First day to fitness

I wanted to type this blog so that it will make me accountable for starting on my fitness challenge to myself. It is going to be a long tough road ahead but I think will be well worth the all that I will go through. Right now I weigh 176 lbs. I can blame it on my children but I do not think that is fair because they are not the ones who tell me what to eat and how to take care of myself. I can blame it on being depressed but this is going to be the only way to hopefully help me out of this funk. And to be able to continue on with my goal. My goal weight is to be back at 125-130. I have been trying to start working out for the past month but I just cant seem to make myself. So I want to join the 100 mile club which is sponsored by a program out on the Hopi reservation and that will also make me accountable and push me to complete this challenge. And what it entails is that you have a certain amount of months to run/walk the 100 mile goal. It has been tough with all that I got going on in my life school, the kids but i figure once I start this it will help with my energy as well as my moods. But after I post this I am going to go for a run/walk and will hopefully be running/walking every morning and night.

Dialogue #25

** I am going to apologize in advance because dialogue is something that I have a problem with. I never can get how to write something. So this is going to be my attempt :)

This being the week before Spring Break it is the last week of the quarter for my children at their schools. Tonight was my first round of parent teacher conferences. Although this teacher had a very different way of presenting their information. My youngest daughter Lawrena kept reminding me all last week "Mom don't forget that you have parent teacher conference on Tuesday at 5:30" I told her "I won't forget" I go on to tell her "You will have to stay home and we will discuss what your teacher shares with me when I get home" she tells me "No mom, I have to go with you because I will be the one presenting you with all my information" I am thinking to myself this is way different than when I was younger. That was the time that my mom and my teacher got to talk about what I was doing wrong in school. So I was anticipating what was going to happen this evening. It was actually very beneficial for me as well as Lawrena because I was able to see how she can present herself and carry on a conservation and stick to what she needed to, to get through the topics.
     We entered her classroom. The teacher said Hello and went on to explain to Lawrena that she has her checklist to go through and when she comes to the grades then she will intervene at that time. Lawrena led us to her table she begins pulling out her work which has been graded, and all I see in front of me are A's on the pages. She goes over her various folders and the things which she has completed and things which she is working on. She then shows me a little which she wrote to me and it really hit home. My daughter really an intelligent young woman, she wrote "Thank you for taking time from your day to come to my conference. It shows me that you appreciate me." I am sitting there thinking to myself, "I am so lucky to have a child like this, I never have to tell her to do her homework, she comes straight home gets everything done. Important projects she does not wait until the last minute to work on them." I wonder if I ever tell her thank you for being that way, but I am sure that I do not say it enough.
      We get through her checklist and get to the grades part. As we approach her teacher she says to me "Mom I am so nervous to know what my grades are." I ask her " Why, do you not think that you did well?" By her saying that to me she made me nervous. As I am opening the envelope I can see her excitement on her face. I open it up and lay it on the table she yells out "YES!!!!! Straight A's" she is so proud of herself as she should be. The first 2 quarters she missed having straight A's by getting one B. I turn to her and ask her "So how much do I owe you?" Because I know that is exactally what she is thinking about. She says to me "35 dollars, mom" awhile back I made an agreement with them for the younger ones they get $5 and A, and my older daughters get $10 an A. She is so excited because she made a goal for herself to get all A's this quarter.
        I talk to her teacher about a few things. We discuss her test scores for gifted and talented and she informs me "We have yet to receive those scores yet, and it is more than likely that they will not be available until after Spring break." She has tested for gifted and talented 3 times now and the other times she just barely missed getting into the program. I am concerned because she will be starting middle school next year and I am wondering if they will be able to challenge her. I do not want her to start to dislike school because she does not find it challenging enough. I then ask her teacher " Is there anything which I should be concerned with?" She tells me "The only thing that I would like her to work on is going over her work. I noticed that she has very strong problem solving skills and she is able to find easier ways than most to get her assignments done. And I find myself reminding her Lawrena did you check your work." I turn to Lawrena then and tell her "Teach me what you know so that I have better test taking skills." She smiles at me and says "Mom". I go on to ask her teacher "The time when we were away did she have any problems making up what she missed?" She just laughed at me and said "Are you serious you have an over achiever there and she had everything done the next day." I look at Lawrena and am so amazed because she never even told me she had this make up work to do. She took it all upon herself to get it done. I wish some of these skills would rub off on her sisters and brothers.

