Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Hallelujah!
Our house in currently under contract! We joined the millions of people who have had to sell their home for a lot lower than we hoped to but what can one do. They want to rent it for about 8mos and then buy it. Its a bit risky on our part to take it because she may back out of it in Dec. Pray that if the Lord sees fit that the contract will go through.
please pray with us
We are praying about holding Ethan back in Kindergarten. Pray with us, that God would give us discernment on how to better help our sweet boy.
A Mom Not a Professional Nor a Perfectionist
Mari has so much time on her hands that she started a new blog for her hobbies http://www.amomnotapro.blogspot.com/. Not a professional, nor a perfectionist but a mom sharing her creative ideas and findings. She really doesn't have a lot of time on her hands but she needs a creative outlet in her life.
March Birthday Madness
Aiden turned 3 today and Ethan turned 6 yesterday. It is hard to believe that some of you last saw Ethan when he was scooting on his bottom and when Aiden was just learning to speak. Well, they are jumping, climbing, speaking in English and Spanish and full of life. Their smiles and kisses bring sunshine to our day! They had a super hero party more pictures are at www.unpoquitohereandthere.blogspot.com
20hrs down to 12hrs
About a month ago Ethan was back to his anxiety: biting, eye blinking and behavior issues. At this point in my heart I felt the urgency to drop my work load so that I can be readily available to give him all the support he needs. After much thought and prayer I have felt the need to change my work hours to 12hrs a week instead of 20hrs. Unfortunately, it has been hard to get my work load done in 12hrs but I think after a couple of weeks of doing this schedule I will be able to.
Monday, March 15, 2010
6th Grade Father and Son Camp out
Ben has a heart for fathers to connect with their sons so one of the things that has sprung from that is his annual Sixth grade Father and Son camp out. He uses the book Raising a Modern Day Knight. He meets with the fathers a couple of times before their camp out and then on the day of he encourages fathers to spend some quality time with their boys patching things up, discussing with their sons what real manhood is, etc.....
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Quito Cup
Quito Teachers Teaching Teachers Conference
I had the honor and challenge of presenting in the auditorium.
Ben and his protoge's in the bubble.
Ben and his protoge's in the bubble.
Over 400 teachers from secular and Christian schools gathered in Quito to attend this conference. Ben and I were asked to present in it. Bens seminar was about The Bubble project and mine was on Understanding our Personalities and Dealing with Conflict. It was a great way for our school to colloborate with secular schools and develop relationships with them.
LAF and POKENO
LAF stands for Ladies Afterschool Fellowship. You really do laugh and have a great time. After being here a couple of months I really felt the need for fellowship amongst all of my colleagues. We have such a variety of ladies in ages, marital status and cultural backgrounds that our hope was to provide a venue where we can just sit down talk and have fun. So I approached the directors wife and asked her if she would be my hosting partner and then we recruited a sweet Ecuadorian and we began. First it was our mini ladies retreat and now were just doing gatherings rotating between our homes for games. All of you Ft. Worth ladies I introduced them to POKENO.
Girls Only Chats
One of the things that I enjoyed starting up at our school is our Girls Only Chats. The counseling dept. meets once a month with all of the 6th grade girls who come voluntarily during their recess and lunch time. We talk about different girl topics and do a craft. Their are about 16 girls whose backgrounds vary from Asian, Ecuadorian and US American.
This past weeks chat was on Being Yourself, Knowing Yourself.
This past weeks chat was on Being Yourself, Knowing Yourself.
I am proud to be an American...
In the Jungle the Mighty Jungle.....
Our little speed racers
Milestones come and go and pass in a minute but memories we cherish forever.
It seemed a little strange that our boys just learned to ride bikes and we had decided we would not buy them any here b/c Quito streets/sidewalks are not safe to ride bikes on and they are also very uneven with hills. But after a while we thought it would be horrible if they were on training wheels as teenagers.
Here they are at the park showing off their new skills!
Here they are at the park showing off their new skills!
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