- Bentley had a vet appointment today at 9. Whitman was the only one awake this morning when we snuck out of the house. Bentley did fine at her appointment-2 shots and nails trimmed. She now weighs 26 pounds. The dog is funny-she just whined and whined when the people there were not giving her any attention.
- Also this little interaction with vet did make my laugh today. I mentioned how friendly she is. He was quick to say, "yes, they are mostly all like that when they are puppies." He continued with, "then some get territorial or bad tempered." Oh, great! That is just what I wanted to hear. He did finally finish with mentioning that Bentley's breed is fairly good natured.
- Back at home, I started on getting ready for our party tonight. Campbell wanted to have an ice cream party to kick off summer. Soon it became Campbell and Keaton's ice cream and brownie party. (Keaton doesn't like ice cream.) As soon as they walked down the stairs, I put those two girls to work.
- They pulled out all of the toppings for the ice cream, they helped get tables out, they made the brownies and helped us later in the day pick out the ice cream. They did work for this party tonight. Whitman, who is often oblivious to life, did ask why Keaton and Campbell got to have a party. I asked him if he wanted to have a party with his friends. He said "yes" so I guess that is next on the list.
- Also, the other day Campbell and Keaton were talking about everyone's games being at the same time on Saturday. They continued to say that we (the spectators) could turn our chairs one way and watch Campbell and then turn our chairs the other way and watch Keaton. Whitman, who was not involved in the conversation at all, shot back at them, "Well, what about me?"
- Campbell, Keaton and Graham went with us to run a few errands this afternoon-Sams, Gas, and Kroger were the places we needed to go. However, we ended up at ChickFilA as well along with Five Below for some boogie boards for the beach.
- Back at home, there was time to go and get Annie. She is home alone so Bentley had a party with her friend for a little bit this afternoon. Bentley did figure out how to get out of her collar-actually, she would jerk so hard that she would snap it open. She quickly was given a new collar (not from the Dollar Tree!)
- Then it was time for tonight's party. Even though we had a few friends not able to come, we still had a great time. There were about 10 girls here plus my folks. We had ham and cheese croissants. The kids played outside-gaga ball, a relay race-there were even games inside-cookie face, draw a picture on a paper plate, and bingo. Of course there were prizes!
- Then the evening was ended with an ice cream sundae bar. We had tons of toppings and I think that folks had lots of fun. It was a pretty fun evening-and I'm glad it's over!
- When it was over, we went to play with Annie some more before it was bedtime for her. Then we came home to clean up after the party. Keaton and Campbell have one friend over and tonight is internet night so the kids get to stay up later than normal-actually, it is already later than normal and they are just brushing their teeth.
- Graham is working early with me at the concession stand so he will get to leave at 7:30ish with me. This is our last soccer game-the season was just a little bit too short for me. But I will be glad to sleep in-though our next few Saturday's are spent out of town so there will be little sleeping in....until probably school starts again and things get back to normal.
May 7, 2021
May 6, 2021
- I was up at 6:30 with the dog, but out of all of the days this week today was the longest that I could sleep so we climbed back in bed and snoozed some more. We just had one book to read aloud today along with our Bible chapter so we were soon working on school work.
- School went fine today-mainly because it was the last day Well, it is the last day, but there are a few things we will do this summer. Some things are finishing from this year and others are getting ahead for next year.
- Yesterday while we were at the Nutrition Center, I was able to get all of my school organized and planned for next year. Now, I just have to buy the things that I need and start getting things pulled out and ready to go. My goal is to do that early in the summer!
- I am currently taking full advantage of having people that are capable of doing thing well these days-Campbell made brownies, Keaton organized the pantry-it's nice when the kids can work and work well. Now they do a lot of things sloppily-but when I find what they love (baking/organizing) then they do things with excellence. Though I still have quite a few kiddos that I just don't know what they love yet.
