a big (little) family

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

Everyday funnies.

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Ruby’s teething, which means a rash. I took her diaper off, left her bare bottomed for a bit before her bath, and she climbed onto Eden’s bed to pee. Really now. I figured I’d be cleaning up a puddle off the kitchen floor – but not washing sheets, blankets, quilts, the whole bit. Seriously now. […]

ABC Mushrooms and Food Sharing 101

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We had pizza for supper last night. Afterward, I had my younger two in the bathtub while the older two finished eating. Liberty came to me with a mushroom from her pizza. I love mushrooms, she doesn’t, it’s a good arrangement. I chewed and swallowed before she told me the whole story. “I was eating […]

It’s really not that complicated, baby. It’s not.

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“Mom, can you make me eggs that are flat and either hard or runny?” I laugh. “Are those called fried or scrambled? I can’t remember!” “Fried, honey.” “Can you make me fried eggs that are runny?” I fried her eggs. I broke one in the pan. It’s the stove’s fault, I’m sure. (Really, it’s not […]

Just a common thief.

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Sterling was stirring hot chocolate on the stove for me. Not certain he was getting the bottom as it heated, I took the spoon and stirred it a bit. “Mama, I can’t stir the haa’ choc-ate any-more. You stir it Mama. I can’t stir it. Nope.” “Why can’t you stir it anymore?” “‘Cause you ‘tole […]

Momma’s not nice after 8pm.

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We moved rooms around today. I decided to put all the beds in the small bedroom, and all the dressers and toys in the front, larger bedroom. Before I started I figured if it didn’t work, I’d move it back. Having moved three dressers and a set of bunk beds from one room to the […]

Calling it a day after that one.

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Let me start with a disclaimer – we live in town. Not a bad neighborhood from anything we’ve seen, but we’ve got neighbors. Lots of them. We went for a walk today. The kids had been itching to go for a bike ride, it’s been well below freezing for many days now, and it’s finally […]

Maybe…

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With Blaine gone, I let Eden sleep with me last night. She was thrilled. This morning, I told her that she was a great bed companion – I really expected to be pushed out of bed, kicked, something, but she did great. Her reply? “Yeah, but you kept taking the blankets. I kept having to […]

Teething at it’s finest.

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Yesterday I thought Ruby fell asleep in the shopping cart. A good 20 minutes into her full-face plant into the handle, one of the kids ran up to her yelling. I scolded them for trying to wake her up and was informed she WASN’T sleeping. She’d been chewing on the handle the whole time. Ewwww. […]

Thank you, Eden.

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In the dressing room at Target:“Mom, your belly looks kinda like fireworks.”What?!“You know, your belly button is the middle and the lines are like the fireworks.”Be still, my beating heart. The words I’ve so longed to hear.“Eden, YOU gave me those lines.”“So did Liberty and Sterling and Ruby, right Momma?”“Yeah, they helped too.” Way to […]