Silence

So the past few months we have not been as good about posting here... we have been dealing with some things in our personal lives and we have not had enough energy to find things to post about.  Not that we have had ideas, but the time needed to expand on them has been used to try and figure out what is going on with us. 
We have not hidden the fact that we live differently than most, and with that comes different challenges and greater rewards.. being the 2 women in one man's life we have a wonderful benefit of having a friend to talk to about what is bugging us without airing our dirty laundry to someone on the outside.  But that can cause frustrations also as it can look like 2 are ganging up on the other.
In the past 8 weeks we have been working on our communication  (something most relationships need to work on all the time) as always we have our hiccups... but we keep working...
We are also in the process of changing our daily routine to include a school or learning time and looking into the best options for our kids.. our Son is of kindergarten age this fall and we have decided to delay for a year to allow his brain to develop more. But we want to work with him and provide him with more social interaction so if we decide to send him to school next year he is ready to work with other kids and listen to a teacher every day.  And our daughter cannot let brother get ahead of her (oh the sibling competition, and she is 18 months younger) so we have to see about teaching her already!
There are others outside our immediate family who think they know best and are getting rather pushy about what they think is best. But then a learning toy we picked out (for birthday) is to advanced? Not sure why but it has been voiced... all while portraying the attitude that we are lazy and can't handle the teaching... we are at a loss to figure out what the issue really is, but would really love to be trusted for once. Thankfully there are others also not immediate family who think we are doing a great job and the learning is going right on track for him, and this person is a teacher who just last year was teaching his age group. that helps us to feel like we are on the right path even if it is not the path that one person feels like we should take even knowing the detrimental effects it could have on his life long learning...
That in a nutshell is what has been going on here.. there will also be some good news about the craft business soon (still working out details)
We feel bad about not posting more, but we have to find the balance in the many hats we wear daily..
Wife, mother, housekeeper, business woman, crafter, artisan, daughter, gopher, and chauffeur just to name a few..
Not trying to make excuses, just trying to shed light on the crazy lives we lead...