Creed James is six and a half months old, 19.9 pounds at his last checkup, super content, and has yet to decide to roll or scoot or crawl. He stays put, plays with toys with passion, talks and reaches for me, and feels he has the right to sibling entertainment as often as he wishes. […]
Hunters.
Sterling has been hunting almost daily for a month it seems. When bow season opened, he was there. Then firearms season started, and out he went. He went often with the neighbor. He ended up with a nice buck. Eden has gone with him some. She works a lot and sleeps past 6am enough that […]
Thanksgiving 2020
Happy thanksgiving! Our plans included just the eleven of us, sticky buns for breakfast, appetizers through the day and fried turkey with all the fixings late afternoon. I got a stove off of Craigslist earlier in the week. My commercial stove has had a few minor frustrations… more on that later. We decided to switch […]
She totally deserved it.
Eden wears a leather string on her belt. She claims it’s to tie the excess belt down because the retaining loop broke, but it’s become her trademark. It hangs a good nine inches down from her belt. Cue little brother and his shenanigans. Eden was sitting on a chair at co-op during the meeting before […]
Foot surgery and boredom. Such boredom.
Monday, I had foot surgery. And now I’m bored. I had a bunionectomy and first toe straightened. I’ve been laying with my foot elevated above my heart for three days now. I took prescription pain meds for a day, ibuprofen for one and a half more, and I’ve done fine without anything for much of […]
Change. Again.
I took my oldest off the chore list this month. It felt like a moment. She’s working full time, 40-50 hours a week. She’s taking a full course load, 17 credits at the local college. She’s rarely here and when she is she holed up for hours in the camper on her laptop doing school. […]
Promotions, deer hunting, and duct taped alarms.
Getting up at 6:00 am is a privilege around here. Don’t you dare tell my children otherwise. Once you hit 4th grade, you may rise early and begin school alone. This year, Pierce hit the coveted milestone. He’s been frustrated that he’s slept through all attempts to rouse him early. I found him like this […]
Date Night
Two weeks ago tonight, I was in the boys room. Purging. Because it’s a constant battle – one I feel like I’m always losing. So I was elbow deep in throwing away papers from the school bins when Eden called me into the kitchen. Then she disappeared. She and Liberty, with much help from all […]
School begins. Here we go!
We went back to co-op this week. It was mostly normal. Temps taken and no sniffles policy but so far so good. Elliot was super worried that she’d coughed twice at co-op. What a strange world. I took back to school photos – and Liberty, graduated and all grown up – was at work already. […]
Vacation 2020
About 1500 miles, two trips to the ER, a lot of marshmallows, and eleven days later, we are home. It was a lot of driving, a lot of family, and a few moments I could have done without. Overall it was a great trip though. We spent seven days with Blaine’s family in Michigan, a […]