from here to here
http://momentstotreasure.wordpress.com/
I have to have a play around and get things the way I like it but for now I have moved this blog over there. I wont delete this blog but wont update it anymore. I need tog et motivated to do a big up date, maybe that be tomorrows mission.
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
All sorted
Its so nice to have a fresh clean space to work in. I got rid of loots of stuff and changed the storage of some things.
Love my paint rack, got it from trade me from person who makes spice racks and he made one to order with measurements i wanted.
Paper/cardstock another addiction maybe?
And the paper/cardstock that doesnt fit into my other paper carriers
Love my paint rack, got it from trade me from person who makes spice racks and he made one to order with measurements i wanted.
Paper/cardstock another addiction maybe?
And the paper/cardstock that doesnt fit into my other paper carriers
Sunday, 18 April 2010
I have been sorting
After visiting Ali Edwards blog and all the talk of sorting for getting ready for doing the week in the life project it got me in the mood to get my scrapbooking space sorted and downsized. This is the mess half way through the sorting when I wondered why i started,lol. I will get a photo tomorrow of the finished and tidy scrapbooking space. I must say it does feel nice to get it all sorted and get rid of stuff that I'm not going to use.
This is my not so small collection of kaisercraft beyond the page and albums
And the over flowing container with all my other mini albums added to it
I'm trying to make gifts this year for Xmas and there were a few things in this box that I will use as gifts so that should free up some space.
PS. Thank you for the lovely comments everyone left in my last post, then mean alot to me.
This is my not so small collection of kaisercraft beyond the page and albums
And the over flowing container with all my other mini albums added to it
I'm trying to make gifts this year for Xmas and there were a few things in this box that I will use as gifts so that should free up some space.
PS. Thank you for the lovely comments everyone left in my last post, then mean alot to me.
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Challenge for Scrappin' Patch
Boyzone challenge over at Scrappin Patch was from Hannah to scrapbook a layout about a struggle/challenge you have with one of the boys you have in your life. Here is my take on the challenge.
The journalling reads:
Just over 6years ago Steven was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay as well as being deaf in his left ear. It has been a very long and somewhat hard journey that we have travelled to get from there to where we are today. Endless appointments for hearing to make sure his good ear is still okay, speech-language therapist, Early Intervention Teachers(EIT) and Educational Support Workers(ESW). Less than a year after Steven was diagnosed my married ended and I felt very alone, but living with someone who does not accept that there is need for intervention and that Steven did have autism was too much to deal with. Routine was Steven's way of coping and knowing what was going to happen next. For many years visuals were my life saver in explaining/showing Steven what to expect. I have many boxes of visuals from over the years from toileting and bathing to haircuts and what’s for dinner. At one stage I even had them in the car to show him where we were going after school whether it was home or down the road to the dairy. Steven need for routines and to know what was happening made me become a very organised person but it in all honesty it drove me mad that we couldn’t just pop out or go and visit someone whenever we had some time. Over the years I learnt to deal with these struggles that I had but also remembered that Steven had the most struggles to deal with. At kindy Steven had full one on one support right through, once he was at school that all ended and he was pretty much left on his own just to cope the best he can. It frustrates me that there is not enough funding in school to support kids like Steven who with a few hours of one on one a week would make things so much easier for them. Holidays are hard work and I love both my boys to bits but I don’t enjoy holidays much at all. They are both so different and as they get older Liam doesn’t want to play by Steven rules and doesn’t want to spend lots of time with Steven, yet Steven still wants to spend lots of time with Liam. I struggle with the fact that academically Liam will be ahead of Steven by the end of this year if he’s not already. It frustrates Steven that Liam knows things that he doesn’t and I can see this will be another struggle to deal with as the years go on. Steven loves school because once again it has routine that he needs. He knows every day what is going to happen its written on the board when he gets to class, he knows what day he has maths which means going to another classroom he knows what day his teacher has release day and he has a different teacher, but when he doesn’t know or he is unable to tell me that there is something at school happening that he doesn’t like I have a hell of a job getting him to school. Most of these days start with me having to physically getting his dressed myself cause he wont do it by himself, followed by him not getting out of the car once we are at school leading to him screaming as he holds on for dare life to his booster seat which of course makes people turn to stare to see what on earth you are doing to that poor child. 90% of the time I can block out the stares and ignore the comments made but that other 10% of the time I break and end up in tears and I question the job that I’m doing am I doing the right thing for Steven, should I do something different? Many people have asked how I cope being a single mum with a special needs child, the honest truth is most of the time I don’t, behind closed doors I struggle and there are days where I feel like I’m drowning. I struggle with not knowing how Steven will come in the coming years with college and the forever changing routines that come as time goes by. I have guilt after getting annoyed and frustrated with him because of something he does or doesn’t do but when I calm down and think about it half the time I'm sure he is frustrated and confused about this world we live in. But most of all my heart breaks for him when he has to deal with change, its part of life and he is made to deal with it, he has to fit into what everyone else calls ‘typical’ or ‘normal’, he has to change who he is so that people like him or will be friends with him.
