Month of Thankfulness!

So I have been REALLY slacking in the blogworld and will try to do better. One way is I am going to post everyday about what I am grateful for and then hopefully this will catch on. I'll try to sneak in some other random pictures in so you can see what you have missed out on too!


I am a couple days behind so I will play catch up...

Gratitude day 1: I am grateful for our warm, sunny beautiful weather! (And to NOT be living where it snows)

This may not be in my backyard but it is close enough and I LOVE it!

Gratitude Day 2: I am grateful to be able to volunteer in my son's classroom every Wednesday and for friends who watch my kids so I can.

 AND I am grateful for my crazy Reid! He keeps my life active and full of surprises. He is so incredibly smart and amazed me every day with what he has learned and retained.

Gratitude Day 3:  Today I am grateful for the education and knowledge I have so I can teach my children at home. I am also grateful for the understanding that it is MY DUTY as a parent to teach my children and not just rely on the teachers to do so.
I have been blessed to be able to go back to school to earn my Bachelor of Science degree with a dual major in Infant/Toddler and Preschool Development. I have about 28 weeks left to go and then I will be done!!!

I have always felt it is important that as a parent I teach my children at home, that it is mine and their responsibility to do well in school and not to rely solely on the teacher to educate them. It is sad to see so many children failing because their parents don't do anything with them at home.

Gratitude Day 4: Today I am grateful for the rain that it falling and for how fresh and clean it makes everything look. I love a little break from our normal weather (but just a little one).

 

This is the view down my street, I wish the big trees would keep coming, but they stop at my neighbor's house :(

This is our house!