A friend of ours that we haven’t seen for a few years recently sent me these very important questions… See my responses below!
How do you do it?? Are you homeschooling as well? Do you have to let things (like keeping a tidy house) go, or are you ultra-organized?… Some days I just want to [...]
We just had a blizzard here in the Chicago area. I need to go to the store. My husband has been working long hours (thankfully in a 4-wheel drive.)
The idea of taking 6 little ones out in the 12-degree cold and driving a 12-passenger van on icy roads doesn’t really appeal to me. Call me [...]
Andy was just drying dishes for me. One of the things he dried was a large platter I had used to serve my cheesecake dip, apples and graham crackers on for our church pitch-in on Sunday.
He said, “Mom, your stuff looked good at the Snack-and-Yak, but I didn’t eat any.”
I jokingly pouted.
Then I [...]
Don’t try to follow my train of thought. It derailed awhile back.
1) Speaking of trains, Ferris “rode her potty train to the end” this week. We started with her Special Potty Day last Monday. Yesterday (Monday again) she finished it off by getting 26 stickers (successes) in a row on her chart!! Woo-Hoo.
Her reward was [...]
I’m not dead.
Though, right this minute, that sounds like a nice alternative.
For more than a year and a half, dreamboat husband Nate & I have been planning to tear up the carpet in our living room.
Whoever had white berber laid did not invision 6 kids ever living here. Or 3 dogs. Especially not [...]
Generally, I try to go grocery shopping when Nate can be home with the kids. It’s not that I mind taking them with me, but there just isn’t room in the cart for the groceries…
My girl Evan is special. I mean that in every sense of the word.
She’s precious, she’s eccentric and she’s weird. We love all those aspects.
Today, the kiddos were playing outside. I ushered them into the house for lunch and told them if they ate well, they could take a popsicle outside to enjoy.
This idea elated [...]
It’s true that we LOVE having a bigger family. (I say “bigger” because I still don’t think of us as a “big family.”)
I love that it’s teaching my children to always be considerate of others, to continually look for opportunites to serve and to share, and to understand the blessing of children from a very [...]
You may have noticed I’ve been absent on here the last couple of weeks. Things have been CRAZY with a capital C-R-A-Z-Y!
Here’s my quick version of a recap:
It started with cake. All Ferris wanted for her birthday was “cake.” Anytime anyone asked what she wanted, she said, “CAKE!” She wasn’t disappointed. We did get her [...]
My “big boys” were having a tough go at it the other day. I was in the mood to get some real cleaning done and was trying to get them on board with the idea. Instead, they fussed. That’s not allowed!
I was standing at the kitchen sink, washing dishes (which is where I am most [...]