The journalling reads:
Just over 6years ago Steven was diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay as well as being deaf in his left ear. It has been a very long and somewhat hard journey that we have travelled to get from there to where we are today. Endless appointments for hearing to make sure his good ear is still okay, speech-language therapist, Early Intervention Teachers(EIT) and Educational Support Workers(ESW). Less than a year after Steven was diagnosed my married ended and I felt very alone, but living with someone who does not accept that there is need for intervention and that Steven did have autism was too much to deal with. Routine was Steven's way of coping and knowing what was going to happen next. For many years visuals were my life saver in explaining/showing Steven what to expect. I have many boxes of visuals from over the years from toileting and bathing to haircuts and what’s for dinner. At one stage I even had them in the car to show him where we were going after school whether it was home or down the road to the dairy. Steven need for routines and to know what was happening made me become a very organised person but it in all honesty it drove me mad that we couldn’t just pop out or go and visit someone whenever we had some time. Over the years I learnt to deal with these struggles that I had but also remembered that Steven had the most struggles to deal with. At kindy Steven had full one on one support right through, once he was at school that all ended and he was pretty much left on his own just to cope the best he can. It frustrates me that there is not enough funding in school to support kids like Steven who with a few hours of one on one a week would make things so much easier for them. Holidays are hard work and I love both my boys to bits but I don’t enjoy holidays much at all. They are both so different and as they get older Liam doesn’t want to play by Steven rules and doesn’t want to spend lots of time with Steven, yet Steven still wants to spend lots of time with Liam. I struggle with the fact that academically Liam will be ahead of Steven by the end of this year if he’s not already. It frustrates Steven that Liam knows things that he doesn’t and I can see this will be another struggle to deal with as the years go on. Steven loves school because once again it has routine that he needs. He knows every day what is going to happen its written on the board when he gets to class, he knows what day he has maths which means going to another classroom he knows what day his teacher has release day and he has a different teacher, but when he doesn’t know or he is unable to tell me that there is something at school happening that he doesn’t like I have a hell of a job getting him to school. Most of these days start with me having to physically getting his dressed myself cause he wont do it by himself, followed by him not getting out of the car once we are at school leading to him screaming as he holds on for dare life to his booster seat which of course makes people turn to stare to see what on earth you are doing to that poor child. 90% of the time I can block out the stares and ignore the comments made but that other 10% of the time I break and end up in tears and I question the job that I’m doing am I doing the right thing for Steven, should I do something different? Many people have asked how I cope being a single mum with a special needs child, the honest truth is most of the time I don’t, behind closed doors I struggle and there are days where I feel like I’m drowning. I struggle with not knowing how Steven will come in the coming years with college and the forever changing routines that come as time goes by. I have guilt after getting annoyed and frustrated with him because of something he does or doesn’t do but when I calm down and think about it half the time I'm sure he is frustrated and confused about this world we live in. But most of all my heart breaks for him when he has to deal with change, its part of life and he is made to deal with it, he has to fit into what everyone else calls ‘typical’ or ‘normal’, he has to change who he is so that people like him or will be friends with him.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Work
It has been many years since I was in paid work. For nearly 10 years now I have been a full time mum. When I was about 4 months pregnant with Steven I was working in a plant nursery and had to stop as i was fainting all the time from the heat in the glasshouses so was no use to them really. Then when Liam was little I went back there to work just on Saturdays for a little while. I totally love being a full time mum...full time single mum wasn't in the plan of things but turned out that way. Once Liam started school I really enjoyed having some 'me' time. While work was questioned at that time I was unable to cope with working and then coming home to be the best mum I could. Now that the boys are older and Steven especially is sleeping right through the night and alot easier to deal with, now is the right