Our summer officially comes to a close next week…Liam will start
his new school 2 days a week and we will be back to our “normal” schedule. I am a bit relieved (as probably most moms who
work from home in general are!), but sad to see the summer sun fleeting and
the busy fall/holiday season approach!
We enrolled Liam in a new school this year, which is so close to us we
can walk there, which is very cool. It
is at a local church, and I am excited about this new beginning for him to
connect with kids he will most likely be together with for a long time in
school and start developing those lasting friendships – and I’m equally excited
to meet some new moms in the area too! I
feel now that we are settled in, I want to make the most of where we are right
now, in this moment and enjoy what God has for us right now.
Which leads me to our recent decision for me to be 100% work
from home. I still worked at my old
office on Tuesdays for the past 2.5 years, and yesterday was my last day. It was bittersweet, but the long commute and
not having a full day to commit because of our new school schedule lead us to
trust God’s provision will come elsewhere (I am praying through my art
business!). I will still do my accounting
work from home and hopefully be able to spend more time on my art business, as
well as hopefully keeping the blog updated more frequently ;).
In other good news, Liam is slowly being weaned off his
thickener! I haven’t posted in awhile on
his swallowing progress, but the older he gets, the better he gets at being able
to take the thinner liquids. In fact, we
are now having him drink mostly without the use of thickener, but through a
coffee size straw for slower flow. The
only time I’ve been using thickener is when we are in the car traveling or at
night when I leave him water bedside. We
are excited about this! I’m hoping to
slowly increase straw width (tricky to do, but Ikea sells straws that are
narrower than standard straws…weird information to know, but hey, that’s our
life!) Hopefully someday we can start
working on cup training without a straw…but I hesitate to move too quickly! I see Capri Sun’s being the new drink of
choice in our house for now, lol.
Liam is doing great – he has been so healthy and VERY active
lately, and it’s great to see. He is
loving anything to do with numbers (BINGO is his new favorite game) and is
starting to work on reading and basic math, like algebra and pre-calculus…Haha,
just kidding (although mommy has taught him made him memorize some basic
algebra and multiplication). But he “gets”
numbers like nothing I’ve ever seen in a 3 year old before, so I am praying
that sticks! Life will be so much easier
if he gets math! He is also really into
sorting things (like Legos – which can be an unending task)…hmmm, he is very
much like his mommy in those regards.
I can’t believe he will be 4 next month! We are planning to have his birthday outside
at his favorite “castle” park, since a lot of our house is currently a work in
progress =) It will be a lot of fun and
he cannot stop asking how far away his birthday is…Am I 4 today yet??
More updates soon, I promise this time!
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