Small town drama

Oh boy. Got myself into some small town drama alright. Sad at how childish some people can be. Just a waste of volunteer efforts for our schools. It still surprises me how adults can act worse than kids.

Illness and the mom loses sleep

I shouldn't complain, it's only head colds that have us all down and out. Eight was the first to the dr. His ears were all red and he got an antibiotic. Then Baby Girl had a cold in her eye. Eye drops cleared her up in no time. N was tired of feeling icky and he went in on Monday. Today we took Five in for more eye drops. She got a bonus day at home. I could have taken her back to school, but I wanted to get her hair cut. She and Seven have to be to the dentist by 2pm. She would have been at school for lunch and not too much more. Oh well. It was nice to spend time with her. I want to paint her nails after this post. I know she loves when I do it, it's not very often. So after $100 in copays, hope we can avoid that place for awhile. We have well visits scheduled and I'm fine with those. They are free. Snow is still present. Really wish it would warm up. Zinnia found a steal on a new car seat for Baby Girl. Everyone was excited. Hope to get it installed today. That's about all for now. We really aren't that interesting lately, thus my lack of inspiration to blog. Baby Girl is on the move and all over the place. She loves remote controls. We have to keep them up because she loves to get the batteries out. She into all the cupboards in the kitchen. She takes the straws off of the juice pouches and carries them around. She also pulls all the Ziplocs from the box in the drawer. If you come to my house and see things scattered, you know who it was. We moved her to the girl room. She's still not sleeping due to illness. She will sleep great one night, then the next will be terrible. I was told it might last 9 days. LORD HELP ME! We are working on improvements in the girl room. I bought room darkening curtains, but of course they are too short and I have to get different ones. Story of my life. Guess I should have taken measurements, huh? If I could only find a tape measure in this house. I need a tool box for my birthday with tools with my name on them. Maybe I can work that out with someone.

Ash Wednesday

Tonight was a good night for our family. Kids came home, crabby about going to church. We made it barely on time and I had my doubts about the rest of the night. Wouldn't you know, the short service was just what we needed to get on the right track. We came home to a wonderful night together. Eight had N shave his head into a Mohawk for crazy hair day. Seven desperately needed a haircut as well, but of course met the idea with much protest. When it was his idea to cut off the long part in the back, he agreed. No money was exchanged, we didn't even have to bribe him! I was able to paint Fives nails for her valentines party tomorrow. I usually do not do that, but when we came upon the polish, it seemed like a good idea. We even put sparkles on her nails. We decided as a family what we would give up for Lent. There has been more yelling than I'd like to admit in this house lately. We decided to give up yelling. We have a small jar in the kitchen. If you yell, you have to put a paper clip in the jar. You get to take it out when you do a good deed for someone else. We hope to have no paper clips by the time Lent is done. We are also not going to eat food at McDonalds or Burger King. Not that we do that much, I can not recall our last meal there. Everyone was on board and happy. Here's to a great start of change this Lenten season!

It's nearly a week

It's almost a week and we're close to finishing our sleep training. Just when I thought we had progress, last night was completely off the charts. I am not sure what the change was, but Baby Girl was unlike any other night. My hunch is feeding her fruit at the evening meal could be the problem. She went down like normal, but woke up at 10:30 upset. I fed her as usual and put her back down. No go. She was awake for a VERY LONG TIME. I couldn't stay up with her. Good thing the dad could. She had two messy diapers. We'll see what we are in store for tonight. The bedtime routine was as usual. Praying for a quiet night. Out off all the nights, only two were with tears. Tonight, we are waiting to see if school is closed tomorrow. Everyone things there will be a snow day, which leads probably yes. Plows usually come two days after the storm is done. We'll see, but I think they'll just cancel, even if the weather is fine tomorrow. Buses won't be able to pick up the kids. Mine will be thrilled. Two weeks in a row with no school on Monday, next two weeks in a row with no school on Friday.

Moving day success

We moved Baby Girl into the girl room and I dare say, it was quite a success. I feel so much better. It was a step in the right direction. I can do this. I can have four kids. I guess it was fear that kept her in my room. Fear of the other kids not getting any sleep. Fear of disturbing everyone. The only one being disturbed was me and my crabbiness caused everyone frustration. We are on to a new road. After two days of not much else going on, I am praying for no snow day tomorrow. It is quite cold here. N couldn't get either of his vehicles started this am and took the van. Good thing we all went to church last night. Fr. B is headed for Mexico tomorrow! We wish him safe travels and are a tad jealous. Our neighbors continue on their around the world vacation. So happy for them! They are half way through their journeys. I can't wait to have coffee with her and hear all about it. Baby Girl is walking. She started out with 1 step, then 3, then 6 and now 9! We are very proud of her. It's bazaar to see her walking. My guess is with four siblings to keep up with, she was highly motivated, making her the earliest walker in the family. I still struggle with what to feed her at times. She will have nothing to do with baby food, which is fine. We run into trouble with too much fruit. It leads to diaper issues. Not much else. Starting to get my walleye festival items in order. N is building bunk beds for the girl room. We're starting a list to have somethings done by April. My family will be coming for Seven's first communion. Should be a great month. Can't wait for it to get here.

Finally to the Post

It took me 4 weeks to get to the post office. I finally made it and got letters/packages sent. Today, I received compliments about the info sent. My problem, I couldn't remember what I sent to whom. Oh well. There are worse things. Kids are good. It's so cold here, not as cold as in MN, but cold. I am ready for warmer temps. N is working on bunk beds for Five's room. So excited to get those done! N pulled out Sevens tooth just before the bus came. There was blood on Seven, N and myself. It was eventful. With N having the day off tomorrow, I hope we can get somethings done and have a great family day.