Much About Nothing

Dustin and I have been asked to co-coach Nathan's soccer team. And, like the insane people we obviously must be, we said yes. YIKES! Dustin is actually the head-coach, but since he's so busy in April and May at work, I am going to fill in when needed, which will probably be quite a bit. Neither of us know much about soccer, and I certainly am not athletic at all, so this will be an interesting experience for us. Dustin would be great at t-ball, but soccer is foreign territory.


I am starting to wonder what have I gotten myself into, not just with soccer, but with all the volunteering I am doing for Nathan's school. Don't get me wrong, I love helping, especially when I get to help with his class and actually work with the kids. But all this fundraiser stuff, and PTA stuff is really going to keep me busy next year. I don't know how the lady who does most of it now does it all. Hopefully we'll be able to get some more parents interested in helping out. Thank goodness for family nearby who love to babysit (and for free)! I am excited to help, but I am big on family time and spending evenings together at home while our children are still young and not involved with this, that, and the other thing.

Through helping at the school, I have learned what my passion is and what I truly want to do. I've always thought I wanted to be a teacher, and planned on becoming one by now (but having kids kind of got in the way of that). I had previously thought I'd want to teach upper elementary, maybe even middle school, but now I know without a doubt, I want to teach kindergarten. I hope to return to school in the next couple of years and hopefully get my degree within five or six years. I've got a good chunk of it done, but it will still take a lot of time at a part-time pace.

Matthew is still doing well with potty training. He wears a Pull-up when we go somewhere, but often will use the bathroom even while we are away from home. I am so pleased with his quick progress.

Nathan finally had to go on antibiotics. This is his first time ever on oral antibiotics, he had eye drops once when he was a couple months old. We found out Friday he has strep throat, but he's handling it very well. He's over the contagious period, I'm just hoping none of the rest of us get it, so far, I think we're okay.