- Today is Whitman's 10th birthday! This conversation happened a few days ago, but it shows his wit. We were in the car discussing the big kids' summer camp. Campbell said that she was going to wear her cow costume. I said, "no, you will die." I was referring to wearing a hooded feeting pajama costume in the middle of the Arkansas summer.
- As soon as I had finished saying, "you will die..." Whitman quickly added, "OF EMBARASSMENT!" Now, that is a pretty good comeback. That is why we sometimes call him Witty Whitman.
- He is growing up, He enjoys going to Defy half of the time and said on our last camping trip that he liked riding his bike (though we need to get him a larger one.) He is a board game player and will usually always play a game when we play one. And he constantly likes me to remind him that he is my favorite (they are all my favorite though).
- We woke up early this morning so we could stop by and pick up doughnuts on the way to church. Robby bought plenty for us to eat and plenty for Whitman's Sunday school class. Keaton was thrilled with that since she is also in Whitman's class. His teachers gave him a birthday card and had the class to sing to him.
- There was more singing at Nonna and Pops' house after we ate lunch. Nonna had a big cake for to celebrate with. We played a round of 20 questions with Keaton and Whitman being the all time readers before we headed home.
- At home, Robby and I eventually ran to get gas. I even drove thorugh some of the tornado damage (and wow!) on my way to Walmart. I was able to buy things for Easter baskets and a few more things on my list.
- On my way home, I felt like I had forgotten something. I even looked to make sure that I closed my trunk while driving home. When I was about 4 miles from home, I remembered that I was supposed to stop by Subway to get Keaton a sandwich. That was fine since I wans't too far from one, so I turned around and grabbed her sandwich.
- Graham, Anderson, and Campbell went to church tonight with Brett while Robby and I headed out of town with the Wilsons on our way to the Masters. We had about a 4 hour drive this evening and so far we have stopped one for the bathroom.
- We have had a few snacks: crackers, meat, and cheese, spinach dip, and corn flake cookies....so far!
April 2, 2023-Happy 10th Birthday Whitman!/The Masters Take Two
April 1, 2023
- This was certainly a low key Saturday which I loved and possibly feel like I was a little bit unproductive. That is fine though because isn't that what Saturdays are for?
- I did the morning chores befoe I left with Keaton and Campbell to pick up some pictures. Then we ran to the library to pick up a few books. They both quickly found themselves one-I wanted to grab another one for me, but I have 3 right now and haven't read 50 pages in the last 2 days so I certainly don't need any books right now.
- We then picked up one of Keaton's friends so they could work on a birthday project for a friend. While they did this, I did pretty much just take a nap. Now, we all did play a game of Whitman's. Then Anderson and Whitman played his other game. This game had one player describe how to place some blocks-Anderson did just fine, but bless Whitman, he struggled finding the words and had a hard time directing the ever so patient Anderson.
- Robby made some rice krispy treats, and this evening Campbell and I made some corn flake cookes. I think that we both pulled a muscle making those cookies. We even messed them up a bit, but don't tell anyone.
- Robby and I ran to pick him up supper, and while we were out I grabbed some hamburger buns for the kids to eat later this week.
- Then it was back home to park in front of the tv for the rest of the evening. We are watching basketball now and have more basketball to watch next. Hopefully, I will be able to get some reading accomplished-or maybe another nap!
March 31, 2023-Happy 10th Birthday (Party) Whitman!
- I do believe that this will be a birthday party that we will remember. The day was a bit crazy, but thankfully it wasn't life altering for us.
- There were chores this morning and some school. A few weeks ago we had waited in vain at Blaze Pizza to eat pizzas for 3 dollars and 14 censt. We weren't able to eat pizza that night, but we were given coupons to come back at another time. Well, like us we waited until the last minute (or day, really) to redeem those coupons.
- So for lunch, Robby, Graham, Campbell, Keaton, Whitman, and I went to eat our pizzas. That was fun, but we were reminded that we really don't have to go back to Blaze. They were good, but not outstanding. Though I do still have some of mine to eat tomorrow-really, all of us had leftovers.
