Happy 2013!

dyk y'all are the audience huh?

dyk I knew that. LOL Just wondering if anyone was still around reading... haha

dyk so you know we adjusted Sean's meds again b/c he was experiencing side effects and one had been diminished sex drive -- blech!!!

dyk well.... I think we've taken care of that. Frequency is still not back up to what we used to do (like 4-5X a week) but... the other day we had JUST put the kids to bed and I was standing in the dining room at the tall counter checking my email or somethig and he was tucking Ellie ina nd when he came out he came up behind me and was hugging on me and kissing my neck, etc all sexy and stuff

dyk and I suggested we go to the bedroom... but he goes, "You're not going anywhere" and he proceeded to just take me right there where we were STANDING!

dyk kids prob still awake, lights on, TV going, right there at the counter.

dyk I can't decide which one was better -- two completely different scenarios. I gotta say though, if I'm only getting it 2X a week, those are the ways to go!

dyk Abi's teacher wanted to put her in after school tutoring (with her, the teacher) for 30 minutes once a week

dyk but I said no.

dyk actually, what I said was this:

Is it possible for you to instruct me on what to work on with her (or even send the work home) and I can work with her for 30 minutes once (or even twice) a week during Homework Club? I have plenty of time to work one on one with her in any way that you tell me to and I'd like to try that first before setting up tutoring, which would involve getting her medications up at school and arranging transportation for that day and possibly disrupting the good thing we've got going right now with her.

I am free to come in if you want to tell me in person the specifics of what will help her with her comprehension and the upcoming STARR test. If we don't see any improvement with me working with her at home, we can revisit after school tutoring again.

dyk her teacher thought it was a great idea for me to work with her at home within our already "scheduled" Homework Club time and she's sending the material that she would have used after school home for me to look over.

dyk I got a different perspective when visiting my cousin and his wife -- who is a Kinder teacher

dyk sometimes I feel like I am surely bothering their teachers with questions and requirements and whatnot, but Ashley (that's my cousin's wife) said they really don't mind and that it's way better than the parents they get NO involvement or response from at all.