my retirement home couple

even tho the names henry and hazel are becoming quite trendy...how i hate that!...my pair are one of a kind. henry enjoys telling stories about fire trucks, police cars, and missing ears...go figure. he aims to please, unless it means finishing his meals...or eating anything at all, for that matter...every thing seems to "make me sick, ohhh, my belly button, i might need some chewy candy!" henry turns 3 at the end of october and is so excited about that. he wants a controller and a helicopter and no more diapers! we'll see.

hazel is my wild child, she consumes every thing around her...food, air, space, people, toys, ext. she is full of life and gets every thing out of a day that can be offered. she never walks, always runs, and dances at the faintest sound of music. she is talking some but mainly growls?!?

exposed

having refused to join face book, my space, and my ghetto (at the request of my students), i have decided to give blogging a shot. let me put this out there right now, i do not believe that my life is so interesting that people should stop what they are doing and read what i have to write...though, if you do i can promise it will be mind-blowingly genius. i have always been under the impression that people who blog think so highly of themselves that they want to put their thoughts and tid-bits of knowledge "out there"* for all to see. but i do have to say that i have been enjoying the blogs my dear friends have been putting "out there" and since we all seem too busy to actually communicate face to face or over the phone...even by e-mail, i will join the self-absorbed many and post a blog.



about me:



i have two beautiful children, henry and hazel, and a supportive husband, tyson. i work in a school for students with severe emotional impairments, i can restrain the largest of men...with 2 fingers...if they are sleeping! i have a crazy mother and an overly sensitive father, both are suffering from empty-nest syndrome and i am "reaping" the benefits. we are actively involved in the children's and sports ministries at church and i am also taking two grad classes this semester...hence the need for drugs, alcohol, and Jesus!



*i use the term "out there" because i'm not sure who might be able to read this and how this actually works, not knowing any of this makes me feel slightly naked...exposed.