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I will be starting to blog again soon... I've decided to continue without censoring the content... If the breech in security causes an issue... I'll alert my readers and put it on password protection... New news... Photos... Updates arriving soon!!!

Blog Security Breech - Decisions

As many of you know, my blog is where I write my inner most thoughts and feelings... I do so without fear of judgement from you my beloved readers... Unfortunately it was made known to me over the summer when I took time off from writing that this safe haven of mine has been compromised... I'm not sure when it took place for the first time or how many times there after... I just know it has happened... I am being watched or was watched... I'm unsure if it has stopped... However, it makes me upset, anxious, and nervous about what I place upon this blog now... I no longer feel safe to speak freely... It saddens me, for I am unable to say what I want without fear and it saddens me, for you my readers, who have come to know me to speak from the depth of my heart and soul... This angers me... I haven't quite decided what to do with this... I have several options... Just keep writing and try to push away this shaky feeling I have about what I'm writing will be used against me sometime in the future in a malicious manner... I'm unsure if I can even do that... The wound is sooo new... I just didn't think I would be in this position when I started this blog... Maybe over time I could overcome these feelings and pretty much say BACK OFF... This is MY place and YOU won't make me feel unsafe here... Right now, I'm not at a point I can do that... Another option would be to stop writing all together... I think that would be wrong to you my wonderful friends from around the world who I love dearly... For you shouldn't be punished for this... You have done nothing wrong... You were my faithful companion in the ups and downs of life... My last option I can think of is to put this blog on private status... This would mean that you would have to contact me and I would have to place you an 'approved list'... Only those on the list would have access... You would then have to sign in with a User ID and Password to read my thoughts and feelings, but I would be safe again... I don't really like this option either because I want my blog available for that mother who so desperately needs to read I AM NOT ALONE! There are soo many women I've only read one comment or email from telling me how grateful they are that I shared the deepest darkest moments of my life... How comforting it was to see that they weren't alone in moments like this... I too had experienced them... Not only did I experience them, I wrote about them! I then over came them and was a stronger woman giving hope to those who would follow... I know many of you are out there... Silently reading... Knowing that this blog gives you hope and strength to overcome your own fears... I don't want to chose the private setting and cause unnecessary burden upon my readers who I need so much to give me that virtual hug, encouraging word or cheer of joy and also you the reader who need me, just as much on those days, when all doors seem to slam in our face and we cling to the hope we can just make it to bedtime so we can softly cry ourselves to sleep... Hanging tightly onto to thoughts that tomorrow will be a better day... I would like each of you to contact me VIA email, comments section (feel free to write whatever you want because comments will be kept private unless you wish them to be published for others to read) or Facebook and let me know what you think of my options... My next scheduled posting will occur at the end of next month... I hope to have my answer for you by then... Please say a prayer for me while I think about all of this... Thank you for understanding...

The Last Day - Thursday

Today was the last day of school... It is a bittersweet time at the end of a school year... While not having to wake up in the morning many times before the sun had even come up itself will not be missed... The experience and people of school surely will... Yesterday I spent a large part of day outside... Peanut walked to a park near her school... We had a picnic, chased bubbles and I watched her tick away the minutes and hours while playing on the playground... It was hard to go home but we had to meet the bus that Monkey was coming home on... I also spent nearly all day outside today... I have pink skin to prove it... ::smirk:: Today the children had Field Day... There were 12 stations... Musical Chairs, Parachute, Limbo, Volleyball, Fox tail (not sure what that even is), Kick, Catch and Throw the Football, Horseshoe Ring Toss (2 different size rings), Frisbee Throw & Catch, Tug of War, Marshmallow Races (replaced the egg on the spoon race of our childhood), Story time and Scooters in the Gym... I spent part of the time with Peanut and part of the time with Monkey... I pushed the double jogger stroller and Linebacker's stroller back and forth across the school yard... After I paid for lunch at 1/4 to 9 AM, I headed outside and Peanut was closer so I visited and watched her first... She went through the parachute, limbo and volleyball stations... I traveled across the school yard to watch Monkey participate in tug of war, marshmallow races and story time... I met back up with Peanut at snack time... I watched her participate frisbee and tug of war... It was time then again to head across the school yard to watch Monkey partipate in parachute and limbo... It was just after 11 AM... The children gathered together and they took a whole school photo... Next, we filed into the gym/lunch room to pick up our lunches for an outside picnic... I'm not sure if I was just really hungry, it was a good lunch or a little bit of both... They served today a 'bagged lunch'... We usually have a choice between a sandwich and hot lunch dish... In it today was crustless PB & J, string cheese, your choice of milk, apple, baby carrots, and granola/chocolate chip bar for 'dessert'... After we finished lunch I watched the children play on the playground till almost 1 PM... It was time for Monkey to walk to the High School to swim... I packed up the trio and drove over to the pool and watched him swim (indoors, too cool for outdoor pool) for about 90 minutes... I packed the trio back up and headed back to school for dismissal... I started first in Peanut's room and loaded all her end of the year gear... We walked to Monkey's classroom (2 doors away; very small school) and gathered all his end of the year items... The children then hugged and said goodbye/have a great summer to all the staff and teachers as we made our way down the hall and out the door to leave... ::sniffle:: I'm soo glad we had such a wonderful year at our new school... I'm excited to start the next year... I am now the mother of a 6th grader, 3rd grader, 1st grader and pre-k child... Time sure does fly... Peanut had her last Speech Therapy session today... She has graduated! We are all proud of her hard work... They had a donut party to celebrate... Enjoy the photos below of all of today's activities... We are all going to sleep good tonight!
Peanut playing 'popcorn' at the parachute station...

