- This was a pretty different school day-Campbell and Keaton went to Mother's Day Out, and around 10:30 Whitman left the house too. That just left Graham and me at the house this morning, and he doesn't need me for school.
- The girls ere glad to be back at Mother's Day Out after missing for the snow day. They really enjoy their Thursdays with the kids.
- Robby took Whitman to Nonna and Pops' house. It was a big day for him because he was cashing in on his Christmas gift-he received a visit to Dave and Busters from Nonna and Pops for Christmas. Since they were there pretty early, there were very few folks around which was nice, and Whitman was able to play quite a few games. They ended their day with lunch at ChickFilA, and Whitman thoroughly enjoyed his day.
- Whitman came home, and then Robby and I left to meet the girls. First we ran to Walmart, and then we took them to Texas Roadhouse for supper. Campbell was giddy driving around in the new car today, so after our supper Keaton and Campbell left to run some errands. Robby and I did a few errands of our own.
- We came home with leftover for Graham, and Whitman opted to slice my bread, which was fresh out of the oven, and make himself a grilled cheese. The girls made it home soon after we did, and then Robby made some rice krispy treats for supper...and now it is time to wake up Marley for just a few minutes before we all go to bed.
February 5, 2026
February 4, 2026
- Usually in the mornings, I wake Keaton and Whitman up at 8:30. Campbell gets up on her own around 8:45, and then Graham is a little bit more difficult. When I wake up Whitman, I make sure that there is an alarm set for 9 and 9:05 for Graham. This morning I set alarms for every 3 minutes because even with the alarms set, I still have to go and wake him up at least once. All of that to say, this morning he did wake up on his own before 9. We were all surprised to see him, but he was up early because he wanted to run this morning before school, work, and church.
- I worked with Whitman again later in the morning which worked pretty well again for both of us. Though Marley did wake up early which caused a little bit of a chaos-we can remember Bentley bumping into us and accidentally shutting the books in our hands or laps. However, Marley is just a different dog-she is grabbing and attacking any papers or books that we have left unattended. She usually grabs a paper and shreds it which causes Whitman to start thrusting his math papers towards her causing complete chaos!
- The outing today was to the orthodontist. Keaton and Whitman were the lucky ones. It seems like Keaton will not need braces at least right now, but Whitman is the one who will get to start that process. I'm not looking forward to all of the trips to the orthodontist coming up.
- Campbell and Graham were already at work when we came home. We had a little bit of time before it was time to leave for church tonight. Whitman and I finished his school and then I emptied the trash cans, and then we left for the library and church.
- Tonight Keaton, Campbell, and Graham went to ChickFilA on the way home. Whitman and I stopped on the way home too so he could use his free nugget coupon. Now, Robby and I are on the couch watching basketball while waiting on all the kids to come home.
February 3, 2026
- Once again I think that I could count today as a snow day. Kids went back to school today here in town, but there was still ice on the driveway, and I'm still taking the dogs to potty on the snow. This afternoon a delivery man came (we had only had one other one in over a week), and I went out the garage so he didn't have to walk that far...except I wasn't any help because the driveway was icy, and I sure wasn't about to walk out to him.
- We did the school thing this morning. For some reason, Whitman seemed to finish his work pretty quickly. He did ask to do his morning work with me at 11 so maybe that changed things for him; however, that made my morning all different. We managed to get everything finished though by the end of the day.
- Graham and Whitman got hair cuts to day. Neither one of them like getting their hair cut-Graham doesn't like how his hair looks after a hair cut, and Whitman doesn't like chit chatting with the hair person. And neither one of them liked me running in to Hobby Lobby on the way home. I was only in there for just a few minutes, so life wasn't that horrible for them.
- Once we made it home, I started opening my packages that had arrived. Lots and lots of school books for next year which made me so, so happy. I've had to rearrange bookshelves to prepare for all of my orders. My bookshelves are all nice and neat, but the rest of my school room closet is a little messy.
- I made a mexican dish for supper-I kind of winged it since it was just the girls and I eating. They both said that it was decent, and I will enjoy eating the leftovers tomorrow night after church. Keaton them made some type of peanut butter oat balls-I'm not sure if those are dessert tonight or her breakfast in the morning!
February 2, 2026
- For a Monday morning school day, things went very smoothly around here. I tried to sneak out of bed at 7, but Maryley heard me so she was soon joining us in our bed. She did pretty well, but she doesn't usually get to start in our bed for too long because she gets a little wild, and I take that as my cue to start my day.
- Since Laynie had spend the night, I didn't expect that Campbell would be awake and doing school this morning, but before too long this morning she came in with her pile of books that she had completed.
- Campbell and Graham had to go to work so when they left, Robby took Laynie home, and then he ran some errands. That just left Whitman, Keaton, and I home. Whitman still had school to do so after lunch he got started on that.
