Okay-School is out....and the kids are all home....all day long. Okay-well all except, Nat, who goes to school year around in Tulsa. However, we wouldn't notice if he was home, as the noise level at our house at any given moment of the day, is well, let's see, that of an F-5 tornado, or of a freight train moving through the living room, or of a herd of elephants stampeding! You get the idea! It's loud around here! And, WHAT WERE WE THINKING when we started adding all of these boys to our family? We definitely weren't planning for the future....I'm not talking about college and retirement and all that, I'm simply talking about feeding all of them. These 4 boys-ages 10 (almost), 9, 7 and 4 can EAT! and I mean EAT! One day several months ago, our oldest daughter, Shelby, who doesn't like the cafeteria food at school asked if I could start preparing a double batch of dinner, so there would be left overs for her to take to school!!! I laughed, as I told her, "honey, I already make a double batch at every meal!" She said, "then can you make a triple batch?" So, not only has the noise level increased, but now they are home all day long...and very active and very hungry, and my grocery bill has gone up. Can you imagine what it might be like when they are teenagers?? Maybe the laundry has decreased-no school uniforms. Only shorts and t-shirts and a swim suit, at worst! This may be the silver lining to the cloud...however, God did know when HE placed these boys in our family. He knew I needed these little guys that think my fat is muscle-hahaha! And HE knew I needed someone to make me laugh at any given moment....these boys can make me laugh! HE knew that I needed to brush up on my math skills, as I homeschool these boys. He knew I needed a break from the drama that girls can bring (I love their drama). HE knew I was tired of taking the trash out, when Jim isn't home...and I wonder how long they will ENJOY taking the trash out for me??? And, oh yeah...HE knew I needed someone to eat all of the left overs-because everyone knows, boys eat anything....if there were left overs! Most of all though, HE knew that we needed them to make this family complete! More later.......
and Kara-you are sounding just a tad bit spoiled, with all your fun travels.....oh to be KB!
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Hey after we saw you in Target the other day I was thinking.... what other woman would go into Target with 4 boys and be just scooting around in the store like nothing was going on... you were probably thinking I glad i just have 4 w/ me today. haha you are one brave woman.
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