This week, with co-op cancelled with the threat of impending snow, we ventured out to the aquarium. Two days earlier, we’d slid and skidded our way home when the storm hit during a birthday party in town. I tell you, I grew up in snow and cold but this ice business is foreign. I barely […]
Eden Rayne: 13.
Today my second born turned thirteen. Holy cow. Two teenagers. I always looked at moms of older kids and thought, “Man, they are seasoned. Experienced. Old.” Ha. Here I am, feeling old and yet not, not feeling like I know what I’m doing yet. But. I’m so thankful for this girl. She’s a worker, a […]
These are the days.
We finished the vomit bug, spent several days well, went to co-op yesterday, and got the dreaded news last night that a child at co-op had been found to have lice. Oh. My. Word. Please no. I went into full panic mode. I have a lot of heads of long hair that cause an all […]
Stellan Wyatt: 2.
Today Stellan turned two years old. It’s the first second birthday I’ve ever encountered in my child without a newborn in my arms (or in the case of Charlotte and Pierce, a one year old) or a looming due date. I felt like I ought to be sad. But I wasn’t. So strange. We began […]
In the words of Elliot
“Momma! It’s snowing! Will there still be snow on Saturday?” I told her I didn’t know. She asked why I didn’t. I told her because only God knows that. “I wish you were God.” Think fast. “I can’t be God or I wouldn’t be your momma.” Wait for it. ”Yeah, you cant be God, because […]
Such the life.
Liberty spends as much of her days as she can get away with in the barn these days. She had to write a report for her Spanish class on her family. Aggie and SoDak made the report, front and center. Blaine’s parents and one of his sisters visited this past weekend. They stayed in a […]
Mercies.
Eleven. Eleven gallons of milk in eight days. It’s a new level of consumption for us. Blaine’s first comment: “Still not quite worth getting a cow.” Ugh. Perfect. I’m not even sure. Add in the four pounds of butter and the two or three pounds of butter also consumed during that time and we might […]
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! It’s been a fun week of no school and Blaine home from work. All in all, quite lovely. It snowed last weekend and left us with a white Christmas. It’s since melted, but the kids had a blast in it until then. Christmas Day was a blast. We opened gifts, made a big […]
Christmas Preparations
The days leading up to Christmas always feel strange in Missouri. It feels more like fall, with warm days and cool nights. No snow. All that is about to change, and my kids are chomping at the bit at the thought of a white Christmas. I am done shopping. Finally! The last order arrives tomorrow. […]
Aquarium x 11.
I took eleven children to the aquarium. And they all survived. The best part was handing over my pass. “How many adults?” “One.” “How many children?” “Eleven.” Y’all, the lady counted the kids to be sure. Umm… lady, you better hope I know how many I have with me! I’m headed into the recesses of […]
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