- We ran to see Annie for a little bit this afternoon. Then it was back home for the treadmill for me. When I finished that, it was time for us all to load up and head out to soccer practice. We were there a few minutes early, but soon it was practice time.
- Whitman isn't a huge fan of game days, but he certainly loves practice. Bentley loves practice too-her friend Sully was there tonight, and they played and played. It was a pleasant evening-just like I wasn't ready for Wednesday nights to end, I am really not ready for soccer to end as well. I could stand a few more weeks of it-at least until we are miserably hot.
- After soccer, we went to Nonna and Pops' house to celebrate Mother's Day. Pops made hamburgers and everything was absolutely delicious. After eating we played a game of trivial pursuit before we headed home.
- The kids had planned on waiting up until Robby came home-I quickly put an end to that idea. It will be fairly late when he does get in and they are up late enough as is! Hopefully, they will be asleep when he does get home and hopefully, they will get home quickly and safely.
May 5, 2021
- So this was the earliest day yet this week. Graham and I had to be at the Nutrition Center at 8:15 this morning. You shouldn't be surprised when you learn that when we left, the house was still snoozing. All but Bentley, she slept until my alarm at 6:45 and then we played pretty hard so she would snooze in her kennel until everyone else woke up.
- I think that Campbell was the first one awake-or the first one to remember that we had a dog. She did get her out and feed her breakfast this morning. I had left a long list of chores with strong encouragement for everyone to keep the house clean. When we eventually did come home, they had very nicely done both things.
- Graham had a pretty long day at the Nutrition Center-they drew his blood every hour. They just put an iv in to make it easier. Of course he did great and didn't seem to mind it at all. I was the one who was a bit more antsy-it was a long day to sit in a waiting room chair without any food. I didn't know he had to fast-or I would have brought myself some food to eat on the sly.
- He was greatly rewarded at the end of the visit with ChickFilA-sandwich, shake and fries. All of my other folks were also rewarded with ChickFilA. Grannymom and Grandpa came over to eat lunch with everyone to help break up their day just a little bit.
- They ate outside on the patio and enjoyed the nice weather. The girls even drove to the plant nursery where Campbell bought some watermelon seeds. She has since planted them, watered them and even checked them a few times today.
- Tonight was the last Wednesday night for the summer. I would say yippee, but really we have missed so much church that I just can't get too excited about it. My kids love it too so folks were a bit bummed. Now my big kids did all have tacos tonight and the littles had popcorn and snow cones so who can be sad with lots of snacks.
- We even stayed at the church house until almost 8 before heading home. When we did come home, we found our suppers and all eventually crowded in the bonus room to watch The Call of the Wild which is the book that we just finished reading.
- After the movie was over, it was time for my crew to go to bed. Tomorrow is the last full day of school for everyone-next week starts our summer school schedule!
May 4, 2021
- I probably stayed up too late last night playing on my phone because when I had to go to the bathroom at 6 this morning, Bentley was ready for me to take her to the bathroom-or maybe she was ready to get in the bed with me.
- Either way, we were both able to get a bit more sleep. This was not a lazy day because Reagan had to be at school for first period this morning. I think that her classes and Anderson's will both be first period next year-ugh!
- She did manage to bribe me to take her to ChickFilA on the way for her to get a coffee. When I did get home, it was still just about the time that we usually start on our together work. We did all of that with no problem and soon folks were starting on their school work for the day.
- The one worrisome part of the morning was checking to see if the dishwasher ran. The night before and last night, I swore that I ran it-the dishwasher stuff was even in there, but the dishes weren't clean. Today I promise that the clean light was on, yet it was not clean.
- So I crossed my fingers, said a prayer and tried again this morning-and things worked perfectly. I was super dreading hand washing 2 days of dishes. We pretty much used paper products today just in case things don't work tonight. We were actually doing good on our lack of dishes usage, until Reagan made some desserts tonight.
- I had to run to the store really quickly today and on the way home we picked up Reagan from school. This was her last day at Comm Central for the year, but she still has a few things to complete before the school year is over.
