Apartment Hunting

Well we are in a very expensive apartment right now so we have been apartment hunting the past couple of months. We have to move mid October, and the search has been very slow going so it's good we started so early. I think we have decided on a place that is a step down from where we are, but also not the cheapest place in town. We were not really loving anything we were finding when looking for town homes, but we have decided we have to just go with a regular apartment. I love where we are, but I don't think I will hate where we are going so it will be OK. We also wanted to be somewhere that we would feel comfortable staying long term. We have made 2 moves in the past little over a year and it's too much already! Hopefully this place will be somewhere that we can stay until we either move away from the area or buy a home. The kids are doing great just gearing up for school to start. We are doing some new "life lessons" classes where we are going to teach the kids everything we want them to know before they move out. Simple things like how to mow, and edge a yard to more complex stuff like budgeting, investing, and saving. Julie is now working as a mother's helper, and will hopefully continue that through out the school year. We are hoping she will have enough experience that she can actually babysit when she is 12 after taking her safety, CPR, and first aid training classes. She is really becoming a wonderful young Godly woman, and we are very proud of her. Seth is starting to get a little stir crazy this summer, and is ready to start school so he will have something to do. He has really done a lot of growing, and maturing in the past year. Paige is.... well Paige. She is really starting the terrible two's stuff the past 3 or 4 months. Over all she is a good girl, but she really likes to see our reactions when she pushes our buttons! She knows how to use the big girl potty, but doesn't really want to yet so I am not forcing the issue. Some days she will go in the potty all day and some days she will only go in her diaper. I figured she is doing pretty good considering she is not even 3 yet. Peter is getting ready for his next semester of school. He isn't as excited about school starting as the kids are, but he knows it is what he really wants to do. He has become such a mature man that knows what he wants in life. Then there is me. I am just loving being at home with the children now that we are homeschooling. I didn't really like staying home before that change happened because I never saw any fruit to my labor. It was cook, clean, laundry, sleep, wake up and do the same thing again. Now I can actually see my children learning and growing intellectually and it is an amazing thing to watch. I get to be the one that they look to for answers, and knowledge and that feels great! Just loving life and enjoying this season of motherhood. That's all for now folks! See ya soon.