Whew! Lotsa Life!
By mommy of many™. Filed in children, family life, frustrating, kids, military, mom |
Today is the observed Holiday for Veteran’s Day. However, my kids had Friday off instead of today. But only two of them actually made it to school today. Maddi stayed home throwing-up.
Tristan decided that if it was good enough for her, it was good enough for him. Mariah started to feel ill.
Arianna went to school with her hand all splinted up and I’m sure she enjoyed the attention. Max went to his 1/2 day of preschool with the cake that we didn’t eat because of the ER visit and celebrated being 5 with his classmates. He was very happy! I was home for most of the day cleaning up after the madness that my preschoolers exuded. Luke-Xavier was an artist with a red Sharpie on one of our walls.
I will Mr. Clean Eraser it tomorrow and hope it comes off. Though, I must admit, Mr. Clean rarely lets me down. He’s my Go To guy when it comes to dirt and marker. It’s kinda nice to have a cleaning guy just sitting in the cupboard waiting for you to ask him to come out! 
Then Gabi decided that brown sugar and crackers were her snack of choice and took them to her room and spread them everywhere!
Thank goodness for vacuums! Her pants were covered with a light dusting of brown sugar when I asked her why she took it to her room and threw it everywhere. Her answer, “I didn’t”. Hmmmm…..Gabs, your pants are covered in the stuff. She then hung her head and said, “oh”. I didn’t find out the why of it, but at least she got the message that I knew the truth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, Clay returns from his 3 week work-up, tomorrow. Three weeks isn’t much in the grand scheme of it all, but it was certainly long enough. So, here’s to a good homecoming. 
We aren’t made to be solitary creatures.
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I’m excited for Thanksgiving!
The kids will both be home from school, Clay will be off of the ship and we will be meeting up with many friends for a fabulous dinner. Whoo Hoo! I’m a lucky girl!
Good night~
Tuesday, November 13th 2007 at 8:28 pm |
So funny! Weren’t we just talking about Mr. Clean and his magic eraser this weekend?! He is definitely a lifesaver. So glad your whole family will be together again soon!
Oh, and I love that we can keep up this way!
Wednesday, November 14th 2007 at 12:24 am |
Hello my far away, dear friend, Jen! I love reading your blogs, as you never fail to make realize “not to sweat the small stuff.”
I was reminded today of how blessed I am to be a “mom”…I have been laid up in bed for the last several days due to my recent surgery, I am, however, allowed to get up every now & then to exercise my legs. I was hobbling to the kitchen to pack my children’s lunches for the day, after this small feat I hobbled back to my bed, only to find the most beautiful get well card I had ever seen (Hallmark watch out!)…my 9 year old Coby had designed a true masterpiece of a get well card just for ME! It was tucked sweetly under my sheets in my bed. I caught him peeking around the corner to see if I found it or not (he was like a child waiting for Santa). When I raved about the card he hopped in next to me and we snuggled for a while and I thanked God for such a beautiful moment and for the gift of motherhood.
Love & Hugs,
Amy
Wednesday, November 14th 2007 at 7:25 pm |
Didn’t see the pictures earlier. They sure say it all. What a MESS. What the heck, you have nothing better to do anyway but clean up <:) That’s a BIG ha, ha, ha! Hope they both got the “naughty chair”.
Friday, November 16th 2007 at 3:05 am |
So much life is right!
I can’t wait to be down there in the midst of it all.
I LOVE YOU All SO MUCH!! xoxoxo