a big (little) family

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

Huh, what?

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Just in case my statement of my kids lack of sports knowledge seemed a bit exaggerated… Pierce has a sweatshirt on with a giant orange basketball on it. Liberty saw it and said, “Baseball!”. I said “No…” straightening out his shirt to show the bright orange basketball. “Oh! Soccer!” Really now. Next up: a lesson […]

Football is not this boy’s game.

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We borrowed Facing the Giants from the library and the kids and I watched it a few nights ago. We don’t watch any sports around here. Blaine has no interest, neither do I. So when my kids say football or basketball, I check to see. It could very well be soccer or baseball they are […]

Just laugh…

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You know that moment that you are headed for bed, walk past a mirror and the image makes you stop and gawk, it’s so bad? And then you relive your day, realizing all the people that saw you like that? It’s grand. I showered, threw my hair up, and got busy. Yikes. Add chasing the […]

Boys vs. Girls

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Today, we made slingshots. Sterling was using a hairband as a slingshot and I decided we could do better. We wandered our woods, found sticks (4… we couldn’t not make one for all the bigger kids) and patched together rubber bands, dental floss and fabric. Sterling was thrilled. Liberty used hers to swing a small […]

Daddy’s away… again. And finally:

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One year and three days ago, I posted this post: https://abiglittlefamily.com/2011/01/when-daddy-is-away-the-girls-will-find-something-anything-to-keep-busy/ Today, I can finally post this picture: I love it. And now, so I can place your talent admiration squarely where it belongs… in March, my mother offered to make the quilt. I declined. In July, she offered again. Still I dumbly declined. And […]

Hello, can you say distracted?

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A friend from church volunteered to watch my kids for a few hours today.My kids love when she comes, I get a break, and it amazes me how many stores I can go to in a short time without dealing with so many kids and car seats. Thank you, Janie. So, so much appreciated. And […]

Dear Blaine,

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Hurry home. They are in cahoots together. 2 against 1. I lose. Love, Adrienne

A truer measure, perhaps?

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Friends keep asking how I’m doing with Blaine gone. I keep saying I’m fine. Blaine spent a lot of time getting things set up around here so this month would go smoothly. This morning I started pouring Cheerios in my coffee. Maybe I’m not doing as well as I thought.

Your world, according to Ruby.

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Ruby and Sterling were arguing. Sterling stated he didn’t like supper. Ruby insisted he did. That was an interesting conversation. (Amazingly enough, Sterling ate it anyway. Turns out, not eating lunch – because he didn’t like what I made – makes him very hungry!) Why, when I leave the room because I cannot hear my […]