Parent-Teacher Conference & Thankfulness #3

this evening we had Olivia's parent-teacher conference. overall, a very good report. we are very proud of her.

the teacher did give us a couple of things that we may want to focus on with her. #1 she needs to wear her glasses. mrs d. said she has to remind her several times during the course of the day to put her glasses on. the trouble is, we told her they are reading glasses. so she thinks that she only has to wear them when she is reading a book. in reality, she should be wearing them anytime she is working on a paper or anything close-up. i was concerned that her time off school due to surgery & her recovery period may have impacted her. her teacher didn't bring that up at all. thankfully it doesn't seem to have had an impact on her studies at all.

tonight, a rare treat, Jarrett subbed for my bowling team. it was so much fun. i think i have him convinced that it is a good time. i am sure we will see him there again...as needed.

Rachel seems to be fighting a bit of a cold. she didn't sleep very well last night, which translates to mama not sleeping very well. my bed is looking so good right now.

I am thankful for a good progress report for Olivia, fun times with my husband & BFF Haley tonight, and my super cozy pillow-top bed. 

Thankful Day #2

Today I am thankful for Olivia. Well, in reality, I am thankful for her every single day. But on this day in particular, I am thankful that she wanted to sit with me on the couch & have some snuggle time. That almost never happens anymore. But tonight she walked up to me & every so softly asked "can I sit with you for a little bit?" Of course I let her. So there we sat for a good 30 minutes with her resting her head on me & my arm wrapped around her. It was wonderful. Thank you, Olivia.

November Thankfulness - #1

During the month of November, I am going to blog every day about what I am thankful for. This is going to be beneficial for me. It is going to serve as a much needed reminder of how truly blessed I am. I've got a lot of great things going. It's just easier sometimes to focus on what is not going exactly the way I have planned.

On this day, November 1st, I am thankful for the happiness this harvest has brought to my husband. This has carried over from him to me to our girls. This has been a very nice snowball effect of happiness. He even let me run the combine. I was just a little nervous, but I did a ok job.