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Name: Kimberly
Country: Nepal
Metro: Kathmandu
Gender: Female
Interests: My beautiful children and all that that contains, homeschool is quickly becoming an interest out of necessity, serving Jesus among the poor, and loving people no matter what.
Expertise: chaning a diaper in 5 seconds, cooking dinner while washing dishes, helping a kids with school work, playing polly pockets and nursing a baby:-), cleaning up toddler messes, getting marker out of clothes, finding creative ways to cover up baby spit-up, and setting up wooden train layouts while being directed by a five year old:-)
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Member Since:
4/16/2006
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| Educating the kids and stuffLately my mind has been all caught up in what to do with the kids next year with regard to education. I have seriously been considering sending the middle two to parochial school just down the street. It is very integrated and the principal has adopted children from foster care and has a great heart for the kids in the school. He felt that it would not be the best option for Jedi as the third grade class is rather large and thinks homeschooling is teh best option for Asperger's kids. Adia would enjoy the school but has been excited about taking an art class at the art museum next year. Plus she is ahead in reading and behind in math. Math has been hard for her and it is worse with her competitive spirit to see Jedi breezing ahead in math while she struggles and struggles. It is great that I am able to give her a lot of time and encouragement as she plods ahead. Elijah could go either way. He enjoys company and has stated that he would like to do school at home but only if he can have friends over a lot to play with. He has several friends his age that he has met at various homeschool things so that is a possibility.
It looks like I will home educate the bunch again next year but it is a hard decision. I enjoy educating the kids, I seriously love the time curled up on the couch reading, exploring science in the yard. I especially love hearing Adia or Jedi read knowing I taught them that. Elijah is ready to learn to read so that is exciting. But it is hard as running errands involves four kids, all talking at the same time. There is no quick run to the store or quiet drives anywhere. I so much wish I could just go out for the afternoon without some of them for a bit. A trip to Target without four kids in tow would be delightful. does the bad outweight the good no, but somedays it seems reason enough to send them all to school and just have sweet p to spend the day with. It would be so nice to drive to the grocery store without four kids complaining about the trip, and the kids reviewing each purchase as to weather of not they like the food I will make. Anyway I am not sure why I am writing this I think I talk alot about how much I enjoy the time with my kids teaching them and people think it is all sweet, it isn't. It is hard and a struggle. One moment I love and wouldn't trade for the world. The next I am going crazy.
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| WishesLast night driving home from Awanas the kids were talking about wishes. Adia had seen something on TV about bracelets that you make a wish on and she was convinced that if she saved her money and bought one than anything she wished would happen. So the kids were busy discussing what they would wish for. Adia wish was to be the best babysitter and best tennis player in the world. Elijah would wish for a Lightening McQueen car that could drive him all around. Priya, who was hungry, said she would wish for popcicles. Jedi though made me laugh so hard. He said with great determonation that he would wish for earplugs becasue Elijah talks so much at bedtime. I know he finds that annoying but didn't know how much until last night. Funny he didn't say he would wish that Elijah wouldn't talk at night. I guess he knows that is impossible Later he said he would also wish for a starwars fighter gun ship as well. I was feeling so tired when I took them to Awanas then all the laughing made me wake up a bit. I love those kids. Who wouldn't really?
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| I am a lazy bloggerIt has been awhile since I have blogged and so much has happened.
We got a newer used van that actually seats 8. Yeah!
Elijah had his surgery to get tubes in his ears and his tonsils and adenoids out. That was painful for him and he even had to get admitted back into the hospital for a night after the surgery because he got an infection, but now he can hear and that is an amazing thing. His attitude is so much better and he is so well behaved. I think life is just less frustrating.
The kids all started taking a homeschool P.E. class and the older two are now pretty great swimmers. Yeah!!!
Jedidiah turned 8 and Priya turned 3. Where did that time go?
I have joined a book club and that has been great to have stimulating adult conversations
We have gotten a lot of snow and watched the kids enjoy sledding for the first time in their lives.
We joined the Y and have had so much fun getting back into shape.
We started a garden so we should have some great summer meals.
We started attending a church we feel like we can be a part of which is a great feeling, plus the kids are loving their Sunday School classes and learning a lot.
Life has just been crazy, but good. I feel like I am coming out of a winter fog. A lot of the winter I was home without a vehicle so going out was not even possible but the days we had a vechicle it was just too much work to get the kids all bundled up to go out since only Jedidiah could get his seatbelt on while wearing gloves Now that spring is in the air I am more motivated to get out and feeling more ready to try to make some more friends here in Omaha.
Last week Jedidiah had his evaluation for ASD at the clinic and that went very well. The dr. said we are doing all the right things and that Jedi seemed to be doing great. Then we went to the pediatrician who said she saw marked improvement from the first time she met him. Seriously it has taken his so long to get over the anxieties that life in Nepal put him under. It wasn't until about 2 weeks ago that he started actually missing Nepal. But he had to get rid of the anxiety before he could think fondly of life there. I feel so much less anxious now that he is less anxious as well. Friends were saying a few weeks ago that Silas and I are different people then when we were in Nepal. We seem so much more relaxed and it is true we are more relaxed. We both are enjoying exploring who we are and being able to just be a family without constant distractions.
As great as we are doing we still continue to miss Nepal. Priya found some hair clips the other week as I was doing her hair and they look like the ones Rekha uses so she started cheering, "Yeah Auntie here." and walked around looking for her it was so cute. Thankfully our Nepal family has kept us well supplied with Nepali Dahl and candy so we eat a great Nepali meal once a week on our metal plates although last night Adia said it would taste better if we were sitting on the floor like in Nepal.
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| Surgery for Elijah  Elijah has been having trouble breathing when he sleeps for awhile and he also has problems hearing. Friday I took him to see the ENT and was told that he needs tubes put in his ears so all the fluid can drain since the fluid in his ears is keeping his ear drum from being able to work properly. He also needs his huge tounsils and adnoids removed. So he is scheduled to go on for the surgery on the 29th of Dec. I am freaking out a bit about it all. This will be the first visit to the hospital for any of the kids. I keep thinking of him in a little gown being put to sleep and get all teary.
When we went to the Dr at first the nurse asked him to go with her for a test. He looked at her smiled and said, "you are very pretty. I will go with you anywhere you want if you will hold my hand." He is such the ladies man. As long as the nurse is a woman he will be at ease with it all of course all the nurses and doctors he has seen so far have been woman and all have been won over by his charms so he has made quite the impression.
Pray that all goes well as we think about the surgery.
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Thankfully it was close to home and Si was able to bring the groceries he had just bought home and was also able to meet some of the people in the neighborhood so that was good. Si talked to a friends brother who works at a car dealership today and next week plans to go look at a van. It might be a blessing. We really would like to get involved in foster care but don't have any spare seats in the van for a child so hopefully in this we will be able to get a van with a little more room and that I can feel a little more comfortable driving. Pray it works out for us. There is a lot of little details we have to figure out. We also see how great of a community we have here in Omaha, several people have offered to let us borrow their cars so that has been an amazing thing to have so many people looking out for us all.