- After eating, we ran to Kroger to pick up some groceries. While Robby was picking up the groceries, I ran in with the girls to pick up a few more things that didn't make our list.
- Then it was on to Walmart to grab a few more items. While we were there, we saw one lady listening to the weather while walking down the aisles. We laughed and thought that was kind of different.
- However, a little bit later I was sitting on front of the tv watching the weather after hearing the tornado sirens start. For some reason, my big boys were outside playing basketball despite the sirens and the rain. Campbell and Keaton also joined them outside for a little bit as well.
- Once I saw our street and a nearby church on the weather map, I did start to gather the kids and asked them to stay downstairs for a bit. The weather was super calm, and when I did look out the back window we saw some strange looking cloud. Now, there were trees in our way so who knows what we saw.
- Keaton, Whitman, and Bentley did end up in Robby's office. The big boys, Cambpell and I stood near Robby's office until we decided that the tv weather had moved on from our area. Unfortunately, the weather become worse and damaged quite a bit of Little Rock.
- By this time, it was time for me to start working on the food for Whitman's family party tonight. Campbell and Keaton helped ice the cupcakes. Whitman added a few sprinkles. Then I put Whitman to work making cheese dip while Cambpell and Keaton helped me do pretty much everything else.
- Soon Jason arrived along with Nonna, Pops, Grannymom, and Grandpa. We all had tacos for supper, and after lots of visiting we finally let Whitman open his presents.
- He was thrilled to open his presents-pajamas, 3 crunch lab boxes, 2 games, candy and even some cash. He was super happy with his gifts, and we even started to play one of his games as soon as we opened it.
- Soon we went ahead and sang Happy Birthday and ate Whitman's cupcakes. I think that he had a pretty good evening. He already has big plans to play his new games tomorrow.
March 30, 2023
- I went back to sleep this morning after Bentley had woken us both up by barking. I really should have gotten up though because for the rest of the time that I was sleeping, I had crazy dreams about Robby driving us around in the camper. He was running into everything possible. I woke up with my fist clenched and gritting my teeth.
- Thankfully, my morning did get much better. Everyone seemed to wake up in a fairly good mood. This is also Thursday which is my favorite day.
- We started our school work, and as soon as people were finished with school I started pulling out everyone's school for next week. It took a good bit for me to remember that I won't be here for most of it, so I had to redo a good bit becuase school when I am gone has to be able to be done independently and checked
- Reagan and Graham had their class today. Reagan only has one class on Thursday so she made it home what seemed a little bit after Robby and Graham made it home. They had run to grab a bit to eat and some groceries.
- Cambpell and Keaton had me take them to Defy this afternoon. While they were there, I had myself a good nap. Also while we were there, Anderson headed to Raymar and put in 4 hours of work this evening.
- I quickled cooked 5 pounds of taco meat tonight right before we all headed to the first soccer practice. Keaton practiced first with Robby and Whitman also practiced at that time on another field. Campbell's practice was next. I don't think anyone was too impressed with their team. That's okay though.
- I did ask Whitman how his practice went. He said that he didn't think he was going to get along with his coach. (Now, I walked around the fields tonight, but I also made sure that I observed a good bit of Whit's practice. He seemed to be doing the right thing respectfully.) I ased him why he thought he wouldn't get along with the coach. He told me becuase the coach made the team do push-ups.
- I saw this happen-and my boy was just laying on the ground not doing his push ups. I told him that Anderson and Graham were going to help him learn how to do some push ups!
March 29, 2023
- I slept in much later than I would have liked to this morning, but we were still finishing our working together time before the clock ticked 9:30.
- This was a fairly low key day. Years ago, and possibly even last year, my mornings were busy with everyone needing my help right then. Thankfully, things have slowed down a little bit. But today was a day that they all did seem to need something all at once-I kind of like that occasionally.
- I had been hearing Robby outside occasionally during the morning, so before I went to help for a little bit. I did get my new yard work gloves a little bit dirty which I didn't like.
- After a bit, we did ask the kids to come and help us. Robby was glad that she was on her way to work. Robby asked them to work for 20 minutes, but soon it had been an hour. The kids worked super well today.