- He is doing a new little logic curriculum which is based on a chocolate factory, so today it had him making different types of chocolate. Keaton enjoyed helping us taste test the 5 types. We also spent a good deal of time trying to do a "hot ice" science project-it was a flop though.
- Robby came home after Campbell and Graham, and he had super with him. We all stood around the bar eating Mexican. Then we moved to the table and played Whitman's game. Campbell made corn flake cookies, and then we all settled in to watch a few tv shows.
February 1, 2026
- I think that we might could get used to just going to church at 11. It was kind of nice; however, we did feel like we were just stalling most of the morning long because poor Marley was exhausted by the time that we did finally put her to bed when we left.
- Church was surprisingly not to empty on this day 9 of snow and ice. I can still count this as a snow day since the kids went sledding tonight and we are still walking on ice to take the dogs out. Plus there was even ice that we drove over this afternoon. Schools here will have their 6th snow day tomorrow while we are doing school once again. Laynie is over spending the night with Campbell, but that just means that Campbell has to do her school later this week.
- We ate Sunday lunch at Nonna and Pops' house. I think that Pops really wanted it to be summer time so he even grilled hamburgers on the deck. We all ate and then visited. The kids played outside, and it must have been a lot slippery-er on the way to the car than it was when we got there because by the time we made it to the car, two kids had fallen. Good thing that are all young and tough because they just bounced up while we would have broken a hip.
- This afternoon Robby and I ran some errands plus I had some time to buy some things to send to Arkadelphia and things for Campbell's party coming up next week. I had fun and quickly filled a buggy, though Robby was pleased that we made more than I spent so it was a win.
- We had Sunday night supper here tonight-we had meatball subs which the Wilson's had never eaten before. They were no Subway meatball subs, but they were pretty good. Plus Robby made his cookies again, and he is getting pretty close to matching Shannon's cookies.
January 31, 2026
- I guess that you could say that today is officially snow day number 8. There was even some sledding that happened today by Campbell and Whitman, but the picture that I'm posting is not real (it looks like Campbell is 10 feet in the air on her sled.)
- Keaton had a Valentine's party early this morning so Robby took her there. Campbell decided the other day that we are also going to have a Valentine's party here in a few days. Keaton and all the girls wore little dresses today even though it was 10 degrees outside this morning!
- While she was at the party, Robby ran some errands, and I was on dog duty. When Keaton came home from the party, Robby and I left to do a bit of shopping.We did plenty of shopping for other people, but I didn't buy anything that I needed-there's always tomorrow though.
- We made it home with 2 of the kids' free ChickFilA sandwiches. That was their meals, but I also made ravioli for the rest of us. We watched the Hogs game during our supper. Now we are looking forward to having a little bit of extra time before church tomorrow, and probably tomorrow will be our last snow day!
January 30, 2026
- It was an odd day for me because I did keep thinking that today was Saturday for most of the day. The first thing that I really started on this morning, after Marley went down for her nap, was making lemon poppyseed muffins from my new cookbook. They were actually really good, but they were a lot of work-there is probably a lemon poppyseed muffin package that would have been a lot quicker for sure though they probably would not have been as good.
- Robby left pretty early, and even swung by a place and bought a car. He didn't think that he was going to buy a car today, but I knew he would. He didn't have any luck with his people in NWA really, so he talked to an old buddy who now sells cars. They were able to get him into a car for a price that he could stomach having payments at.
- This is our first new car in quite a few years, and certainly our first car payments in a while. This new car will mainly be the kid car, but right now Robby thinks that I will drive it when they are not. Campbell has big plans for driving the new car around as well as Keaton. Graham isn't so sure about it and said that he still wishes the suburban was working. He is still thankful that he has a car that works though.
- Robby and I took Campbell and Graham to work today. While they were there, we ran a few errands before picking up the minivan, picking up Keaton, picking up Graham and Campbell. Then Robby took the girls to babysit while I brought Graham home.
- Babysitting was just enough time that Robby didn't know weather to come home or stay out so he decided to stay out. That left me at home with Graham, Whitman, and the dogs. I did talk to Graham for a good while plus I saw Whitman occasionally, but really, it was just the dogs and I.
- I've been home for about 2 and half hours and have taken Marley out, taken Bentley out, taken both of them out, taken both of them out, taken Marley out, taken Bentley out, taken Marley out, and taken Marley out again-I KID YOU NOT! If we need to, Robby can confirm this statement with our doorbell footage.
- ....It is now after midnight, and I pulled out my computer to do some school planning and saw that I never finished this post. I probably didn't finish because I got distracted with taking a dog outside to potty. Actually, since Marley didn't have an accident today, I will count it as a win.
- Campbell and Keaton ended up babysitting until after 10. Robby took the long way home instead of the back way since he wasn't sure about the roads. Then everyone was in the kitchen talking for a while before any of us went to bed. Keaton isn't even in bed yet because she is painting a banner for tomorrow.
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