I have missed blogging the last few weeks……we had a crazy outbreak of the stomach flu/virus in our house that lasted over 3 weeks. In the midst of that, our baby had surgery to correct his strabismus….I am happy to report that everyone is over all of their ailments, doing well, and back to normal (whatever that is J).
And…I am saying good-bye to community mental health. I am going back to healthcare full-time and I get more excited about it by the day. I will still be in the NICU 2 days per week, and will spend my other 2 days a week in the Cystic Fibrosis clinic. This is a population of patients with whom I have never worked and I am excited to have the opportunity to learn about something new. One of the physicians with whom I am working has already mentioned flying me to one of the national centers to shadow a seasoned CF social worker to learn more about this disease and its many social considerations.
This new schedule is also going to allow me to have a booth at Farmers Markets next spring/summer/fall and I am very excited about that. We are making plans for what we want to plant to sell, etc. We are hoping that this will be an addition to our household income.
Homeschooling is moving along. I think that the kids are enjoying this new curriculum and its Waldorf style of learning. We are also adding our own things into their days as well. Tammy does such a great job of adding fun things in for science and social studies. They went for a nature walk yesterday and picked up leaves and other objects to make a project. Some things that are in the curriculum are a bit interesting for our family…for instance, there is a project on family and it has you go back 3 generations for stories. We include our families as well as things that we know about their birth families. This brings up LOTS of questions and we just answer them to the best of our ability. We know quite a bit about some of our kids' birth families; and others we don't know much at all. Adoption is a very open topic in our home and I am glad that it is.
This photo was taken the Burgoo Festival here in Lawrenceburg. We are really growing to love this little community :)
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