time for me to work. At the end of last year I got a call from the kindy that both the boys went to and got asked if I was keen to do some hours with a child. The following week I had an interview and everything was all go. At the start of this term I started working with 2 kids as an ESW(Education Support Worker). I have totally enjoyed my first term of working as an ESW and look forward to next term where I will have more hours with more kids. Both my boys had ESW's when they were at kindy. Steven because of his autism and global developmental delay. He needed lots of support to get him interacting with the other kids and help with his speech. Liam went to kindy a very shy boy who followed the teachers around not wanting anything to do with the kids. At home once Liam started moving he was picked on by Steven and I think this is why he didn't interact with the kids at kindy and he thought that all kids would hurt him, so he needed support to help him get over that and also with gross motor skills. For the most part they both had the same ESW, for a little while Liam had a different one to who Steven had had. With out this support the boys would have struggled through kindy(well Steven not so much I'm sure he would have been more than happy to have been left to play on his own). I believe kindy and the play that the kids do there is very important and if kids need extra support it does make a HUGE difference. Now that I'm an ESW and giving this support to kids I hope I can make a difference like what was made to Steven and Liam. I honestly dont know how parents work full time and then come home and be parents....I dint have alot of hours at the moment but there are some days where I'm so ready for bed come 7pm. The boys have had to get use to getting organised and leaving for school earlier and also for me to leave school earlier than I use to. I use to always go to each of their classrooms look at their work and talk with the teachers if there was anything needed talking about and leave at 9 when the bell went, now I need to leave at 8.35ish to be at work on time(which lucky is just on the other side of town) next term I'm going to try and drop them off in the mornings without me getting out of the car and going into the class rooms. While it seems easy enough to do Steven and change don't go together very well, so its all about baby steps. All in all working is great I love what I do and the kids that I'm working with each with their own little challenge and I love being back at the kindy the boys went to. Bring on term 2 with more work.
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Liam turns 7....
I know this post is way late but wanted to share some photos of my baby growing up. I really can not belive that he is 7 already. He is the baby in his classroom at school and was the last one to turn 7, most of them turned 7 at the end of last year. He is a very smart little boy but has attitude sometimes that is not wanted. He is caring and very adjusting to Stevens needs(most of the time) who has a big heart, fun and loving boy. Here are a some of my favourite random photos of Liam to celebrate another year, and I look forward to the next year to make more fun and happy memories.
Dont you just love that grin
Liam turns 3
This is such a Liam look
Clean up help for his 4th birthday cake
Liam turns 5.....icing muffins for kindy friends
Last day of kindy...wow it doesnt seem that long ago when he was 5
I just love this photo
Liam being his usual happy silly self
Dont you just love that grin
Liam turns 3
This is such a Liam look
Clean up help for his 4th birthday cake
Liam turns 5.....icing muffins for kindy friends
Last day of kindy...wow it doesnt seem that long ago when he was 5
I just love this photo
Liam being his usual happy silly self
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Must catch up
I have so many things I want to blog about but whenever I come to sit and blog I just cant be bothered. I still haven't posted photos of my 365project finished from last year, or my Daily December album I did for the first time last year. Also this year I have started project life but this year I'm more relaxed about it and if i don't get a photo then no stressing about it. Liam has his 7th birthday last week, my baby is 7 I really don't know where the time/years have gone he is growing too fast. Also this year a change for all of us is that I have started work, its not a full on 8 hours per day job and i guess you can call it full time part time work. Its within school hours and school terms other than one week at the end of term 4 and a week at the start of term 1, but what more could I ask for. I must say I take my hat of to those mums who work a full day 5 days a week and then come home and be a mum as well. Right off to enjoy this lovely summers day and get some washing on the line and spray some weeds, the boys are out enjoying jumping on the tramp while its still shaded from the sun. I will be back again this week with catch ups
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