- Anderson and Graham perfered to carry loads of leaves to the bottom and did that over and over. Cambpell and Keaton helped rake and even carried some loads.Whitman did a little bit of both-we are trying to whip him into shape.
- Everyone worked so well that Robby offered up Sonic drinks and a little bit of cash. What took all of us an hour, would have taken Robby and me a very long time.
- Afterwards, most folks had showers-Anderson even did a little bit of shaving and got rid of his stach. Graham also has himself a razor to take care of things as well.
- I had a bit of time to work on Andesron's clothes and the girls' closet. I am eventually going to get things cleaned out around here-hopefully!
- We all went to church tonight-Reagan had a bit of Kingdom practice. She is a kneeling angel-I'll get more specifics later so we can make sure that we really can see her.
- Robby had supper ready for us when we came home. He and I split some butter chicken and chicken masala. It was good, but not nearly as good as our meal at Sanaa at Disney.
- So now I am sitting on the couch discussing dessert with Whitman while debating beginning to stuff some of the Easter eggs.
March 28, 2023
- I did wake up a few minutes before it was time to start school today which is better than usual. However, I did take my time waking people up and getting ready, that it was already past time to start when we started our school work.
- Now, when I oepned the boys door this morning, there was Whitman and Graham both sleeping in the floor. I thought about going and getting my phone to take a picture but that was too far away. When I went back to wake them up again, they were both still laying on the floor sound asleep. I know they are all getting big, but I sure did enjoy seeing that.
- When we did start on school, I went to town reading history. If you remember I have been near finishing it for weeks and possibly months. I do have less than 40 pages left so we are moving quite well through it. It's not like we will finish our reading time any earlier without having to read history, I will just find something else to read.
- And speaking of finding something to read, I guess I need to take my girls to the library soon. They have both finsihed all of their books that were here. Keaton and Campbell both like to go to the library to touch a book before getting it, while Whitman is content for me to request books for him. The girls will, however, get books online from the library to read which is works as well.
- Anderson and Graham had their one class today, and Reagan had her 3 classes. As Reagan was coming home, we were heading to Defy with everyone else. She spent some time doing math when she came home. Her college algebra class must have been much more difficult to her than her college trig class is because she rarely is stressing over math this semester. That is all a very good thing.
- When we came home from Defy, we were there for a bit before leaving again. This time we all headed to church. First Sophia came to the house so she could join Keaton, Campbell, Graham and Reagan to watch the Comm Central talent show. The girls had friends in it so they were glad to get to see it.
- While they did this, Robby, Anderson, Whitman and I helped a little bit with the Kingdom set. We did get one task that we completed. When you look at the stage, look at the right door way area and know that Anderson and Robby are the ones that put that up there. And probably say a little prayer that it doesn't fall!
- After we finished our task, we eased on towards the car. The talent show came home a little bit later in the next car laod. After we heard all about things, it was time for some ice cream to cap off the evvening.
March 27, 2023
- The Monday after Sprink Break could have been a sad day. Instead this was a pretty good and busy day.
- It is probably odd, but I certainly enjoy the days when the construction workers are working behind the house. Today was definitly one of those days. They had people unloading truck after truck all day long. I think they have delivered everything that they will need to build this house-even doors and windows. It has provided me much entertainment.
- School went along fairly well this morning. Whitman was a little more distracted than usual, but he managed to finish things by lunch.
- I was able to walk Bentley and then come back and do another round of work together with everyone before we left for Defy. The girls really wanted to go early this morning. Anderson was going to go, but since he couldn't convince Graham then he stayed at home.
- Reagan had work today, and then went to help a friend with some school work. Anderson went to Raymar and put in a few hours out there. Both of my bigs were busy earning some money today.
- When we came home, I helped Keaton and Campbell work on their bedroom. We picked everything up under their beds, washed their sheets, and even organized a few things. It didn't take long, but we have lots of things still left to work on in their room.
- Right befor Anderson got home, I played a short Ticket to Ride with Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman. Thne it was super on your own tonight-I had a big and delicious bowl of salad.
- Now, I am waiting on Reagan to get home and will possibly read some of my book. Or maybe not!
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