Another School Year

To say the least it has been a very long time since I posted on the blog. I thought it was a great time to start that out again.

The kids just started their first day of school yesterday and it was GREAT! Evan in 6Th grade, Abbie and Andy in 2ND grade, and Mr. Owen in Kindergarten. I made it with only a few tears!

We had a great summer and it went by way to fast. We had a few trips to the lake, a couple trip to IA, and the three older kids were able to spend a week in the Wal*Mart truck with Papa. Abbie and Andy went down together and while Andy was in the trick Abbie got to spend time with Grandma and Aunt Kelly and her family. They had a wonderful time doing that. The kids were in baseball/softball and great seasons. Evan's team took first in the 11 year old and his travel came out with nothing worse than a second place finish.

Ken started a job in Janesville, Mn about 7 months ago and he is in the Clinic by himself and he loves it out there. He's really good with the family practice and following up with the patients. They have been busy and getting more in all the time.

Daycare has been busy. I have been rated by a program called Parent Aware and this program provides training, grants, and specialists to help me make my program the best I can be. I was observed for 4 hours by a person from the U of M last July and with the paperwork I turned in, the observation, and the daycare area they gave me a rating of 3 of 4 stars. Once you get the rating if you do not receive 4 stars then they provide training and the grants to make the necessary improvements. I just did the rating again in July so I will find out October 1 how I did. I got a sink to put in the daycare room, lockers, and toy storage,. I also was able to attend 32 hours of classes to learn to do assessments on each child so I am able to have 3 conferences a year with them and discuss progress and it allows me to see if there are areas where I need improvements. It also provides them with written progress. The parents are also able to go online and read about my program and see my rating. It is just pilot program so I am really hoping that it will become mandatory! MN would have the best daycare ever:)

We are also getting ready for a new year at our church with the Sunday school and Ken teaching and I continue to work 10 hours a week with the curriculum and the preschool program.

Hockey starting October. If that's not a sign of Fall I don't know what is. Get those skates sharpened!

I think that's all for now. I will post again soon!

Take care and I hope that all is well with you!