Today was the Christmas party for the kids at co-op. It was exhausting, long, and now… It’s over. Whew. Co-op is done until January, we start our break from schooling next week, and it feels like I’ve passed the first leg of surviving homeschooling for the year. Tonight was my 27.5 week midwife appointment. Baby’s […]
I can’t do it all. I can keep the house really clean. I can teach my children their schoolwork. I can cook a pretty decent meal. I can take children to the zoo, I can get groceries for the week. I can wash the laundry and get it folded and put away. But if I […]
Weary travelers and a cold, frustrated momma.
You know you’ve been up for a long time when Ruby asks for lunch at 9:19 am. We’re in South Dakota. The drive took 10.5 hours and we stopped twice. It doesn’t get much better than that with six kids. No one peed their pants and there was minimal crying – and none of it […]
Happy birthday to me.
Today is my 29th birthday. It’s a weird age. I feel like I have one more year to cling to my twenties. Ruby made it all better, though. She informed me I was almost thirty, and then turned to Sterling and asked him what comes after 30. When he told her 31 comes next, she […]
These things I’ve learned today…
Today I’ve learned… That unbreakable Corningware will break on ceramic tile. And, when these unbreakable plates break with mashed potatoes on them, it makes a massive mess. That dried granola on ceramic tile is hard to get off. That husbands do a great job of cleaning it up! I’ve learned that a spoonful of sour […]