We’ve been sick. Down for the count, fevers, chills, body aches, congestion, and one dear son topped it off with a coughing spell that didn’t keep the contents of his stomach contained. (This same dear child is a horrible puker, for the record.) “I’m going to throw up.” “Run to the bathroom!” Child just stands […]
Christmas packages and curling ribbon
I’ve all but given up on finishing my sewing projects before Christmas – but not entirely because the kitchen floor still holds my sewing machine and an assortment of sewing tools and trinkets. Blaine’s sister and family arrives Saturday and I’m starting to feel the crunch. I decided gift wrapping ought to happen sooner than […]
Pool noodles, disillusioned children, and long pauses…
Pierce informed me his name is Angel. Someone has an elevated and somewhat distorted view of himself, I’m thinking. Solution: Charlotte and Ruby share a double bed. One dear daughter is a bit of a… bed hog, shall we say? I stuck a pool noodle under the sheet and mattress pad the full length of […]
Family Photo
We went to a live nativity last night, and ran into good friends we hadn’t seen in quite awhile. They took a photo of our family and emailed it to me this morning. Since I don’t get many of all of us together, I had to share.
Life lessons from a quadruple batch of baked oatmeal.
When I got up this morning, Liberty and Eden were up already. Liberty was working on math, and Eden had finished her math and was putting baked oatmeal together for breakfast. Perfect. It was almost finished baking when I got into the shower. Twenty minutes later, I was finished in the shower, all the kids […]
Ellie’s New Look
Teeth! I hope you all had a great holiday yesterday. We spent the day with friends. We’re enjoying a five day stretch of no school and Blaine off from work… lots of work at home to be done, plus sewing projects and laundry to catch up on. So thankful for a few days to work […]
Ellie Adelaide… just cute.
A little bit of cute to brighten your day… My baby has two new teeth. She has returned to her happy happy self. And to caption this photo… I did what last week?! ME?!
Thanksgiving week, still teething, and improper pronoun usage.
I heard Pierce doing who knows what in the bathroom and hollered at him to find out. He came out and informed me he was scrubbing the toilet. I asked him what he was using, fearful where this was going. “Daddy’s toothbrush.” I cracked up. Of course. “The BIG one, with black on it…” He […]
Baking. Teething. Cleaning. Procrastinating.
So far this week, we’ve had two salt spills and one basil spill. We’re well seasoned around here. Ellie’s teething. And crabby. She doesn’t know what she wants. We don’t know what she wants either. It’s a less than thrilling situation. Ruby held her hands over her chest in the cold outdoors and said she […]
It’s a work in process.
Today I turn 31. It seems so strange. When I was a kid, 30 was old. You’d better have a lot accomplished by 30 because about half your life was over. Now, it seems surreal. I feel like I’m just starting. I have my children’s lives stretched ahead of me, teaching and correcting and feeding […]
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