Getting it Together..

I started back to work in September and I love it!! With my schedule (2:30pm-6:00pm), it leaves David to make dinner most nights. This is hard when I have been the one making dinners for so long (even more so when David worked in his older job and was only home for dinner 2 nights a week). David is also now back at work (he has been out of work since April) he works overnight from 11:00pm to 7:00am, so he is tired and really does not have energy to make dinner, help the girls with homework, and take care of the younger 3 boys.

We want everyone to have a good dinner and for it to be healthy. Pinterest is my best friend lately. I have been able to find freezer crockpot meals. I can do 1-2 days of cooking and prepping (mostly just prepping) and have meals to last us a month or more. I am hoping this can help us with our issues with eating dinner late and not really having time to sit down as a family before bedtime. Now I can have dinner started before i have to go to work and it can be ready by the time I get home. I hope this can get in to a good routine.

Now lets hope our routine does not take long to get on. We have some busy days and  that is without appointments for Logan or the other kids. I feel like we are on the run more than last school year. Next to tackle is a good laundry schedule, we have 3 days a week to get laundry done for 7 of us, as well as cloth diapers for the 2 little boys.

Logan's First Day

Logan started school on the 5th of September. He went in like a champ and enjoyed his day. He has not been to school for a full week yet and I am not sure when he will. He always has something he is missing school for which is why he goes 5 days a week. the second week of school and this week were a little harder on him and he cried when he walked into school, but was fine once he got to the classroom.

This is a BIG step for me, letting him go and be in the care of someone else other than me or David. IT is only a little over 3 hours a day, but it is good for him and I know that this will help him so much where he is behind in development. I am hoping for a good winter where he is not sick much so he can go to school.

 

It the first day of School!!!

Today was the girls first day of school Em is in second grade and Chey is in first grade! They have been really excited for school to start and would go all year round if they could.

 

Today I also go back to work. I love my job and I love my boss who views family as coming before work. I think it maybe the only job I can really keep because of Logan and needing time off because of him.

I am so blessed today, we had so many good things that we are so grateful for happen today. Things are looking up for us and I am just so thankful for it all.