MY FAMILY

This blog is going to tell you about my family and where we are now in life:

The Gymnast is going on 13. I call her that because she was in dance for 3 years then decided to do gymnastics. Now she studies acrojazz, tap, pointe, ballet, and hip hop. She goes about 8 - 10 hours a week. She loves this and to think the reason why I enrolled her was because she was a couch potato and refused to go outside and do anything. She is still like this when she is at home but at least she gets her exercise while she is practicing. She joined the competition team last year and loves it. We travel all up and down the east coast and she is experiencing so much because of her ambition to study at Juliart in a couple of years.

The skater will be 12 this year. I call him this because he doesn't have anything really that he likes to do other than skateboard, snowboard, heely, scooter, etc. I know it sounds kind of funny but I can't get him to sit down and write a 2 sentence report for school but he will read any skater magazine from cover to cover. He also loves Diablo and any of the many game systems that we have (Nintendo DS, GameCube, Playstation2, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64). Yes I know I spoil my kids but they deserve it right?

Bubba will be 10 in a couple of days. 10 WOW! I still can't believe it. Bubba is just that. He never knew what a real family is like because of being born after me and his father split. He has always had visitation with his father. He is troubled however. He was kicked out of Headstart. that is right - he was 4 and was kicked out for being so aggressive. That is when the medicines and the diagnosis started. ADHD at first. After two years of fighting with the school system he was finally transferred to an different school and was reevaluated. He is now in 4th grade doing 5th grade work. He is smart but his attention and behaviors get in his way. He is diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, ODD, and Bi-polar. The is a medication regime that would make you or me sleep for days but he still fights to go to sleep every night. He loves to play on the computer and to take things about - just to see how things work. He once stuck a toothpick into my ignition of my van to see if it would start - It ended up breaking in the ignition and it took me 3 hours to get a key in it.

Then there is Sugarplum - she is 3 1/2 years old. Goes to headstart. VERY independent. Her father passed away when she was 6 months old (another post). She says she is momma's girl and hates it when people tell her what to do. She talks to her father daily and says he loves her all the time. What do you tell your daughter when she asks to call daddy on the phone? She is the baby of the family although she does not act like it at all. She also does gymnastics and does competition dance.

Finally there is The Man and his kids (3 of them). The Man is a big pain in the butt but I love him nonetheless. He and I have been together for about a year now. We were together before but due to both of our insecurities we broke up for about 2 years. I can't stand being with him but I can't imagine my life with out him neither so I deal with the bad because he brings me so much good. He loves the kids but Bubba gets to him so much it puts a stress on The Man and mine relationship sometimes. The Man has 3 kids (#1, #2, #3). I know that sounds hurtful but they bug me when they are with us. They are complete opposites of my kids. (Another post). The Man works second shift so for the most part it is me and MY KIDS.