May 4, 2012

burn-out

This week is kicking my butt. All five of us have had a cough for weeks now. I’m so sick of constantly saying, “Cover your mouth!” “Cough away from people!” “Did you cover your mouth?” “DON’T COUGH RIGHT ON THE FOOD!” I finally took the kids to the clinic on Tuesday and both girls have [...]

May 1, 2012

international friends

The girls had an extra-special playdate yesterday. Noah’s parents’ billeted Watoto kids came over for a couple hours and had a total blast. The girls asked over and over and over, “Are the Watoto kids here yet? When are they coming? Are they almost here? WHY AREN’T THEY HERE YET?” All four girls went straight [...]

March 26, 2012

Monday bits

I’m eating coffee cake for breakfast. Two babies are sleeping. I’m catching up on my DVR’d shows. It is bright and sunny and warm outside. Monday is not starting out so bad FaceTime’ing with Dad last weekend My boy is feeling better today. Hooray! He went a couple days last week with a high fever, [...]

March 8, 2012

room switching, a snow day, and double the babies

Your captions for the last post were superb. They had me laughing. The only thing I could come up with was “STUPIFY!” I’ve been reading a lot of Harry Potter lately, can you tell? Noah told me Monday night that we were expected to receive many inches of snow. I didn’t think too much of [...]

February 13, 2012

you’ve got mail

I love getting mail. The real stuff, not the stuff that says YOU OWE ME MONEY. Bethany and I have been sending packages back and forth for a couple years now, and any day that I get or send them is a good day. I actually suck at sending people stuff. I mean, I really [...]