We had a great Christmas, but had what I refer to as sicktember. All month long one of us was ill. Why is it you can never all be sick at the same time so you can be over and done with it in a week? Instead, slowly one by one we each fell ill and I spent the better part of a month doling out medicine, taking kids to the doctor, and spraying my Lysol spray. For those of you who are shocked I actually used chemicals to sanitize instead of my all natural stuff, I felt it was needed because it felt like the all natural stuff wasn't being effective enough (otherwise we wouldn't all be sick and after a couple weeks desperation set in). We were literally house bound by someone being ill for the whole month. Thankfully, the only one of us who caught the flu bug was the one who was the least ill.
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| He even slays dragons in his sleep. |
We are down to our last 14 weeks of school. Yeah! I am as ready for summer as the kids! We have a few fun trips planned and I can not wait, except for maybe the 16 hours there and back in the car with the kids. I am just going to record "No, we are not almost there yet" and "You can't possibly need to stop to use the bathroom already." That way I can just hit play as frequently as they need to hear it.
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| Homeschool field trip to the police station. |
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| The officer goes through his typical day. |
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| Hard to believe, but they were all facing forward AND smiling. |
We are starting Girl Scout Cookie season. As many of you know, this is where each year girl scout families alienate friends, family, and co-workers by cornering them into purchasing boxes of cookies. This year the council had the idea that instead of seeing what people wanted to order first and then get the cookies that were ordered, each girl scout family had to purchase the cookies themselves beforehand, essentially guessing at what they would sell. Of course no one guessed with 100% accuracy and now in a desperate move not to end up with $400 of unsaleable cookies the scouts are becoming more aggressive in trying to sell them. I might need to put up a "I already have girl scout cookies" sign on my front door. Thanks to everyone who bought from us, so far we only 40 boxes left over, but at $4 a box it can still add up.
Finally, we experienced a last first. This week our youngest son lost his first tooth. It was bitter sweet. He is growing up and we no longer have any really young children, which at my age is a relief since I have no energy left for one. However, at the same time it means I am getting closer to having ALL my children out of the house and not just my oldest. While they can greatly test my patience, I will really miss them terribly when they are all grown up and out of the house. I will no longer homeschool them and will have unlimited amounts of extra time. I guess only God will know what I will do to fill my time, but I am trying to enjoy my last firsts as much as I can before they are all gone!
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| It was hard on us all! |
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