Once finally logged on I discovered that I had two posts in draft form that I never posted.  One, the baseball post regarding LAST YEAR'S season, I went ahead and posted.  The other...  well, there was no point in posting it.  It was an update that no longer was valid.  This post will replace that one. 

So let's see....  Here we are, over a year since my last post.  We are almost finished with another year of homeschooling.  Alex is finishing up his fourth grade year, Nathan his third grade year, and my little Amy is finishing first grade.  Amazing.   Alex is now a red belt in taekwondo and is still loving it.  Nathan is now in the gold class for boys gymnastics and is ever driven by his desire to make the boy's competitive team.  Amy is about to finish her 4th year of ballet and 1st year of musical theater and has her end of the year performance coming up in a couple of weeks.  They are doing Peter Pan this year, and for once I'm going to watch from the audience (I've been a backstage mom every other year). 

We are also about to finish up spring baseball. Amy opted out this year.  Maybe she didn't like being the only girl on her team last year. ;-)  We didn't return to our regular league though.  This year we participated in the homeschool baseball league.  So different!  For one thing, they don't make up games.  If you miss for some reason or the games get canceled due to rain, then that game just didn't happen.  Games and practices are also only on Saturdays, so we've actually missed quite a bit of baseball for one reason or another.  In essence, it barely feels like we had a baseball season this year!  But of course, it was way less stressful than previous years and didn't take over our entire spring.  And the kids (and I) enjoyed seeing friends and people we knew at the games.  It made the experience more enjoyable.  Still, part of me missed the excitement and craze of the other league...  a very small, part of me. Next year, who knows.  If the boys want to continue with the homeschool league, then we sure won't argue.  But if they want to go back to the old league...  well, we'll see.

This past year both boys participated in drama classes taught by some amazing actors.  They both learned a lot and surprised us in their ability to perform on stage, something that always terrified me.  Alex had quite a lot of homework in his class and is not too interested in repeating the experience.  But Nathan says he wants to continue.  Hopefully he doesn't change his mind if they give him homework. ;)

There is a lot more I could write about since quite a bit happens in a year, but I think I've said enough.  I'd rather update with pictures now. :)  So here we are, over a year in pictures:

Alex turned 9

Bill bought a boat

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Halloween 2011

Amy turned 6 and spent her birthday at the Texas Renaissance Festival again

Nathan turned 8

Nutcracker 2011

I got a piano for Christmas!!!



Bill bought a new truck

Nathan won 2 trophies in the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race

Alex won 3 trophies in the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby race, including fastest car in the Pack!

Bill took Amy to the ballet Father/Daughter Valentine Dance

Ginger grew

Nathan participated in the 2012 Gymfest for gymnastics

Alex turned 10

With the cub scout bridging ceremony, Amy's ballet awards ceremony, Amy's Peter Pan performance, basketball camp, VBS, and Twilight Camp all just around the corner, there should be plenty to post about.  Let's just hope I do!