- Keaton and Campbell went to Mother's Day Out this morning. (I'm always afraid when I write this that I will be re-reading the blog in years to come and will be confused about why they were going to MDO when I thought that they were older. Maybe I should say, "Keaton and Campbell went to Mother's Day to work this morning,")
- Robby took them and then stayed out and ran some errands. While he was gone, I started school with Whitman. He had done quite a bit of school last night as we were waiting on Robby and Graham to come home.
- Even though he was super ahead today, he still took every break that he could and only finished around 3. This just works for him, but as you can tell since I mention it often, it does not work for me.
- I was able to get school ready for next week, plus I made my appetizer for tonight's class meeting. I had to keep moving today because the house was pretty chilly downstairs. If I stayed busy, I was able to stay warm-ish. I really only got warm when I lifted a few weights for a little bit.
- I did think that it was warmer on my walk today than it had been in a bit; however, it just remains to be much colder than I think that it should be. I skipped out on my second walk because it was still spitting rain or something.
- Robby picked up the girls, and then they went to eat just a bit. They came back, and after a few minutes, I left to go to class meeting. We had lots of delicious soups plus it was an ornament exchange. This year I came home with a cute little tree ornament that lights up. I was happy to be able to sit it by my little santa.
December 4, 2025
December 3, 2025
- This was another chilly day-I love cold and cloudy weather, but I've actually kind of had enough. It is just cold outside on my walk-I get bundled up, I get hot while walking, come in and take some clothes off, and then once I'm in the house I get cold and have to put warm clothes back on. It is a vicious laundry cycle.
- I had to wake Keaton up early this morning so she could finish her school. She and Campbell babysat this morning so she had to get her things done a bit earlier than usual. I was able to work with both of them and make sure that they finished everything before they left to babysit.
- For some reason, I was able to finish quite a few things this morning. Whitman was even way ahead on his morning school work. I don't think that it was because Campbell and Keaton were gone because I'm not that productive in the mornings.
- Robby and Graham left to go and watch the Hogs play basketball tonight. They had lunch on the way plus they had excellent seats. The game was fun especially since they left with a win. It will be a late evening for them driving home, but they enjoyed the game. I was at church most of the time that the game was on, or I would have watched closely to see if I could see them.
- This afternoon Anderson did write to say that the dean was able to fix his schedule. He has some early morning classes and some big breaks but that is much better than a semester at home. I think that he is excited about his next classes!
- We left early for church-we had to run to the library to pick up a crazy amount of books plus I had two stops at the mall to pick up items that we have ordered. Then we hurried to church for supper for all of the workers.
- After church Campbell had to stay to practice for next Sunday morning. Sara brought her home. Since we were home a bit earlier than usual, I spent some time straightening before sitting on the couch for the rest of the evening.
December 2, 2025
- This morning I bundled up and checked my phone to see the weather before leaving for my walk. The phone said that it was sunny outside. I knew that it wasn't sunny out, but I sure wasn't expecting it to be raining again.
- I walked to the end of the driveway trying to decide if it was really raining or just dripping from the trees. It was really raining and continued for at least another hour even though my phone kept telling me it was sunny.
- Because I didn't walk this morning, I had a few extra minutes before waking everyone up. I'm not sure exactly what I did (it was nothing productive) because I was soon running up the stairs to wake everyone.
- I didn't have to wake Campbell because she had done most of her school last night. Graham is winding down in his two college classes, but he still has a big Spanish project to finish.
- Keaton had my call Nonna to see if they were around to feed us lunch-she did want lunch at Nonna's house, but she also wanted to drive. We all did leave for lunch at 12:15 with Keaton driving the big ole suburban. She did just fine driving us there, and Campbell did just fine driving us home.
- When we came home, I did take my walk. Graham was running at the same time, and it was a wee bit chilly. I did last longer than Graham-that boy didn't have any gloves on at all. Since he was running though he probably did the same amount of miles that I did, but much quicker. I did have to go inside and get myself a heavier jacket on one of my loops.
- When I came in, I changed and left pretty soon. I ran to the Dollar Tree and then met some moms to help Traci with her gingerbread houses prep. We ate and then rolled out quite a few recipes of gingerbread. Traci had most of the dough she needs already made, and we just rolled out batch after batch. It was quite fun.
- Back at the house, Robby and Whitman went to see Wicked 2. Campbell finished the puzzle and then decided that she wanted to cut her hair about 8 inches so she did that with Keaton doing some hair finishing work. Graham went to his ACT class and is counting down the times until he doesn't have to go to it anymore!
- It was kind of a later night for all of us, but now that I've finishing the blog, I have to take my shower.
December 1, 2025I
- I went on my walk this morning in the chilly weather. When I came home, I took Bentley out to potty and to brush her, but it was already raining with a little bit of sleet. All morning long we watched the rain fall-our phones all said it was snowing, but it was just rain. I know that it wouldn't stick, but snow on the first day of December would have been pretty fun. Either way though, it was perfect December weather.
