The children are working against my efforts to get the house straightened up. Despite my pleadings, they mess up faster than I can possibly clean.

Amy went to bed at 9 p.m. last night and Noah fell asleep on the couch at 10 p.m. Tommy fell asleep in the bathtub and scared me half to death. I was pounding on the door and screaming for him to answer and getting only silence. The doorknob is a horrible, old 50’s style […]

There are five children giggling and playing happily in Noah’s room right now.

Every time a car comes into the cove Amy screams “Da-Da” and runs to the window. I knew when Doug didn’t take Monday off that we wouldn’t see him for spring break. He’s very relaxed away from us though. No babies crying in the night or late night teenager food binges. No spills or boo-boo’s […]

STAR actually went ok. Noah brought a friend along and the weather was so nice that we all wandered the empty fields behind the barn. Afterward I even braved the grocery store because after feeding the entire neighborhood for three days our cupboards were barren. Again, except for the stunned looks on the grocery employees, […]

Tommy tried washing the car with Sarah and Noah but I ended up bringing him back in the house. Now he’s completely hysterical.

Tommy came home. He’s more out of control than yesterday now. He is supposed to go to STAR today.

I asked Tommy to clean his room and while I was downstairs tucking Amy in bed, Tommy vanished.

I still feel like I was hit by a car Tommy was driving and run over by Doug as he drove by the accident scene.

The three 7-y-o boys are now riding their bikes in the cove. I give it 3 minutes before they accidently hurt one of the 5-y-o girls and we have chaos. Renters next door have wrecked their car.