Drawing an Interaction #22

            I really miss the atmosphere of an Architectural firm. Deadlines, deadlines, and more deadlines, codes, procedures, computer aided drawings, conservations with Civil, Structural, Electrical Engineers. Trying to make sure that they have the updated drawings and we have their drawings so that everything matches and we are ready for submittal to the city. I sit there with the Architect asking how the firm was able to handle the the economic downfall and manage to stay afloat. How much things have changed and what the future looks like. Our discussion took about 45 minutes and throughout that time we were interrupted about 5 times. Which showed me that the company is doing quite well.
             I learn that the firm has done quite well despite the economy because of the contracts which they had in place before the economy had its downfall. All the funds were allocated and the projects were well on their way to the beginning stages. Very few companies had this kind of opportunity and many of them had to shut down because of the lack of work. Many of the office managers were now doing the work of the drafters and going through the process themselves rather than over seeing these steps.
             Many things are beginning to change and they are trying to implement more of a "green" design in many of their projects. Before people were afraid of the cost when creating the plans for a building but now they are beginning to see the benefits in the long run. Not to mention the incentives the government gives the owners. Which leads to the changes in the codes and details that go into the buildings, and is better for someone to be Lead certified to better understand the codes and all that a drawing would need to entail so that it can pass through with minimal red lines and changes. I am informed that the industry is beginning to pick up slowly and that having a background in sustainable design is a plus with the up coming future. People are slowly beginning to buy property and make the changes and so there will be jobs in the future.
            I find it always very interesting to speak with someone that has been an Architect for quite awhile. They always start their stories off by when I was younger we had to draft by hand. One mistake always lead to starting a whole new page. Which I totally understand because when I was going to school I was one of the last groups of students that they required to do manual drafting, and I had my share of those "starting over" pages. They are always very passionate when they speak about the design and how they pay close attention to detail. Which is always needed because if you do not you can design something that may not pass inspection. There is so much that goes into creating a new building and they are a part of it all.

Peer Review

Matt- First of all thanks for your critique made me really think about the way I present my writing techniques. I think that if I had a little more time to be able to sit and edit what I write many of the things which you suggest I would be able to incorporate into my writing.
Responsibility- I thought was very entertaining. I never really thought of a job in this manner and the ways in which we allow ourselves to be treated just so that we can receive a paycheck. I really admire your free will to express yourself in your writing. I would have been freaking out thinking what if an elder read some of what I wrote and it had that kind of language in it. What would they think about that? But the way that you do use it makes and point and shows your feeling at the time.
America Under an Electric Sky- I have never had the opportunity to go to Vegas and experience that of Fremont Street so your story gave me a little of that experience and it seems like some place that would be interesting to visit and a place to experience one of these days. I guess I will add it to my list of places to see once all my kids are grown :)
Nynn-
Ridiculously Overwhelming- I thought that is was a great new style of writing for you and really did help to break the story into the specific parts and all that was happening. Maybe this is something that I should try in my writing so that it helps what I am writing about flow a little more.
Nascar Fans- This was a great depiction of someone going to the races for the first time and taking in all that happens there. I for one never have been able to experience an actual race day. But we have gone to the fireworks show that they have out there on the 4th of July and many of the racers are out there and do, do a couple laps. I on the other hand do not find it all that interesting watching cars go around and around. I would be one of those people just there to watch other people.
Miranda-
Responsibility- Your writing about this particular subject took me back to the first time I became a mother and how nervous I was about everything she did. I am still that way seven kids later but I tend to not hover as much as I did with my first daughter. I still freak out when I hear one of them crying, but at times I think that they like to get hurt just so that they can get the one on one time because they all still come to me just so that I can kiss their boobo and make them feel better.  When we go through that little ritual they are off playing once again like nothing ever happened. I really enjoyed your descriptions about how you were feeling really was able to visualize what you were describing.