- Campbell had finished her school mostly last night, so after we worked together she quickly found the Christmas puzzle I had out for later. She wanted to work it in the living room, but I encouraged her to do it at the table. When Graham saw the puzzle, he abandoned his school, and we probably only have about 150 pieces left to do tomorrow. (Though my back is a bit sore from leaning over the table all day long.)
- Whitman didn't take any breaks all morning long, but he still had school to do this afternoon. I know that I have given him more than Keaton had last year, but a little bit of school is better than screen time.
- Graham and Campbell didn't have to go today or even this week. There will be Santa pictures to work on next week, but this week they have off. Campbell worked on the puzzle plus she worked on getting things ready for her birthday party. Graham ran this afternoon outside-he said it was a bit chilly-and probably a bit wet too.
- Robby brought home some supper tonight, and we worked on the puzzle some while we waited. After supper, Robby and I ran some pretzels over to the Wilsons, and now we are on the couch for the evening.
November 30, 2025
- Lena was the only one awake this morning when I started hauling my laundry baskets to the kitchen. She had already made eggs and was well ahead of everyone else in the house. Soon though the whole house was stirring.
- Robby left a bit early with Campbell to pick up something on the way to church. The rest of us were not too far behind. Whitman had on a cute quarter zip shirt today, but when Keaton suggested that he was going to catch some girls with it, he quickly changed.
- Keaton and Graham did the offering today, and since Whitman was still in a sour mood from the clothing debacle, he did try his best to trip Graham as he came back into our row. I just about climbed over everyone to knock some sense into the boy. He later said that he wasn't meaning to trip Graham, but I'm not so sure.
- After church, we all had lunch at Grannymom's house and celebrated Dana's birthday. We got gas in the cars on our way home. Lena loaded up, and she left pretty soon after getting home. Anderson wasn't too far behind her. He had so many new clothes (2 shirts and 2 new pants) that he had to wear an extra shirt on the way back to school-plus it was pretty chilly out.
- Later in the afternoon after our naps, Robby took Campbell to Rock Creek for church. Reagan then left for school-I think that she was stalling a little bit. She eventually did leave, and she even had to bring Anderson something that he forgot.
- We ended the evening at the Wilson's house for Sunday night supper. We helped them finish a puzzle plus we enjoyed breakfast. It was a good end to the holiday weekend.
November 29, 2025
- I was the first one up this morning so I worked on the laundry and dishes before starting on Christmas in the kitchen. I don't think that I'm going to do my kitchen Christmas tree. I might change my mind because Reagan said it was her favorite tree, and others have also agreed that they liked the kitchen tree. I've found the replacement that I want, so we shall see.
- Robby and I left early to fill up Reagan and Anderson's cars with gas. Then we went to Nonna and Pops' house to help set up Pops' new tv. Robby was able to easily install it, but it still took a little while to go through all of the steps.
- When we came home, Reagan and Lena were making breakfast-eggs, bagels, fruit, and cheese. While they made breakfast, I made pumpkin muffin batter. Then I took Campbell to meet a few people for some shopping. She found a few more things that she needed today plus she had lunch out and hot chocolate. I think that she had a good day.
- After I dropped her off, I finished my pumpkin muffins, while Reagan, Lena, and Keaton went to the store for some raspberries and chocolate. They came back and made white chocolate raspberry brownies. They were pretty good, but I don't think that they were as good as Whitman's banana bread that he made once they finished in the kitchen.
- The house was fairly quiet tonight-I guess though I'm not really sure because after I picked up Campbell, Robby and I went out to eat with some friends. We enjoyed our dinner and came back to quite a few packages to go through!
November 28, 2025
- This was a busy Black Friday. I spent a good deal of time ordering things, and even in a few cases reordering things. However, by the end of the day I would say that 75 percent of Nonna, Jason, and Grannymom's presents are bought along with 75 percent of the kids' Christmas stockings are also done so that is a great thing. I even found a few deals for myself,
- Campbell and Keaton went with me shopping this morning. They wanted to go, and I could pick things up at 2 stores (though at each of those stores, I just ended up ordering what I wanted online so I didn't have to wait in a line.)
- The girls didn't find anything they needed at the Promanade which greatly disturbed them. At Old Navy they both spent money-Keaton bought a sweater, and Campbell bought 3 shirts. Next up was Target where Campbell found Christmas gifts for the girls' that they babysit. We did end our day with some Starbucks so that did make the Black Friday shopping worth it.
- This afternoon I had a nap plus I spent some time unpacking all of today's deliveries. I should have taken a pictures because it was a bit on the crazy side. Soon, everyone but Whitman left the house.
- Campbell and Keaton babysat this evening so Robby and I took them. We stayed out and did some shopping while they were working. Reagan had a Friendsgiving party that she went to-she took cookies and ham and cheese sliders. Anderson and Graham played pickleball with their buddies, so it was a pretty boring evening for Whitman.
- However, he is going strong right now-Keaton and him just rang the doorbell trying to "ding dong ditch" us. I just thought we were getting another package (at 11 does seem a little late though), but Robby was quick to realize there was lots of giggling and back door slamming happening.
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