Month: January 2018
Today I had plenty of time and attempted to bathe both Ben and Kaitlyn at the same time. They both had fun and I now have two clean kids.
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Poor Madison is really starting to show her age. She doesn’t see well, hear well, or smell well. (Eating is still no problem.) She has always followed me around the house all day. Then she would only follow me up and down the stairs in the morning. Now she does the stairs only once or twice a day and it is an obviously painful exercise. When I go upstairs she now waits patiently at the bottom till I return. We are both going to be sad when she can’t sleep upstairs any longer.
I’ve been itching to try out the boys’ go kart since they got it. I’ve either been to cold or holding Ben the last few times we have gotten it out. Yesterday, I left the baby with Amber and Nicki. It was my turn!
What a day! The kids were up pretty early considering they went to bed super late. We had a semi-lazy morning with my two boys heading to the Pinewood Derby. We got everyone else dressed and arrived in time to see the last few races and eat some pizza! Then we left Wade in charge of the oldest six kids (he was super Dad). Amber, Nicki, Ben, and I took a walk to the Commons and had some delicious Clam Chowder. The kids spent the rest of the day playing in the woods, talking Minecraft, playing Playmobil, diving the go kart, and causing mayhem. We finally grilled burgers and hot dogs for the kids and started Star Wars. Then we sent Wade out for Lobster Rolls and had a nice adult dinner. What a wonderful whirlwind trip!
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Alex has been counting down the days until his Milwaukee friends arrived for a visit. Tonight a car full of our favorites arrived at the house. The boys immediately disappeared to do boy stuff – iPad and legos. Glenna was greeted with a hug and then Kaitlyn had a huge list of things she wanted to show her. We let the kids stay up way too late and the adults did the same. There was eating, talking, baby holding, drinking, and lots of laughs. Our house may not easily accommodate 5 extra people but I’m so glad they stayed with us and weren’t bothered by the craziness!
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We are getting real smiles over here and loving it!
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Poor fourth child. He keeps ending up asleep on the floor.
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I could get used to having another cook in the family. Tonight Teague made us Cheesy Macaroni Chili. It was really good and Wade even liked the part we left cheese-free.
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It was relatively warm today so we took the go cart out!
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I always smirked to myself when I knew people had video monitors. I assumed they were extra worried about their baby and wanted to watch them every minute. I found myself needing a two monitor system (for Ben and Kaitlyn when she naps) – especially when I leave them napping and run across the street to the bus stop. This video system was suggested by numerous people and I installed it recently. I take back everything I ever said. It’s fun to watch the baby/preschooler sleep – Kaitlyn most of all. I had no idea she jumped on her bed every day before taking a nap.