Soyokos

I wanted to share a picture of what they do look like so that you have a picture to go with the story.

Semi Journalistic Observer

Being able to be a part of a Hopi ceremony is always a experience all ceremonies are now closed to non natives and writing about your experiences are very limited because one is always afraid about how much they share and getting in trouble with those that are looking out for the people. The Powamuy ceremony is a time for cleansing of the previous year and looking forward to the up coming year. With this comes a great deal a preparation for this one day event. Even before the day that the ceremony takes place there is preparation by everyone. The woman doing the duties of the home, men in the kivas, even the kids are getting anxious because they know that this is the time of the year that they will be disciplined by these very scary beings called Soyokos. The day begins before dawn the children are all still sleeping the men have been in the kiva all night awaiting the morning when they will then harvest their plants and take the home to their families. All the while men walking into the house contributing some of their plants to the family, feeding those that they care about, providing for them. The woman get busy at cleaning the bean sprouts preparing it to be cooked which needs to be done in a matter of a couple hours as the next responsibility of the woman is to go and feed the men in the kiva. During this time the children are beginning to stir and you hear bells and strange noises beginning to be made outside as the Kachinas come out of the kivas to deliver the gifts to the children. The woman began to get the bread, piki, donuts, coffee and the beans sprouts together to go to the kivas. One goes out the door to the middle village, while there are five other bundles of food waiting on the table to be delivered to the five remaining kivas in Walpi. Then it is time to set the table so that all those there can enjoy the taste of the sprouts. Which is a delicacy for the Hopi people because this is a food that is only available once a year. It is about this time that the children began to get scared because they know what is coming next. The grandmother enters the kiva and maybe about a hour later out emerges the Soyoko family. They go from house to house gathering food from the children talking to them. While we await for our turn all you can hear are the screams of frightened children. They are getting closer and closer to the house and anxiety is very high at this time even the parents and grandparents are becoming scared by the low voices and the crying children. They finally arrive and we were thinking was just going to be a simple give our food to them and they go but that is not the case this year. Each of the older girls are talked to because they bicker amongst themselves, like to talk back to the adults, do not like to help with the house work. The boys have it a little easier this year they give them their meat and are done with it. Thinking we are complete but they grandmother comes into the house and talks to the entire family telling them that they really need to look at themselves and the way in which they are living their lives and so they are having problems with their children because they themselves are not living by example. They are complete and move on to the next house. Everyone then prepares to leave. Only the woman of the house and the children remain. Throughout the day various people come into the house and always sit down to the table to eat and they are on their way out the door probably on to another house to visit. The night is another eventful time. There will be dancing in the kiva by Kachinas and only the woman and children that are initiated to know what the Kachinas symbolize are allowed to watch the dance. Which then goes into the early hours of the next morning.

