Remembering to breathe...

Sorry it's been 3 months since the last update. We've been rather busy!
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Daniel has been putting in some long hours at work during the week and on weekends because the shop is swamped. That's not necessarily a bad thing though - better that than the opposite!
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I've been busy as ever with school. I've been teaching pe, math, and science - same as last year. However, this year, I'm making massive changes to the math curriculum. I've opted to no longer take homework grades. Instead, we grade the work in class the following day and then the students have a quiz on Friday (~5 minutes to take) that covers the previous week's material. In addition to the Friday quizzes, students also have computation quizzes on Mondays (~30 minutes to take) and comprehensive quizzes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (~3-5 minutes each)that are intended to remind students that they don't get to forget past material.

On top of all of this, I'm still working on the Virtual Health curriculum. I spent 20 hours a few weekends ago getting the curriculum road-mapped and developing assignments to align with the TEKS 100%. Now, I need to enter the assignments into the Learning Management System and ensure alignment with iNACOL standards as well.

I don't think I'll have many weekends open until winter break...
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Braden has been keeping us both busy! He is growing up so fast. He is climbing on everything (including ladders), running, falling, being bitten (at daycare), signing more (car, banana, more, hot, where, bye-bye, Daddy, Mommy, paci, cat, dog, airplane, please, milk, eat, drink, all done/finished, light, thank you - I'm sure I'm leaving some out), vocalizing more (he now says car, hot, Dada, Mama, Papa, Roxy, more, thank you, and Nana), and generally keepking us worn out. Braden has been working on identifying body parts at school. He is very good at identifying facial features and toes. Now, it's time to work on the rest of the body.

This last week, we had to go to the doc because he was wheezing. His O2 sats were down to 95%, so he is now on a breathing treatment until the wheezing subsides. Hopefully, the wheezing will be gone by his next doctor appointment (this Friday) and we can stop treatment. He really doesn't mind the mask, but the sound of the air compressor is a little scary. He is being quite the trooper though and only fusses for a few seconds at the start of treatment now.
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Amongst all of this, we are still finding time to relax a little and breathe. We also have a house project we're waiting to be completed. Our parts are currently on order to put storm doors on all exterior doors. Thanks to Mom, Nannie, and Papa for the early Christmas gifts!
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If I ever remember what I've forgotten, I'll try to get it posted before I forget it again.