As of 9:49 pm, my eleventh load of laundry was in the washing machine, only four bath towels remained on the laundry room floor, school work for the day is done, the house is picked up, all six children had received three meals today and are now in bed, Blaine is still gone at his […]
Funny or weird. You pick.
Charlotte woke me up in the night, blanket in one hand, cup in the other. Slightly sobbing, she handed me the empty cup and asked me to fill it. She dropped her blanket, and when I picked it up, I noticed it wasn’t her blanket at all, but a silky nightgown. She took it, held […]
Ruby’s trying to catch the dust she can see floating in the sunlight. We’re going to be a while. She turns four on Labor Day and can. not. wait. She’s going to drive me crazy with the asking. Eden talked of her ree-lay’-tives today. Phonetic, anyone? Then she threw arcatick in there and I began […]
Friendly fire, ridiculousness, and midnight hairdos.
Night times are interesting around here lately. Temps are dropping in the night, Charlotte wakes up cold, climbs in bed with us, tosses, turns, kicks, kisses and giggles until I finally wake up enough to realize what’s going on. Put Charlotte back in bed. Might as well wake Sterling up, tell him to use the […]
New sanitary guidelines. Highly recommended.
Blaine came to me the other day with news I’m still not certain I wanted to hear. “Charlotte emptied her potty chair by herself.” Ok. Not exactly what I’d like, but fine. “She spilled a little.” Perfect. I’ll mop. “She wiped it up herself.” With what?! “She used the hand towel.” And then she put […]
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