Responsibility

Being a Hopi woman comes with huge amounts of responsibility and things which need to be completed in order for things to work smoothly and in harmony with all that is happening throughout the villages. The men have their own responsibilities and so they are seldom around to help with the preparation for the home front. With my family there has never been enough men to do a lot of the hauling of the water or the chopping of the wood or gathering of the coal. Growing up I was always taught both the women and the men role of what needed to be completed so that everything was ready for when the time came. The most important chores which needed to be completed was the water, wood, coal, and butane. I am lucky that I live here in the valley so I have water delivered to my home here and we have numerous amounts of the five gallon water bottles so I occasionally take these water containers out to the reservation where they come in handy. We have a more contemporary home located at the foot of the mesa where we do have running water and electricity and it is here where these five gallon containers are filled and the loaded into the back of the truck. We also have humongous piles of wood which are used for various reasons. The dominate reason being that for heating the home. This wood of course always needs to be split as we have one of those old fashion pot bellied stoves which heats our home on the mesa. So the splitting of the wood takes place and is usually loaded into milk crate containers because they are studier than boxes and usually fill about six of these containers, which then goes into the truck. The next portion is the gathering of the coal, which are broken into smaller pieces and put into about six five pound buckets. Which are then loaded into the truck. Because of the space issue and the location of our home on the mesa we are very limited to the size of propane container we are able to use. We are only able to have a five or seven gallon container. This we have a local store which sells propane to those in need. So these containers also go into the back of the truck to be taken to Polacca Circle M to be filled. Once they are filled then we are able to make the trip to the mesa. Once on the mesa top the roads are so used that there are huge pot holes which we all try to avoid but never quite accomplish because of all the things in the back of the truck which could tip over and would make more work for us. We finally make it to the village of Walpi where there is very limited time to unload when another family will be coming in with their load. All these things are then transported from the truck to the house and placed in their perspective locations hoping that what you brought will be enough to make it through the upcoming ceremony. Then it is time to return to house on the bottom to gather all the cooking supplies, these kinds of trips happen three or four times before everything is there that is needed. After all this is completed then begins the tedious job of making the bread, pastries, hominy stew and all other traditional foods which are to be served during this time. The life of a Hopi woman is one that never seems to be completed but one that I enjoy because everything has its purpose and is a time for us to all come together once again.

Good Evening:)

Hello everyone!!!
I just wanted to apologize to everyone about not doing my part and posting my postings for the past weeks which lead you to not be able to complete your assignments. I am really sorry about this. So I thought that I would take this time to inform you about the things which I was involved in. I come from the Hopi tribe, which I think I have mentioned before, I grew up with my grandmother and she was the matriarch not only for our immediate family but for my clan family as well. Being that I grew up with her and she has taught me all the things which she knew and which would allow me to fill her shoes in a sense. So it is my responsibility to take care of our family and be there when all the ceremonies are taking place. This Powamuy Kachina ceremony is the marking of a new cycle of the year for us as a people. In a sense we cleanse ourselves of all the bad which we have done or that has happened to us in the past year and starting off new. So this is an important time of the year for us. We do not use a modern calendar we go by the moon cycles and other aspects of the stars and things of that nature. So we are never certain about when things are going to happen so it is at times hard to prepare for these things. I come from the second oldest village on the Hopi Reservation and we still to this day do not have running water, or electricity, let alone the internet. So in order to prepare for these times which we spend upon the mesas we have to haul water and wood and coal for heating and cooking purposes. Let alone all the baking and preparation which goes along with preparing for these kinds of ceremonies. I wanted to share where I have been the past couple weeks and hopefully you will understand that I have many obligations in my life and I am trying my best to be a part of all of it. If you have any questions or want to know more feel free to email me :) Attached you will find a picture of my village of Walpi.

Foregrounding Place

Highway 87 is a long stretch of road just before you enter onto the Hopi reservation. That last little hill which you climb, where the old child center was located, I give a huge sigh because it is there that I feel I am finally home. In the distance you can see the mesa’s that make up the Hopi villages. That little hill always seems like it takes so long to reach it before it gives way to the site which we have waited five hours in the car to see. Once you are over that hill there is still a vast amount of distance that needs to be covered before you reach your final destination. You still have to climb the mesa to get where you are trying to reach.  

A Trip Never Taken

       Sitting in a coffee shop examining all that is happening around me. Loving the smell of variety of coffee which people are drinking, the various conservations they are having. Taking it all in the most amazing place to be if you love looking at Architectural buildings. Ornate buildings, tapestries, furniture, everywhere you look. Things seem to fit together like it was predestined to be this way when they were creating these amazing buildings in the past. It would take someone years to completely appreciate the city and all that it has to offer.

