Last week, I was downstairs with a sleeping Amy and Evan while there was a minor battle between Doug and Sarah. I know it was minor because I listen from downstairs and intervene if I hear raised voices. I wondered about this ‘outfit’ all day. When Sarah walked in, I gave it a visual and […]
Last night we were all stir crazy for an outing and needed to waste time while Sarah loitered at the mall, so we headed over to PetSmart for critter watching and petting. Evan and Amy stared at the fish and giggled at the frogs. Noah complained that he needed a critter of his own and […]
Do you have any idea how hard it is to get 5 children to be in the same place, at the same time? There is far too much wiggling, giggling and funny faces. The worst offender, though, is the 18-month-old who is never, ever still. Everyone else would pose and Evan would dash in front […]
Today I am mailing our Christmas cards. If I get addresses wrong, they’ll be returned to me instead of mis-delivered like yesterday’s packages. Anyway, there are a few things that need to be explained about the picture before anyone sees it. The first thing is Sarah’s expression. Last year I took hours and over a […]
After this evening’s teenage girl drama over nothing mediation, I am making a new rule. The Busy Body Book which I use to keep track of all 7 members of the household’s activities, grocery lists and errands that need to be run is now Sarah’s entertainment calendar also. If the activity that she wants to […]
Tonight was a “drive the children to and from activities” night. I plugged my iPod into the car radio and tried to keep everyone entertained during transit. Since Amy had played with the iPod earlier today and changed the settings so that my backlight wouldn’t work, I did a lot of guessing as I clicked […]
After Noah spent 30 minutes in the school clinic with a nosebleed, the nurse and I talked him into going back to class. When his third bleed of the day started, he wanted to come home. He is very brave about the nosebleeds up to a point. When they come too frequently, he gets nervous […]
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Sarah stayed home sick today, but don’t tell my mother. My mother’s iron-clad rule was “no fever, no staying home”. Sarah has no fever. In fact, she doesn’t have much in the way of sickness. She has a slight cough and is a little hoarse. She does, however, have the personality of a wet boar. […]
After just half a day of school tomorrow, the children will be home for 4 and a half days straight. I have just one goal for that time together. I want one semi-decent picture with all of the children in it. Last year it took about three hours to get this picture. Four days might […]