I’ve been very sleep deprived lately because I don’t sleep well when Jim is away from home. Since it was a Sunday morning (and I didn’t have to ship internet orders), I decided to sleep in. At some point Indigo came in and said (in a whisper voice), “Mommy, can we play with play doh?” […]
A couple of weeks ago we went to a harvest party. Lots of the children dress up in old fashioned clothes or like cowboys and indians and such. We never get dressed up (I’m really lame when it comes to costumes). Well apparently there were some extra clothes brought because when I turned around […]
Brett has been having a tough time lately getting Indigo and Jade to help in their room. Indi and Jade are excellent when it comes to trashing the room, but definitely lacking on the cleanup part. Always resourceful, I saw the three of them working really hard cleaning it up today. Later Jade came to […]
One of the first festivals we ever sold soap at was Autumn on the River in Bethlehem, Indiana. It’s this little town right on the river filled with very friendly people. It’s our last outdoor show of the season, so sometimes the weather is nice and sometimes it’s not so nice. Fortunately, we had a […]
We love watching NFL football games on television. The children know most of the rules to playing football from watching these games. But they’ve never been to a live game to watch it in person. Since Charlestown High School was in the sectional tournament at home, and we didn’t have a soap show scheduled, we […]
When we were done playing (and showing off) on the playground, we decided to take a hike. We usually do the 1.5 mile, easy trail. But we had been wanting to take the 2.3 mile, rugged trail that overlooked the Ohio River. Since it was a good day for showing off, we headed for the […]
The older children are allowed to use our Flip video camera to record memories. For example, Emery, on his own decided to take this video: And somebody else decided to take this one of Jade and Ginger: Indigo, unfortunately, is not old enough to use the Flip camera. She did not seem to remember that […]
One of the best parts of Fall is going apple picking. Our favorite apples are Fujis because they taste the best and store in our root cellar really well. It was a gorgeous day and everybody had fun hanging out waiting for the tractor ride to the Fuji apples. Hewitt and Indigo had fun […]
Have I ever mentioned that Colter wants to be a zoo keeper some day? He’s really excited about it. The Louisville zoo has a program, but he’s not old enough yet to participate. We also have a neighbor (scary, I know) on the next street over that has a sort of wildlife preserve where he […]
My brother, Adam, and his family are coming for the weekend. Everybody is super excited. I’m wondering what I’m going to feed everyone because I haven’t gone food shopping. Oh well, I’ll figure something out – we won’t starve. LOL The last time the cousins were together, the older children decided to play dress up […]
I got Brett a sewing machine* for Christmas. We kept trying to sit down together and go over some sewing basics. But things kept interfering. So Brett took matters into her own hands. For her first ever sewing project, she made Indigo a nightgown: Gotta love homeschooled kids and their initiative. Pretty impressive, don’t you […]
Once a King and Queen of Narnia… … Always a King and Queen. I love my children’s imagination.
I never get over how kind people are to us. Here’s a perfect example. The guy that we get our wood from has horses. My children adore horses and never get a chance to ride. The other day he and his wife showed up at our place on horseback (they live about five miles away) […]
It was so sad the last day, saying good-bye to the ocean: No. I mean it. It was sad: We got all the cousins together for a last picture: And then just my kids for a last picture with the ocean: In case you’ve ever wondered what was involved in getting that many children to […]
I never finished blogging all of our vacation photos, and the children have been asking for them, so I’m going to try to get them up. My mom had gotten all of the children bubble wands and we broke them out on a windy evening. They had so much fun with them. […]