Peer Review

First of all just wanted to apologize because I know that I did not have all the prompts completed last week and I know that she will not accept them so I just have to get what I'm given :)
Brandon Mills: While reading your article my stomach actually cringed. We all seem to not think about the things which we put into our systems let alone how it is effecting our environment. Because I am guilty of that as well whatever is fast and convenient and one the way home is what we have. Although we do tend to stay away from Taco Bell like you my tummy does not agree with the food. "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves" I really enjoyed reading this post you did take the advice from the readings and changed up your style of writing which I found very convincing.
Katie Arrivas: "The Mysterious Burnt Piano" was quite funny and very entertaining. It reminded me of the things we use to do as teenagers. Living on the reservation drinking was of course was illegal but that never stopped us running down the road in the boonies with our keg with nothing to guide us but the star lit skies. In your writing for prompt 8 you tend to go back and forth between past and present tense.
Kimberly Thomas: Great post for prompt 8 made me think of all those childhood friends that I have lost its amazing how many there are.

Proposed changes to tribal constitution.

Tribal government is an area in which I was taught that we never concern ourselves with concerns such as these because we have our own way in which tribal concerns are addressed and the form in which the federal government is trying to get us to become a part of will effect the ways in which the Hopi people have governed themselves for years. If the Hopi people consider themselves traditional why are they trying to adopt the governance of those that have tried to control their people? Which lead to the Pueblo Revolt. It is something that is hard for me to understand because I have not actually sat or had a family member apart of the tribal council which makes these kinds of decisions. Our traditional form of government is a leader who in a sense makes the decisions for the clan family and is the way that my family still does things today. My uncle does not have total control over everything there are family meetings involved and we make these decisions as a group and things progress from there. This proposition which the government has put forth on the Hopi people does in fact undermine tribal sovereignty. I thought the whole purpose of sovereignty was so that we are able to govern ourselves without anyone trying to tell us otherwise. We have our constitution set up the way that we want it to and it has worked for over 50 years what makes the federal government think that it needs to change? Who are they to tell us that the way we live our lives and govern ourselves is not the way of the world? What makes them think that the way they live their lives and govern their people is better than how we live? If this was correct we wouldn’t have the global warming issues and all the problems we have in the world today and there would not be congress women getting shot while out meeting the people. Maybe they need to rethink the way in which they run the country and not tell us how to run ours.

Peer Review Week 3

Brandon-
While reading your childhood kitchen story I became aware that I want a cheese crisp now!!!! But I on the other hand am never able to get it just the way that they do in the restaurants so i always have to make mine the easy way throwing it in the microwave never getting that crisp taste on the tortilla which to me is what makes the cheese crisp so enjoyable. I was also able to associate with your burnt finger you would think that someone that has been cooking for twenty years would know better than to reach into the oven without a mitt or to be careful when taking something out but every once and awhile i get those little burns that seem to hurt a lot longer than a more serious burn.  Your autobiography of Joe Kennedy was a great use of description as well as dialogue to create this story.
Katie-
Your prompt Grandpa was very descriptive and I was able to picture your family sitting there enjoying one another company and it is amazing how fast life passes us by and the things which we wish we are able to do yet there never seems to be enough time in the day. Your kitchen prompt on the other hand left me a little puzzled. You speak about your house then towards the end you mention the condo after reading a couple times i realized that this was a memory of you in you condo home when you were younger with you kitten. It just did not flow and I had to re-read a couple of times before I was able to realize.
Kimberly-
Once again your prompts are interesting and keep my attention which I admire in your writing skills. Yummy cookies. Everyone writing about different foods in their kitchen prompts is really making me hungry :)
Micky-
Great detail on your family prompt and all the detail that was going on in the soccer game was like being there.
-Missing other 2 prompts-

Autobiography

            Being born with a rare heart condition was something which my family would have never considered possible. They have never even heard of an Epstein’s Anomaly before let alone had the knowledge of what something like this entails and the pain and suffering it was going to cause my family. The first day of my birth everything was fine there was no indication that there was any problem with any part of my body. Through the night my mom began to notice that I was not eating and having a problem latching on to her she let the nurses know and they came in and took me into the nursery where a cardiologist listened to my heart hearing a murmur she then orders a echo cardiogram . After the results my world turned into a painful ongoing world of doctors and hospitals. Within the hour of the results of the echo cardiogram I was on a helicopter on my way to St. Joe’s Medical center where I was going to spend the next five months of my life.

