Ruby’s my daughter with a flair for color. The more colors and patterns, the better. I regularly have to remind her that striped leggings do not, merely because they are striped, match a striped shirt. Color has to weigh in there too. Last week, when the kids had to model for the company my husband […]
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 […]
Having fun, without the costumes…
We went to a harvest festival of sorts last night. At the balloon table, Liberty picked a turtle, Eden a parrot, Sterling a sword, Charlotte an alligator – and then it was Ruby’s turn. She asked for a balloon. When asked what kind, she requested round circle with a thing hanging down. I’m slow. It […]
Soap, childhood dreams, and living pretty sheltered.
Last Friday, I made my first batch of bar soap. After talking about it and wanting to try to make it for over a year, I finally got all the things together and jumped in. Before I started, I watched a video on the process. Ruby watched it with me. As they were stirring the […]
“He always looks before he scoots.”
After giving the warning not to scoot the kitchen bench down because I’d placed a frame between it and the wall, undecided where to hang it, Ruby asked if I had to tell Daddy not to scoot the bench down too. I said I didn’t, because Daddy wouldn’t move the bench anyway. Her reply said […]
Tales from the back of a very large van. Part 2.
On the way home, Ruby asked if we were in Africa. We were in Sioux City, IA. Strange, those Africans looked remarkably Dutch. Detour? I bought bananas and peanuts for snacks on the way home. They were buried under three feet of luggage. We found them when we unloaded the van. A box of Kix […]
My Job, According to Ruby.
Ruby had a startling observance yesterday. I was hanging up wet laundry to dry and she was ‘helping’. “You’re lucky, Momma.” Lucky is her new word. Everyone is far more lucky than she in her pessimistic worldview. “How’s that.?” “You get to sit at the computer and click, click, click while all of us have […]
The conversations in the back of my van went something like this: “Why do boy Indians have long hair?” “Because they don’t have time to cut it.” “Charlotte, you’re a big baby. You don’t need toys in the van. You can play with them in Sunday school. Pierce is a little baby. He needs them […]
Mis-termed communication.
My kids managed to pick up one of those lovely sayings that I’ve so enjoyed NOT hearing since they are homeschooled and a bit more sheltered from such things. Ruby’s version: “How old are you?”“28.”“What color is the sky?”“Blue.”“Momma blew up! Isn’t that funny?” Oh, so funny. Eden, coming at me with the real version, […]
Goodnight.
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 […]
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