January 3, 2012

  • Into a groove

    The New Years holiday is big and the way it worked out this year is that the holiday spilled over until today, Tuesday.  Businesses will start to get back into full swing tomorrow.  The international students head back tomorrow.  Tomo's school is still out until next Tuesday.  We have a whole week, so our groove will only be partially back for another week yet.  

    That I am typing tonight reveals a couple of things.  One, the internet situation has been resolved.  Everyone can use the net at the same time and it isn't working at a crawl.  A vast improvement.  Another thing that is revealed is that the kids are either in bed or finishing cleaning up their room, so I have time.  With no school to prepare for tomorrow and the grade book caught up and breakfast ready to roll in the morning; I am free the remainder of the night.  Woohoo.  I think I will relax because it will be a bit of a sprint until spring break time in late March.  

    One big news item I can share is that Tomo will not be doing his third year at the Japanese kindergarten.  I can't go into all the ins and out of why, but from April, he will join the ranks of homeschoolers.  I will finish up the homeschool kindergarten materials that we have been using and work on bringing up his speech level.  Then we might, this is a big might, we might start him on first grade materials come fall time.  He would be the right age for starting first grade by the American calendar, but not by the Japanese calendar.  I just can't believe that he is THAT age already!  I am leaning towards purchasing the first grade materials when I place the order for Skyler's sixth grade year.  He has 55 days left of 5th grade.  I know, crazy, huh?

    Tomorrow we have to get Tomo to the doctor.  He has been sick for about two weeks now.  The initial sickness is better, but there are still some lingering issues that we hope to get some answers on.  This may mean being referred to a specialist.  He also has a nasty ingrown toenail, that I have done what I can at home, seems like it needs medical attention.  Lucky kid.  If we can't get the toe better by next Tuesday, playing soccer will be a no go.  

    Maya is barreling towards the big number 2.  I cannot decide if I am happy or sad about this fact.  She is getting to be such a big girl.  She is so independent minded.  We really have to keep an eye on her because if we don't she may just be out the door on her tricycle.  So determined, so daring.  Her talking is really starting to take off and we get some good chuckles at the things she comes up with.  She shows pretty solid aptitude at using either Japanese or English.

    Wonder what all this year holds for us a family...Just reading the above alone looks like this could be a big year for our family!

     

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