Once I got to St. Joe’s I was then taken to NICU where I was then introduced to many of the nurses and doctors that were going to be a huge part of my life for the next couple of months. It was a very overwhelming experience for a one day old child to have to experience alone because they would not allow my mother or father to be transported with me on the helicopter. My mother checked herself out of the hospital and walked into the NICU with my father not long after my arrival to the hospital but they were not allowed to stay for very long because of the confinement and all the other incubator’s there.

Over the next couple months all we were able to do was wait because it was inevitable that the only thing that was going to help me was to have an operation which would repair my valves and allow my heart to function properly. While in the hospital though there seemed to be a never ending cycle of complications. Finally the doctors and my parents decided that they would go forward with the operation. In November I finally went through the six hour surgery. There was always the possibility that I would not survive the operation because I was so tiny and all the complications that I faced. I pulled through just fine and was on my way to recovery. In December they felt that I was well enough to go home and join my family. I was able to spend Christmas with my family but I was also having other complications and my body just could not handle all that the world had to offer.                                                           

Peer Review

Brandon- Reading your prompts have helped me to get a better grasp on descriptive writing and to be able to picture what you are trying to describe. The Inn called Abacus was a little more confusing with you jumping from one thing to another and I really did not understand what you were trying to get across.You were able to portray what to expect if I were ever to go have lunch at the Inn. The excerpt  about your dog is extremely sad and I am sorry that you are dealing with such a troubling situation at this time. In my opinion it is always difficult to write about something when it means a lot to you but you are able to share you feelings as well as tell the story.

Katie- You are actually able to follow the assignment by knowing what you are suppose to write about and follow that concept. Which is interesting for me because in my mind in my own writing I do not seem to be following this same direction, I feel like I am all over the place with my writing and that it is not making any sense so if there are any pointers you are able to share I would appreciate it. The excerpt which did confuse me a little was your observation writing I know that you were sitting there observing what was happening at the MU, but as the book states about putting in too much because its true was just a little overwhelming for me with all that was going on.

Kimberly- Wow is all I can say I am not sure why you have not started a blog before:) Your entries are all that the text book gives you points on being a great writer which is what you accomplish in my opinion. I guess I will be the one not following the directions for your peer review. Keep up the good work and the interesting writing I look forward to reading more of your posts.

A childhood kitchen writing prompt #7

      My grandmother was an amazing woman she was always able to create these huge meals out of very little ingredients and make enough to feed an entire army of people. She was not an educated woman only completing the 10th grade. Having to quit school to help support her family which consisted of 8 children and a mother and father. During this time school was not a priority helping with the family and learning and being a part of the traditions and cultures of the Hopi people. Being able to create the traditional food was what made you someone that they wanted as a part of the family because food is a major part of our culture.
      She moved around the kitchen as we see the great chef's do in television series such as the food network. Everything had a place in her kitchen always well organized and well stocked so that she was prepared whenever she was to start her masterpiece. 
      We had three meals a day while I was growing up and it was never one of those microwave meals that they have nowadays. It was always something created from scratch which she put her  heart and soul into preparing for her family. There was always also an afternoon snack upon return from school. I often thought that it was her way of letting us know she loved us. So many things took place in the kitchen while she was cooking stories shared, events that were happening, just good old family time.
      I use to sit and watch her create these vasts amounts of traditional foods and I use to think to myself I hope that one day I will be able to create these things which she did.