- I wasn't home for too long this afternoon before it was time for me to cut up my hot dogs and go to puppy class. This was our next to last class, and this the one thing that we failed out was to call our dogs and have them come to us. First time, Bentley did perfectly. Second time, she just sat and stared at me-I'm on the other side of the room squealing her name, jumping and waving my arms and nothing! Finally the dog did waltz over to me-I think that she just wanted me to look like a fool for a little bit!
- While I was at puppy class, I did get some good news. Anderson's shoe was found-at the neighbor's house on their front porch. That dern stray dog took his shoe. It was still in tact and all was well-I was very grateful since finding that shoe saved me about 60 bucks!
- Reagan went to the talent show at school tonight. When she did come home, the rest of us had already eaten our chicken spaghetti. She ate and then started on some baking. Soon, the plan is to have some ice cream before bed and then bedtime for the crew-we will try to get to bed earlier tonight than last night!
May 3, 2021
- Robby was the first one awake this morning. He quietly tip toed to the shower so he wouldn't wake me or the dog. However, he quickly awoke Bentley. He took her to the bathroom, and then he started his shower. When she did come back from the bathroom, he put her in bed with me which is where she stays in the morning times after her first potty. Tonight, I put her in my room when I went to tell the kids goodnight. She first laid on the floor, but then she found her spot in the bed where I think she might plan on staying for the rest of the week.
- The kids were up fairly early this morning-Campbell was in my room by 7:45. So by the time we normally start on school, I had already marked off quite a few things from my list. The most fun task today was stripping clothes in the bathtub upstairs.
- I followed a recipe and put about 4 different cleaners in a bathtub full of stinky clothes (think pajama shirts, Robby's undershirts, and dish towels). Then I stirred them every hour for about 5 hours. The water turned black-I mean black. Now, was that because the clothes were filthy or because a chemical reaction happened. I won't know until I get the clothes out of the dryer in a few minutes-maybe I will remember to tell you.
- We did our school work today-everyone was fairly mellow. Reagan did forget she had a zoom call. I forgot to remind her, but that was fine because she soon received an email from her teacher say that she had mastered things and didn't have to do the last few exercises. That was nice to hear.
- Folks finished school fairly early this morning. I did have to work with Reagan on her last essay, but soon it was time to take the big boys to their discipleship group at church. While they were there, I did a few things on my computer and ran to the library.
- When we came home, I was just there for about 15 minutes before it was time to turn around and leave again. Keaton had soccer practice tonight, so Anderson and I ran to get a supper at Freddys. He had a hamburger, and I had ice cream.
- When we made it home, I pulled out leftovers and some of the kids eventually headed outside to play. We have been outside a lot today looking for a shoe. Anderson has lost one of his shoes-we have to assume that last night's stray dog took it away. Ugh, of course Anderson is my child that just has one pair of tennis shoes-now he just has one right tennis shoe. That will be tomorrow or Wednesday's project-finding him another pair of shoes.
- I did make time to play a longest game of memory with some of the kids. It took forever because there were so many cards. Thankfully, the game did eventually end, and when it did end, I was the winner.
- The kids took a long while to calm down tonight when they went to bed. Keaton came down with tooth that she had just pulled and Whitman came down later saying that Anderson was keeping him awake. Currently, it sounds like everyone is asleep-fingers crossed!
- And clothes update-I don't think that it helped Robby's stained t-shirts. However, the shirts that were kind of stinky and even had a yucky feel, don't seem to smell right now. We will see after a few wears if this really did make a difference.
May 2, 2021
- When I woke up this morning, I thought that it was the middle of the night. Unfortunately, it was not-it was time to wake up. Robby went to wake up the kids, and everyone was sleeping except for Whitman who was happily in his box playing his ipad.
- We got new stools the other day and put them together last night. Robby let the 3 littles keep the boxes which they have now spent countless hours laying in them with their devices. This is well and good, but boxes seem to be everywhere in this house.
