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Beauty Treatments

April 9, 2014 by Adrienne

The girls love curly hair. None of them were blessed with an over abundance of curls… a few got none at all. What we won’t do to change what we’ve been given. Ruby’s beauty treatment When I got up the next morning after rolling the three older girls’ hair in foam rollers, I found Ruby […]

5 days out: goodbye, routine. Hello, padded room.

March 6, 2014 by Adrienne

Life is just a little bit crazy right now. Blaine went back to work today, and Ellie met the pediatrician and got checked out. She’s doing fabulously, had gotten down to 9 lbs. 1 oz. but was at 9 lbs. 2 oz. today so we’re climbing again. Her heart sounds perfect, she’s not jaundiced, and […]

Oh the weather outside…

December 5, 2013 by Adrienne

It’s snowing. For the first time this season, the weather is in the 20’s and it’s snowing enough to stick. Slightly. Ruby went out to help her older siblings gather kindling this morning before the snow (might, just maybe, if she’s lucky) covered up the ground, but she was so top heavy she was fearful […]

I never imagined this.

November 13, 2013 by Adrienne

These days are hard. School seems to drag on forever, co-op has become a stress like no other and keeps me awake at night, it’s all I can do to keep up with the house somewhat and laundry, Pierce is tearing the house apart as fast as I can put it back together and refusing […]

October 8, 2013 by Adrienne

Liberty’s making pancakes – from a mix. She’s over an hour in and I just heard the first oil spray hit the pan. I can teach them how to cook… but how on earth do you teach them speed?! Sterling asked me how big a yard was. My reply was, “3 feet. 36 inches. A […]

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Oh, Ruby.

October 7, 2013 by Adrienne

Ruby fills out a “meeting strip” every day during math. With the day’s date, a pattern to finish, and a coin cup box for the coins I’ve handed her to be counted and recorded, she apparently was getting bored with the routine. This is the one she handed me last week: I was told to […]

A sight.

September 27, 2013 by Adrienne

There’s a sight I never did want to see. Ruby’s math papers, tea-drenched. She’s heartbroken to have to wait to finish her math until the papers dry, to be sure. Happy Friday. I hope yours is going better than mine!

Confusion with Ruby.

August 12, 2013 by Adrienne

Ruby: “Sterling, you’re weird.” My ears perked up. I’m pretty sure she’s never heard anyone called weird before. I’m also nearly certain she has NO CLUE what it means. “The only person weirder than you is Satan,” she continued. Now I’m quite certain she has no idea what she’s saying. “No, you’re even weirder than […]

Lazy summer days…

July 29, 2013 by Adrienne

Ruby gets full enjoyment out of the swing. You know, as opposed to the lesser enjoyment she gets out of other things in life. No, not so much. Life is full speed ahead and quite the fun game for Ruby. (And she wears this dress about three days a week. As in, every time it’s […]

Disconnected.

July 23, 2013 by Adrienne

Here I sit, typing a post that can’t be published for another two days – I hope it’s only two days, anyway. Life without internet seems strangely quiet. I rather expected to have a bunch more free time, but I don’t. I have a bunch more nauseous and tired time instead. Something about a rolling […]

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