Peanut at the limbo station...

Peanut being creative at the limbo station....

Peanut at the volleyball station... Her's the green ball about the go over the net... They were divided girls vs boys... The goal was to have fewer balls on your side then the other side... Two rules... No kicking the ball... No throwing under the net (has to go over or through a hole in the net)...

Peanut becoming passionate about winning at the volleyball station... ::smirk::

Monkey and his best 'girl' friend (pink skirt), J, in his class at the tug of war station...

Up close photo of Monkey and J at the tug of war station.... Her mom told me she insists on wearing skits all the time and even refuses thermals/leggings in the winter... ::smirk:: She likes her knee socks the best! She owns pants but never chooses to wear them...

Monkey at the marshmallows races station... He is at the moment of this PIC winning against his friend N...

Now Monkey going backwards at the marshmallows races station...

Monkey doing the crab walk at the marshmallows station...

Peanut having her snack at the snack station aka Horseshoe/Ring Toss Station... I rarely ever catch my shadow in a picture... I usually very careful about that... Shows how excited I was... ::grin::

Peanut and her best 'girl' friend, S, at the frisbee station...

Peanut at the tug of war station... Mrs. O the gym teacher helping out a bit on the end...

Monkey playing 'popcorn' at the parachute station...

Monkey is now playing 'sharks and lifeguards' at the parachute station...

Monkey at the limbo station... He actually made it and didn't fall on his knees... Impressive!

Monkey using his creative skills at the limbo station...

Monkey at the pool... He will take his first series of swimming lessons this summer... The pool went from 4 ft to 12 ft deep...

Mr. J, 3rd grade teacher, giving monkey a swimming lesson...

Mr. J helping monkey back to the side after his swimming lesson...

Wordless Wednesday

Trio Tuesday

Linebacker had speech this morning... I then picked up Monkey to have the first two of four teeth pulled... He did very well... We were both very nervous... He has had a few negative dental experiences (dentist not procedure, we switched dentist)... It was wonderful that now he has a positive experience under his belt... Little Guy and Big Boy had their last physical therapy session today... They have come a long way from before they were rolling to rolling, crawling, sitting up, pulling to a stand and cruising furniture... The physical therapist will call in the fall to see if they need another consult and possibly restart therapy... We expect them to start walking soon... They will be up and running before we know it, I'm sure... If all goes well they won't need to restart therapy again...

Morning Monday

I was busy this morning but a very quiet afternoon... Little Guy had his weight check up... He is now 16 lbs 7 oz... That's a gain of 1 lb 4 oz in 28 days... Go Little Guy! Linebacker had his 3 year well check... He is doing wonderful... He is growing good... We talked about his plans for the summer and what his education plans are for fall... I answered another online survey and made $3... Woo hoo! It is good to have a quiet day today because the rest of the week is going to be BUSY... Only 3 more days of school left...

Sitting Saturday

The world didn't end as predicted... On to more important things... Little Guy and Big Boy now will sit themselves up and not fall over smashing themselves into the floor without making any effort of catching themselves... They don't sit for long... I'm so proud that they can now go from crawling to a full sit and then back to crawling again... They are also cruising furniture now too... Stay tuned because I'm sure 1st steps won't be too far off into the future... I also started answering survey's to bring in a little extra cash for myself each month... It isn't much but every little bit helps...Little Guy

Big Boy

Fatigue Friday

Let's say the burning the candle at both ends caught up with me this morning... It manifested itself in the dropping a glass bowl of 2 lbs of hot taco meat... It shattered instantly when it hit the floor... I cleaned up the mess... I went to the store and bought more hamburger... I finished my Taco Casserole... I had planned to go out and do a few things but decided to take it easy most of the day until later in the afternoon when I put a check in the bank, installed the license plates on the van with registration stickers then return the dealerships generic plates to them... I also payed a couple bills... I mostly tried to rest and regroup...

Terrific Thursday

Linebacker had speech this morning... I took Little Guy in for a follow up to his perpetual drippy nose... We are trying a different antibiotic... Peanut had speech this afternoon and then we went to school to watch her musical performance... The kindergarten and 1st grade preformed "The Bear Went Over The Mountain"... Peanut had a speaking part and was part of the general choir... She did a wonderful job! She was a rabbit...

Wordless Wednesday

Tricycle - Tuesday

For Linebacker 3rd birthday also recieved a 2nd hand tricycle... Here are a few pictures from this afternoon of him enjoying it... I also went to the Dentist and he had Speech... It was otherwise a very quiet day...

Linebacker's 3rd Birthday - Monday

Linebacker's 3rd birthday... He had Hardees DQ Icecream Cake... He are the pictures from his party... A few of the presents I don't have him unwrapping because my camera was out of space and only had a few shots left... ENJOY!

We also had our family picture taken for the church directory... I will share that as soon as I have a copy...