It has been a few weeks since my last post, I have been busy and just haven't taken the time to type up my thoughts. I have decided to attend Walden University's online graduate school working toward my doctoral degree in education. I am very excited, but a little worried. I love being home with the boys, but I want to maximize my time out of my full time career to advance in my field. I am mainly wanting to break into the field of online instuction and maybe one day a career in college??? Who knows, but I know as much as I loved teaching in a classoom setting, I didn't want to be in one for 30 years! Heck, I liked changing grades every few years anyway.
Anyway, the boys are raring to go.....they have so much energy, and now that Tate is toddling around I have to admit they are a bit more of a handful. I took this picture to print with our Valentine's Day cards.....I just love Reed's "Elvis" face.....even more so, b/c I have that same facial expression. It is cool when you see those little personality quirks in your kids. Well, atleast most of them anyway.......Reed also has a quirky need to be alone for a while during the day......just like his Dad. They sort of crave that time when no one else is around. Reed, being like Coach, is rather stingy and doesn't always share well or even want to play with others. I do worry sometimes about that facet of his personality. Maybe it means he will be a good leader and not need the approval of others. That actually wouldn't be to bad......I have the problem of needing approval for my decisions. My need for validation sometimes cripples my self-esteem. I don't seem like I care, but secretly it eats me alive when someone doesn't like my idea, or agree with me. I subscribe to the theory that there is no such thing as constructive criticism. Coach, of course, disagrees. He believes every one NEEDS criticism to grow a protective "thick skin" as he calls it. I am still wondering when that new skin is going to grow in?
Well Thursday is V-Day, and for the second weekend in a row Coach is out of town at a clinic. I don't really mind all that much. I sort of like the time after the kids go to bed. It is quiet and I can watch what I want on T.V. or just take a bath and go to bed. I wouldn't want him to be gone all the time, but every once in a while is just fine with me. Plus, he gets that "man" time they all want.....you know.....beer and the buddies. Plus, on these trips he gets to talk about football all day long for like three days in a row. I know he must be in heaven. I was sharing the fact that he would be out of town at a coaching clinic today in my spin class, and the instructor actually asked me what kind of credibility does a coach have that had the season we had this year. I was so mad. I told him that wasn't very nice to say, and one bad season doesn't make you a bad coach. I felt like that was one of those moments when he opened his mouth and *hit fell out. I can't stand it when people who know nothing about the sport suppose to judge those who dedicate their lives to a sport that, at least in these parts of the south, reign supreme. Well, soapbox there I go......
Reedisms- Last Friday night, Reed was watching the Lion King before bed in his room. I went in to watch it with him after Tate fell asleep, and Reed asked if he could sit in my lap. He sat there for the whole movie. It was great, having my "growing so fast" boy just being mommy's baby. I know I enjoyed it more that he did
Daily Bug: Tate is just so cute, he is in to everything.....his favorite thing is crawling into the kitchen cabinets and hiding from me.......
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