Parenting is so

hard, rewarding, and frustrating all at the same time. We have been having so many problems with Henry. He has just been kicked off the bus for 2 weeks for yelling, arguing, and not listening to the bus driver. This is the second time he has been kicked off this school year, and if he gets kicked off again it will be for the rest of the year. He says that he wants to be bad, and I know that's not true!!

His heart is so big, he is so loving! It hurts my heart so much to see him cry when he gets in trouble! I just want to take him in my arms and make everything ok, but on the other hand I don't want him to think that I don't mean what I say. He is grounded for a month and will have extra chores around the house, and will not be able to play baseball. I was so looking forward to letting him play and going to his games. He now has a friend from school calling him and I would love to be able to let them play together, but it just seems that we take 2 steps forward and 5 steps backwards.

I'm going to have to step up the praying over him.

sledding and other news

Here is one of the promised pictures from our ice storm. This is the kids' first time sledding. They loved it!! We are now having 70 degree weather and severe thunderstorms. The tornadoes need to stay away!! We just passed the one year mark from the feb 5 2008.

This is the best pic I have of them they went by too fast to get a better one.

Aliyah turned 6 on the 25th of Jan. and Henry turned 7 on the 17th of Jan. My they grow up so fast!! It's hard to think back to when they were babies. Aliyah is loving Girl Scouts. She got into her first fight and did well, but of course I couldn't tell her that. A little girl in her troop kicked her so she fought back.