So, my sweet husband is packing up soon as he'll be en route to our home in just a few hours. We're anticipating a few days of travel, but I hope to see him the day before my birthday. Adam's been in the army for nearly five years and he's missed birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, everything...at least twice so far. But he has never been gone for my birthday. Of all the days he's always home for, it's my birthday. :) I told him it's just me getting older, no reason to be around for that...but nooooo, he's always here. It's nice and of course I love seeing him, but if I could pick a time he was always home, it would be the boys' birthday, not mine.

We did get some good schoolwork done this week and surprisingly enough, we kept it very low key and almost a little on the light side. But maybe that has been a problem all along. I mean, technically, Adisson isn't even supposed to be in school for a few more months. So anything he's learning so far is just putting us ahead of the game. I've learned something about this experience though and we'll be focusing more on taking it a little easier in the future. I should be more concerned with him learning on his own pace instead of what I think he needs to be doing and when. I have found that if I give him less to do, he almost always does more. One of my first homeschooling epiphanies. :) We made a "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" lapbook this week and I will try to post some pictures.

I'm working on a few new volunteer adventures. This week, I signed up to be the Team Captain for a Relay for Life team in honor of my best friend's mom who lost her battle with cancer in November. I also contacted the closest Project Linus group to inquire about making and donating homemade blankets through them. I have asked Project Linus several times if I could start a local chapter, to give some of these army wives something to do during a 15 month deployment, but they have shot me down twice. Now I am making the blankets and mailing them to Nashville. I hope I can meet up with the ladies in Nashville at some point, but right now, while Adam is gone, it's not really an option. I had planned on donating my homemade blankets to the babies born on post, but feel that my time is better spent making blankets for little kids who are ill.

Well, my little tornado is asleep and it's time to work on some school stuff with his big brother.