A neighbor offered us a large box of apples. After lunch today, we all pitched in and peeled, cored, sliced, bagged, and froze twenty quarts of apples. Everyone had a job. Even Stellan and Elliot chopped apples with a butter knife. It took us about three hours from start to cleaned up. And for dessert… […]
Watery eyes, travel trailers, and fierce Pierce.
We are all well. Have been since Monday… after the last person fell prey to The Bug, and all ten of us were sick. I almost prefer that, in a strange way. At least now I know there won’t be any outliers, waiting to get sick when normal life has resumed once more. We bought […]
And then.
Yesterday, Charlotte was sick. A co-op classmate had the exact same symptoms the same six hours after co-op so we decided it was food poisoning. None of the other kids were sick. It had been a full 24+ hours of Charlotte being well. The two big girls had plans to go shopping with friends. I […]
Glasses x2.
Two dear girls got new glasses last week. Miss Elliot got her first pair – not a shock since getting her to focus on a page is sheer torture for both of us. I’m remain unconvinced that this will solve all the squirrelly, but it’s a good first step. (The other, is suspect, is age. […]
Charlie Serenity: 8.
Today is Charlotte’s 8th birthday. She woke up at 1:00 am throwing up. She’s thrown up over a half a dozen times since then. Happy birthday, baby girl. This one is memorable. We’d already planned – for the first time ever – to celebrate both her birthday and Pierce’s, which is Monday, together this coming […]
Switching Clothes for the Season
I still haven’t caught up. But I caught up with laundry. So went spent yesterday and today up in the shed with its… ahem, dozens… and dozens… of totes and spent several hours sorting clothes to donate, and created a pretty massive pile of laundry. Anything coming out of the shed has to be washed. […]
Achievement.
More to say about camping when life slows down for a minute, but in the meantime, Elliot figured out how to do this in about an hour of practice: Elliot rides without training wheels
Ruby: 10.
My fourth child hit double digits on Monday. She’s so excited to be ten. Blaine took far better photos with his camera of birthday festivities, but these will have to do for now. Ruby’s awesome. The baking queen around here, if we show up anywhere with baked goods, there’s a very high possibility that Ruby […]
So. Much. Work.
Today, we packed. And packed. And got groceries. And packed. And checked bikes. I changed a bike tire tube. Oiled chains. Fixed brakes. Made potato salad. Sloppy joe meat. Taco meat. Muffins. And packed. Had Eden move all the eggs to styrofoam cartons. Checked things off of lists. And packed. Know what’s happening yet? We’re […]
Back to School 2018
We actually started school two and a half weeks ago, but we started our homeschool co-op again this past Tuesday. While the kids were dressed nicer than average and everyone had showered and combed their hair, I took pictures. I even scrambled Monday afternoon and made matching dresses for the girls. The big girls have […]
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