a big (little) family

Trying to maintain my sanity and live to blog about it.

It’s Monday.

by

You know those days when nothing is funny, no matter how you look at it? I’m having one of those. I have about 10 loads of laundry to do. (No exaggeration, I switched sizes on three kids and have all their “new” laundry from storage to wash, plus the weekend’s, plus a set of wet […]

Funny or weird. You pick.

by

Charlotte woke me up in the night, blanket in one hand, cup in the other. Slightly sobbing, she handed me the empty cup and asked me to fill it. She dropped her blanket, and when I picked it up, I noticed it wasn’t her blanket at all, but a silky nightgown. She took it, held […]

That’s one big bird.

by

Liberty’s penmanship asked her to answer the question, “How do you think the barn swallow got it’s name?” She looked at me with utter confusion. “Because they swallowed a barn?!”

We’re getting serious now.

by

Sterling needs to do math. He tells me, though, that he’s making me a spanking spoon. He’s made a pattern out of paper and is headed for his hand saw to make a wooden one now. That thing is at least 12 inches long. Who am I to mess with that?! Wonder who he plans […]

by

Ruby’s trying to catch the dust she can see floating in the sunlight. We’re going to be a while. She turns four on Labor Day and can. not. wait. She’s going to drive me crazy with the asking. Eden talked of her ree-lay’-tives today. Phonetic, anyone? Then she threw arcatick in there and I began […]

https://abiglittlefamily.com/2012/08/676/

Words from the mouth of Eden.

by

“Mom, I saved you some work. I kind of cost you money too, but I saved you some work!” “Howwwww??????” “I broke my bowl I used at lunch. Now you don’t have to wash it. I mean, you’ll have to buy a new one, but you won’t have to wash this one!” Such a line […]

Try again, Momma.

by

Pierce discovered throwing things down the wooden stairs (we have just five of them) was great fun and incredibly loud. After playing fetch with Ruby for many minutes, he made a grievous error in judgment and decided to throw himself down the stairs. Liberty was faster than Momma. She saved the day boy. Hooray for […]

Did you know?

by

When you order from my Amazon link, over on the right, a percentage of your purchases goes toward my blog and supports a big (little) family. If you have a purchase to make, starting there helps out and doesn’t cost you a thing. Start here? http://www.amazon.com/?&linkCode=waa&tag=abiglittfami-20 Many, many thanks for your support!

For Pete’s sake.

by

Last night when Pierce woke up in the night to eat, I fed him, put him back to bed, and checked the clock, wide awake and wondering if it was even worth going back to bed since it had to be nearly morning. It was 11:20 pm. Less than an hour after heading to bed, […]