Big head?

Wow! Who knew this was all you had to do?

I should be....

updating my blog with everything we've been doing over the last two-ish months

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exercising

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folding laundry

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helping my hubby get the kids ready for bed

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seeing what my quiet (and hopefully sleeping) 4 yo is doing in the other room

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writing a thank you note to someone for something (I'm sure there's someone I've neglected)

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planning my dinner menu for next week

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planning the next week of school

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prepping for our last co op class

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practicing the piano...

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I'd rather put on my jammies and climb into bed with a cold can of Pepsi, my new magazine and a crossword puzzle.

Ahhhhhhhhhh. Heaven.

We have the greatest friends in the world!

Our lovely, wonderful, sweet and generous friends (The Petersons) decided to replace their piano with a new digital version and asked if we wanted their old one...for freeeeeeee! Of course we jumped at the chance. Before it arrived, we needed to make a piano bench. B graciously gave up his homemade weight bench (that's why the legs are off center) and we went to work.

I still need to buy some trim to go around the edge of the bench to cover up the staples. I'm not sure what will hold up to the kids' little fingers. Ideas?

Thank you Petersons!!!!!!!!!!

New cookware

I'm replacing all my old, toxic nonstick cookware with enameled cast iron (in case you are wondering what to get me for the next holiday *wink wink*). This is the first piece I bought - a Staub Dutch Oven. I *heart* this pan.

Delaney, who isn't even allowed to use the stove yet, *hearts* it too and has asked if I'll give it to her when I die. Sweet kid.

Blog addiction

I found this at Laura's site and couldn't resist taking the quiz. I think I would be more addicted if I wasn't so busy with kids LOL

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God sees

Sometimes it's hard not to feel invisible. It's nice to be reminded that God sees and that I am (or should be) working for Him in all ways and at all times. There is no place for self-centeredness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YU0aNAHXP0

Another interruption

Well life is kinda' like that sometimes, isn't it? This latest interruption was brought to you by colds, MRSA, wii, co op and flat tires. In other words - craziness!

I can't even count how many times the kids have been sick in the last couple of weeks, but suffice it to say that someone is nearly always running a fever. I wonder what it's like in families with 6+ kids! Our latest illness involved Miss Sadey and a nasty case of MRSA. My poor baby had a boil on her hiney and couldn't even sit down for 2 days. She's much better now and the house has been thoroughly disinfected, we've all had nasal swabs and I'm thinking, hoping and praying that the superbug is out of the house. I know it can very easily pop up again, but we'll be uber careful.

A couple of months ago, we visited some new friends and the girls were so happy to get the opportunity to play with their American Girl dolls. My older two have been saving their money for almost 2 years so that they could buy dolls of their own (because Mom and Dad refuse to pay $100 for dolls). The play date was quite an eye-opening experience for my girls when they found out that American Girl dolls are just like all their other dolls - only more expensive. Ding ding ding ding!!!! So then the girls decided that they would rather pool their money and buy a wii instead. And being the fame addicts that their parents are, they were not dissuaded. So we've been having lots of fun playing the wii for the last few days. It can be pretty all-consuming, but great for those days when it's either rainy or too hot/buggy to be in the yard. I can see us getting a lot of use out of this game.

We started co op last Friday. It's been crazy, but it's also a lot of fun. Sadey is in my 3 year old preschool class. Thankfully I have 3-4 helpers or I would be pulling my hair out with 14 three year olds! Sydney is taking art, US geography and choir while Delaney is taking Spanish, ballet and choir. I had hoped both girls would also take science this year, but the timing just didn't work out with the rest of our schedule. Maybe next year.

As I was pulling out of the drive way to go to co op yesterday morning, I realized that my tire was flat. Upon closer examination we found that there were THREE flat tires. Apparently my children were playing with a board full of nails (I don't know - ask their dad!) and left it in the driveway for me to run over. Wasn't that nice of them? *ugh*

So that's what I've been up to lately. Fun stuff.