Today

Today I woke up a little later than I would have liked.

I still manage to get two, count em' two, loads of laundry in, and a shower... before any kiddos get up.

I check my emails. For some reason I still have two email accounts...I need to condense(because I never really count my third account that I use for online junk.)

Made my replies and fed the boys. My two oldest are still at their cousins spending the night, we sort of swapped kids.

We have a couple cousins spend the night, which means I have five boys today.

They play the Wii and hide-and-go-seek!
The four year old needs help counting to fifty. One, two, three.....
I load the dishwasher, for the first time today.

I bathed a couple kids up. Switched some more laundry around and checked a suspicious ear ache for infection. It's now around 7:45am, I need to get a call in to the doctors office, but they don't open till eight! I tell myself not to let it get too far past eight or the day may run away with me. Wouldn't you know the ear infection hits on a weekend.

I make the call and they can fit us in this afternoon! Yay us!!

After I take the suv to the mechanic, pick-up the oldest, (I need him to watch the younger two,) I drop Grandma off. She was watching the little ones while I made the run to the mechanic. We all clean up. Which means a complete outfit change for the kid with the ear infection, and a discussion on why we shouldn't wear clothes with mud on them to the doctors office.  I leave reminders to be kind, and for the oldest to remember to give the little ones some lunch.=)

We head off to the doctors and... of course it's an ear infection!

This makes number seven in the past fifteen months, not including the four ruptured ear drums. Looks like another set of tubes for the six year old. Yay us!!

We pick up the prescriptions and head back home.

Now its around three and I realize as I check my email that I forgot to pick up my daughter. (Sends quick text to patient Aunt)

No big deal of course, everyone is having fun. 

Hubby calls and is on his way home...................early!!! Yay ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday is Date Night in our house! 

All-in-all, it's been a good day.

Consistency Or A Lack Thereof

March has come and is almost gone. I can and can't believe it.

I never did get back to this blog!

In fact, I don't really have anything to blog about in particular other

than I really wanted to get this updated.

So here I am wondering why I didn't get my last blog in. 

I have no excuse really. Hence the title of this blog, 
"Consistency Or A Lack Thereof",

I think it's kind of like soup, some are rich and creamy 
and others are thin.

I believe my consistency was lacking a bit last month. 
I was running a bit thin. 

Here I sit today, feeling a bit more...creamy, if you will.

Hence the updated blog.   :o)

Sore Noses

I'm back! Almost. More than half the family has been down with bronchitis and sinus infections. Whew! It's been a doozy. Between the piles of tissues and sore noses, the aches and coughs, and everything else that goes with a good ole virus, we are up and running again. Of course our Doctors' office knows us by name and face. I remind them that their Christmas bonus is on us. 

We are still in recovery mode but, doing so much better. Energy is starting to pick back up and I'm feeling like doing laundry again. That's always a good sign in a household of seven. I am so happy to have a husband who jumps right in and gets the job done without blinking. It sure makes a difference to not have to play catch up on everything. 

As a side note, by way of observation; I love how when my children are sick they still seem to be pretty cordial. They smile, hug, and play. Whereas we "big kids" seem to crash and get a little cranky if you will.
Children never cease to amaze me, sore noses and all!

Feeling Icky

O.K., so I am feeling really sick.
I mean flu-like sick. I sure hope this doesn't last long.
Hopefully I'll blog later this week.

Where Love Is

I said I would have this post up by Wednesday and I didn't do it. 

I was hoping to have pics uploaded of the crafts from the evening. 

My camera battery died and I can't find the charger. Ugh! 

We had a nice time as a family talking about what love is, and how we

can show more love to each other. 

We talked about how love is being kind and thoughtful. 

My husband made me a valentine and the rest of us made hearts to 

hang up on the windows. 

We had rootbeer for our refreshment (in my house soda is a treat.) 

It was a simple night of quiet crafting and jibber jabber. 

The little ones(8yr.old, 6yr.old, and 4yr.old) laughed at their older 

brother making quite the cute and creative heart. 

This would certainly be a more entertaining write up if I had the 

pictures to go with the story. Sad little me. 

Where's the love, where's the love I ask you? 

Well, love was definitely felt 

around our table Monday night. It was nice.

In Preparation for V-Day

Tonight my family will be making valentines decorations and cards for each other. We will discuss what love means to us and how we express it. In my next blog I'll have pics from the evening and what we talked about. That should be up by Wednesday.