vision piece

Since August of 2000 until now, I have been at home in the process of having and producing 3 lovely children. On May 14, the day after Mother's Day and two days after my daughter's second birthday, I will go for an orientation at a philanthropic children's hospital in Chicago. This will start my new life as a working mom. I will only be working 20 hours a week, which are flexible, to cater to the needs of our little family. The job pays ok, and has great benefits. I will do administrative duties, and handle educational materials for the department. There will be a few graphic designers who will help me create the materials, and I will guide them. The past year has been a bit of a whirlwind of indecision, and i am looking forward to more stability. I have never worked in a hospital before, so this will be a new environment with many new things to learn. This summer, I will also start attending my alma matter for graduate level courses in order to pursue a degree in C...

I surprised my lovely husband for the first time with a party for his birthday! I can not take credit however, because our friends hosted it at their home staging it as a LONG overdue visit. Dear friends came, at short notice, and brought gifts that made us laugh and smile. We opened the gifts the day after. (The baby and I were at home due to sickness, and were unable to participate in the party.) So it was rather nice to open the gifts with my dear husband and the kids. One of our friends, gave 8 pairs of eyeglasses(the kids are constantly knocking off his glasses and breaking them--so my husband was either running around saying 1) "Where are my glasses?" 2) "I look so professional with my broken glasses!" or 3) "@^&#*!@(farsi frustration)!!" We laughed so hard when we saw them--but were also SOOO thankful. We decided to try them all on!! Another item which causes frustration for my dear life partner is not being able to find a nice, match...

While the baby and I were at home, due to a stomach flu, the boys had fun at a family outing for Easter. The boys were VERY proud of their new outfits and ties!! Can you tell?? I wish I had taken a closeup of the younger one's tie--picked out by his older brother which has soccer balls on it. Th older one is in one of his favorite colors(PINK!!--because he likes girls so much(he likes quieter calmer people)--Oh goodness! What does this mean for puberty??!).