Drea Wood - Part 2

Sometimes

By Dreawood, on September 2nd, 2010

Do you ever have those times in your life where you feel broken down?

You feel like people are pointing at you… picking out your flaws….
your mistakes…
your differences…

Do you ever feel like others look at you if you are odd?

Or over protective mom?
or even an unwise mom?

Have you ever felt shunned?….
or belittled?

Do you ever wish people could look into your heart and see who you really are or desire to be?
rather than go on assumptions or misunderstandings?

I feel like this sometimes…

but then I am reminded….

“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
- Psalm 118:8

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; my Savior…” (2 Samuel 22:2-3a)

“He that trust in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walks wisely, he shall be delivered.” Proverbs 28:6

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24

Mistake Waiting?

By Dreawood, on September 1st, 2010

Last year when Caleb had just turned 5, on Aug 31st 2009… I opted to keep him out of Kindergarten because he would of been the youngest (or one of) in his class.

My brother started K at age 6… so I thought this would be best, since he was a boy… and boys usually mature slower ;-) sorry boys lol, don’t hate tho, I have all boys, so I got to love the immature sides too!

Caleb loved pre-school when he was 5… and I think it was good for him… but while in pre-school I did still home school him some on what I thought was pretty basic stuff… numbers and letters, among other things.

So here we are at age 6… and he has officially started Kindergarten.

We are using the ABEKA program and so far we love it…

EXCEPT for one thing…

All of what has been covered so far is SOOO BASIC. Caleb is bored to death! He sits there yawning (seriously yawning) and twiddling his thumb… because everything they are covering is boring to him.

We debated calling ABEKA and seeing if we can bump him up to 1st grade… but as we looked through the rest of the year curriculum… we do realize he will start to learn some harder things later on this year.

Such as telling time, addition, reading, and so on.

I think he will learn them with flying colors!! and he will fly through 1st grade as well.

So maybe us waiting was a mistake?
Either way… I think Caleb is super bright.. and im not just saying that because hes my son… he really is smart! He is a quick learner.

His younger brother Taite has picked up everything Caleb has so far as well (pretty much), so we are trying to get him into a 4/5 yr old pre-school, instead of 3 yr olds… Taite doesnt turn 4 until December… but he is totally ready for something more.

We have also made the decision to go ahead and start Taite in Kindergarten NEXT FALL, so Taite will start at age 4 1/2 instead of 5.

So he will only be 1 grade behind Caleb.

I think this will be great… I mean Caleb might have some questions as to “well why is Taite in kindergarten already? and I didnt start til age 6…” I hope by then we can explain to Caleb that we were new at this whole “home school” deal :) and that we are learning just as he is learning… and that it doesnt matter if he is older and only a grade ahead. We will try to explain that he will just be the smartest out of his peers ;-) and go through things really easily.

He is a pretty understanding kid ;-) so I think he will be ok in the end.

SO yup. SO far so good. I love the way ABEKA works.. and how planned out the lessons are… it has helped us out a lot… I am limited on time… and so to not have to sit down and figure out lessons is huge for me.

I am so glad we are able to home school our kids!!

Thank you to my wonderful husband who is helping us get things started… and help me out with the new routine.

Once Taite starts pre-school I think ill be ok on my own :-)
Taite will go 5 days a week at the pre-school, from 9-noon. So that is going to give me every single morning free with Caleb (well and Owen..) to school one on one.

Then next year we will school both.

EXCITING!

Wordless Wednesday – Safe Play :-)

By Dreawood, on September 1st, 2010

Dental 1st – No Meltdown!

By Dreawood, on August 31st, 2010

Almost 3 years ago we attempted to take Caleb to the dentist.
I did the whole “let them watch you get poked and prodded, and they’ll do fine, right?”
WRONG hah!

Caleb at age 3 had a MAJOR MELT DOWN, I mean total disaster freaking out kinda melt down.
He kicked and screamed (which was not like him).

So I gave up on the dentist… but told him when he was 6, he’d have to go.

So… today, on his actual birthday ;-) what a present! haha… he went.

We all went, besides Taite. I had someone watch Taite (THANK YOU!), so we wouldnt risk scaring Taite, if Caleb did freak out again. Thankfully though, Caleb didn’t….

and we were so proud of how well he did.

He didnt fidget, or fuss, nothing. He sat right there just as calm as could be.

The hygienist said “I can tell you aren’t 5… you are definitely 6.”

That gave him the biggest booster and smile on his face. He was so proud.

So my advice to moms trying to force their 3 yr olds to have a cleaning… don’t lol… just wait a few years, trust me, HUGE different… and honestly whats the rush? If you brush those lil toofers well, there should be no need for a dental apt until age 6. Calebs teeth btw looked great :-) and the Dr. said he has lots of room for new teeth to come in, yay, so hopefully no braces in the future.

Also Calebs 6 yr molars are coming in (never knew there were 6 yr molars!) – That explains the back of his mouth being sensitive.

He also has a loose tooth! I had no idea.

She said it may be a few months, but more than likely he will loose one before Christmas.

Heres a few more pics for fun. Oh and Owen had fun watching ;-)