- And there are also bar stools everywhere in this house. I did list them online to sell-and they really aren't worth much because they need to be painted, cleaned and really all need new screws or whatever since they are wobbly. I guess my price was a little bit too good-I have had over 55 offers...except I haven't gotten anyone to actually pay yet (I'm trying to be good and go down the line of offers, and I probably wait too long before moving on to the next person, but not everyone sits around with their phones in their laps...or do they?)
- We had half the number of kids this week as last week in our Sunday school class. I wasn't teaching this week, but that does make it hard to plan! After church, we went to Nonna's house for lunch. Reagan liked the meal so much that she asked for a to go container and had it for her supper tonight.
- Our afternoon was pretty slow around here-well, it was slow and short. Around 3:30, we all loaded up to go and see a movie. I don't think that I have been to the movies since 2019. This was a new movie-possibly a preview. It was really good-a British race horse movie. There were parts that were hard to understand because of their accents and others because of their Welsh phrases that they used. Despite all of this, it was pretty entertaining, and everyone enjoyed it. (And yes, I took a little nap during some of it.)
- Back at home, we went right to town on making our Sunday night supper. Tonight we had pancakes, banana bread, sausage, biscuits and gravy. Breakfast is one of my favorite meals to eat, and since we had very few leftovers, I think that the others enjoyed it too.
May 1, 2021
- It was an early soccer morning because Whitman had his first (and only) 8:30 game. We also had to pick up the ChickFilA for the fields on the way there. When our trunk was full of over 300 dollars worth of ChickFilA, we thought about skipping town and just having a big ole breakfast, but instead we headed to watch Whitman's team.
- Whitman's team had not won a game until today. His little teammates were on fire today. I believe that all of our scores (at least 6) were scored by 2 of his friends. It was like a completely different team. Whitman had fun, and he was certainly glad to hear that he just has one more soccer game left this year!
- Next up was Keaton's team's turn to play. They also won their game. Keaton didn't get to score today, but she played pretty fiercely-her little face was just as red as it could be. Then we had a break where we just sat and watched some more buddies play soccer.
- During that time Anderson was a ref. Later in the day Graham had his soccer game to ref. And poor Reagan, who didn't feel all that great yesterday, was busy with reffing 3 games today. She was pretty hot and tired by the end of the day.
- The dog was also pretty hot and tired by the end of the day. It was pretty hot during Campbell's game. We are all red, and Bentley spend the game trying to get in the shade under my chair. I kept trying to give her water, but her favorite treat was the ice from the ice chest. By the end of the game though she was sound asleep.
- Campbell's game was last-you may think that Campbell is not much of a husstle-er, but man can she get after it. Her team also won their game-4-2. They haven't had much of a winning season, so they were super excited to win today. Poor Campbell-she had been goalie once, but no one else on her team wanted to be goalie. And since her dad is the coach, she had to be goalie the last period of the game.
- Our sunburned, tired and sweaty crew rolled in and immediately started to help Robby pick up sticks in the yard. He had some mowing to do and needed some sticks gone. While he was working on mowing, I spend a good while unpacking from the day and repacking for the next soccer day. Soon my soccer bag turns into a swim bag and just like that the season's change.
- There wasn't even time for a nap this afternoon. It seemed like all I was doing was laundry. I am not sure what has happened to us lately, but gracious we are doing laundry all of the time.
- Tonight we celebrated Tony's birthday at a habachi grill. Campbell really wanted for me to take a video of the man cooking-I couldn't bring myself to do it though. I did encourage her to ask to go there for her birthday.
- After eating, we ran around a few stores while the kids were at home eating pizza and playing basketball. They were having a blast when we came home playing horse. Whitman, however, was in the kitchen scooping himself a big bowl of ice cream! It is funny that he never things to make himself lunch, yet he knows where the ice cream scoop is and can serve up a bowl of cookie dough ice cream like a pro.
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