The birth of a Hopi child writing prompt #5

      When a Hopi woman has a child there are many preparations which are made at the beginning of that child's life. Unlike the preparations made when a child is to join the family most people start preparing from the beginning and continue for nine months. The Hopi on the other hand do not purchase anything for the child until it is brought into the world because they believe within that nine month period of time there may arise complications and having a room full of baby things when you do not bring home a child is more pain that the couple would have to go through. After a twenty day period there is a huge celebration of the birth of the child and at that time there are numerous things bought for the child. Like a modern day baby shower.
      The first day after that baby is brought home from the hospital the paternal grandmother comes to the home and in a sense makes a home for the child marking the four directions, north, east, south,west, of the walls of the home, thus creating this protective boundary for the new born child. Where the baby is to remain for the next twenty days, all the windows are closed so that no sunlight is to enter the room. Only women are allowed to enter the room of the baby, and the baby is not allowed to leave the room for any reason. During the next nineteen days the paternal grandmother returns to take care of the child and the mother. Giving the baby a bath, then being rubbed with ashes, which is the purpose of rubbing off all the dry skin left from the birth as well as to remove hair on the child so the child will not be hairy. After this is completed the baby is then clothed and swaddled and usually falls asleep. The grandmother then feeds the mother to give her nourishment to make the milk that will feed the child. She also helps with the rubbing of the stomach and gives sweat baths and other such things so that the mother is able to heal properly.
      On the nineteenth day the grandmother returns to make the stew which will be used to feed the baby and the people as in celebration of the announcement of the new addition to the whole family. All the while the mother and her family are baking, bread and pastries, making piki, and preparing the blue cornmeal which will be the repayment of what is to come the following morning.
      On the twentieth day the grandmother returns with her clan relatives before the suns rays are showing in the sky. Bringing with them the hand made quilts, baby clothes, diapers and all things a child would need. Each one of these family members will wash the babies hair four times and they will then give the baby a name pertaining to their clan. For example my father being from the Sioux tribe asked my grandparents to be his parents so that they will take care of me the way a Hopi child should be taken care of. He gave himself to members of the bear clan so my name is Honmana which means bear girl. All this has to be completed before the sun rises. As the sun begins to rise the paternal grandmother and the mother than take the baby out to meet the sun for the first time. It is at this time that the names just given to the child are told to the world and the baby is then a part of the people.

My significant other

            He stands 32" tough and ready to concur the world. Thinking that he knows all there is to know in this world he looks upon you with these huge dark brown eyes with long bunny eye lashes, and if you would ask my bother I am sure he would tell you that those lashes come from our side of the family. Which pop out because he has this amazing light brown skin which really complements the color of those eyes. He loves everyone unconditionally which explains a lot about him because of the way the people in hi life treat him. As siblings would everything is always a challenge and a game with them.

            For being one that has only been on this Earth for 30 months it is amazing how much he can tell you in his own little way. I believe that he s further advanced than those of his age and it is not only my opinion but that of a early head start teacher that comes to visit us once a week. It is often commented by her that he is setting the standard of the kids his age within their specific children which they encounter. I sit here and contemplate the things which I am faced with. I wonder do I have the opportunity of having birthed a genius or are the children of this world a lot less educated than we would like them to be?

            If you had the opportunity to send the day with him even the afternoon I am sure that you would have your own opinion about this child. I feel that I am fortunate to have a child that would be considered a genius in this world. He is able to follow directions on things that you would explain to a 32 year old person it does not matter of the sex because even that does not matter because as small as he is he seems to know the difference between males and females, which is something that I am sure that they would never believe but you put a child with sisters and brothers that range from 13 to 5 and you tell me what a child who is 30 months will give you an explanation about life. 

Pictures of me and my family

Bare with me

I'm sorry this whole blog concept is new to me and after looking at all the blogs which everyone has posted I guess there is a lot that I need to get caught up on and add to this page. But I figure at least by the end of the class I will have it figured out :) T