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 [...]
Being a large(r) family, we’re always looking for ways to streamline things and make life more efficient.
I often dress my kids in coordinated outfits if we’re going to be in a crowded place. While we were at our huge county fair this summer, I got the idea of tie-dying a bunch of shirts! That way [...]
It’s hard to believe Ian is already three months old… Or that Sweet Baby Gray turned 2 yesterday! OR that Nate is celebrating his 9th Father’s Day today. Wow.
Much has been happening with our very busy family. Here’s a photo update for you:
You may remember that we bought a used shuttle bus in January… [...]
We went on a field trip with a group of families, mostly from our church. There were about 28 kids in all and up to 10 adults (some had to arrive late.) Everyone was really well-behaved. We had a blast.
Can you guess where we went:
Did you know that October 15th (today) is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day?
I didn’t either. Apparently, it was declared as such in 2006.
I had my first miscarriage in 2006, in June. The second was the past June.
I’m not writing this the be a downer or to dwell in depression… Rather to rest [...]
Our kids get along amazingly well. Yes, there is an ocassional “it’s mine and he took it,” but for the most part, there’s a lot of respect for one another.
I like it that way.
Lately, though, a small dividing line has been drawn. The three “big” boys have joined forces and started a club. [...]
Throughout the past year or so, I’ve found some interesting things in the fridge.
A Matchbox car
A small plastic horse
A whiffle ball
The other day, though, I found a Bible in there! I was the first one up that morning, so I know someone had to have put it in there the night before. Crazy, isn’t [...]
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 [...]
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…
We have this pool that we’d never used. We got it back when we were able to do homebirths. It’s exactly the same size as the one my first three boys were born in.
At any rate, it’d been in our basement for a long time, so we broke it out on Memorial Day and let [...]