a big (little) family

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

Insta-tan.

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Eden Rayne helped her daddy in the crawlspace today. That bathwater was b-r-o-w-n. Pretty sure the crawlspace is slightly more spacious now. She took quite a lot of dirt out with her.

Conversations with Ruby.

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Ruby to Blaine: “I say waps instead of waps".” (Wasp. A word she cannot say. Yes, she mispronounced it both times.) Blaine – “I love  you Ruby. Do you know how much I love you?” “No.” Blaine – “I love you TONS.” “Well, you should.” Blaine – “Why should I love you?” “Because God made […]

Amazing.

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Four friends and I all met at one of our homes (not mine… a larger one was highly necessary!) for lunch yesterday. One child was missing from the crew. Kid count: 23. The oldest was 9. Three nine year olds. Three seven year olds. One six year old. Three five year olds. Three four year […]

New sanitary guidelines. Highly recommended.

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Blaine came to me the other day with news I’m still not certain I wanted to hear. “Charlotte emptied her potty chair by herself.” Ok. Not exactly what I’d like, but fine. “She spilled a little.” Perfect. I’ll mop. “She wiped it up herself.” With what?! “She used the hand towel.” And then she put […]

Projects

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This was my 1am project earlier this week. I made a hooded Mei Tai for me to carry Pierce in several months ago. Since I never got a photo of mine, here’s another one I made this week. I had Eden model it for me before I give it to a friend. She’s obviously a […]

Oh for cute.

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Our local library has rewards for it’s summer reading program. I posted this photo on the Facebook of a restaurant who participated and gave my children free cookies this afternoon. But really, it’s worth posting here too. She was really enjoying that cookie. It rained last night. I was up ridiculously late when Charlotte came […]

I don’t know how to sleep anymore.

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Pierce slept through the night for the very first time last night. He’ll be 10 months old tomorrow. He’s usually up 2-3 times a night to nurse. From 11:30 pm to 7:10 am, it was just me waking up. Apparently he has me trained.

Flexibility and the need to learn to swim.

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In the words of Sterling, watching Olympic diving: “Why are they swimming in their underwear?” “Um, that’s not underwear. It maybe should be, but it’s not. It’s his swimming suit.” “Why isn’t he wearing a life jacket?” Oh dear. I walked into my bedroom tonight to find a doll in a doll playpen, tucked in […]

Dry humor.

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Quote for the day*: “I am a Daddy, not a towel.” * Used with permission.

I tried.

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I’ve always been a little intimidated by that mom. You know the ones. They have fabulous projects that teach great life skills planned for their children each day. They plan out rounded meals that include twenty-six food groups and never, ever feed their children unhealthy foods like sugar. I am not that mom. I did, […]