Update on Dwayne's Job

As many of you may or may not know, Dwayne was told about 2 weeks ago that due to the current economy the company needed to down-size and "restructure." Due to this, his last day would be March 25th. Since that time, Dwayne has been spending several hours sending out his resume and filling out applications. So far we have had no hits. Every single one that has responded has said that they are also in a hiring freeze or down-sizing as well but "we'll keep your resume on file." Grrrr. Since then, we've had some slightly good news. Rodney who is currently Dwayne's supervisor will be having a new position and will have 2 assistants under him. He recently got some more information about the qualifications needed for these assistants and Dwayne will be given the opportunity to interview for one of them. On one hand we are extremely happy that he will have this chance but also frustrated because he has put so much of his heart and soul into this company and they can't just give him one of the positions.

So to follow procedure, Dwayne has to wait for the job to officially post which was supposed to happen around Tuesday but as of today is still not listed. Once the job is posted, Dwayne can put his name "in the hat." The job must be posted for at least 5 days before they can interview. Then, of course, the company needs time to interview, make a final decision, and then offer the positions. Even if they move on this quickly, I'm not sure they are going to make Dwayne's March 25th deadline. Which in a way, will be good for us because we will then get the full benefits of the package they offered him for sticking it out until the 25th. (Like we had a choice.) But the company will save money if they can offer him this position before his last day and it will give me a huge peace of mind too to know that benefits, seniority, etc. will not be interrupted. Oh well, I'm just praying that Dwayne will get this job one way or another and I know God has us in his hands but it still doesn't keep me from worrying.

On another note, the kids are doing great and seem so unbelievably smart. (Maybe it's just a mother's biased opinion.) Evie is talking up a storm and is a much earlier talker than Sam ever was. She is trying to count already and pretends to sing the alphabet song with Sam and I. I've been preschooling with Sam on simple things and Evie definately wants to participate. I usually set her in her high chair with a color book and some crayons and let her scribble away. Thank goodness that for the most part she no longer eats the crayons. Sam pretty much has the alphabet memorized now and so we are working on the sounds. He can identify all the letter sounds through letter N with very few reminders. We are also working on using child scissors. He finally is starting to make cuts without huge amounts of frustration. Sam seems to be slower in his fine motor skill development compared to other areas of his learning. I've read over and over again, that working with scissors should help with that tremendously.

I purchased the Sonlight Curriculum for P3/4 for use with both kids this year. I'm very excited about this company and will probably use them for many years to come. They had us start with reading Goodnight Moon. This is a very popular story so I have been able to find all kinds of coloring pages and activities on the internet to incorporate this story into our schooling. Next week we get to tackle If You Gave A Mouse A Cookie which is also a very popular book. I shouldn't have any trouble finding some activities for this one as well.