Oh the joys of Motherhood

So the baby is screaming, the doorbell rings (it is my friends SIL dropping off her little girl) I grab Lyndi out of the exersaucer run to get the door and in my friendly way invite everyone in. I am sure to their horror they point out that I have baby poop all the way up my arm and Lyndi is covered from her waist all the way up her back! How do I not notice this? I was only holding her a few seconds but still, yuck! She offers to help but I politely shoo her out the door explaining that this is a daily occurrence here. And no I did not bother to take a picture of that. Just before then the other little girl runs in the house yelling that the dog is eating a bird and runs back out to save it! I go to inspect the situation and sure enough the dog is nuzzling (not eating!) a dead bird. Gross, gross, gross! What to do, I can't leave it there so I go to grab a grocery sack thinking I'll use the shovel and throw it away. Wait, that won't work because I cant hold open the sack and then I would have to carry it to the garbage, yuck! OK, grab the kitchen garbage can (that needs to go out anyway) get the shovel, eeeew, the bird is newly dead as in not stiff yet which makes it even harder to scoop up. Triple gross again! At the same time I am having to explain to the two little ones watching me that the birdie went to heaven, even though its eyes are still open. Can I just say good job to my dog. Finally she does something about the bird problem plaguing my house. Although I am not convinced she did it, maybe it fell out of our tree, who knows! It's only 10:30 so I'm not sure what to expect for the rest of the day, let's hope it's much more uneventful. By the way, Mom, I found a 22 lb. turkey, aren't you proud of me! I dug to the very bottom of the freezer and scored the biggest turkey they had. I don't know why but I always feel like I win the lottery when I get that bird!

The Newest Member of our Family

A few weeks ago, just out of the blue Logan said he wanted a pet. We decided that a fish would be the best pet for him but he was going to have to earn it. At school he has the opportunity to earn a sticker every day for good behavior, this has been hard for Logan! I told him if he could earn his sticker every day for a week I would take him to get a fish. It took 2 weeks but last week he was able to do it, he got lucky because Tuesday was a holiday! I knew he had been trying really hard and I wanted this so badly for him. Really I would have just gone and bought him a fish but I knew this was a learning opportunity for him and I wanted him to feel the joy of having worked hard for something. Friday night we loaded up all the kids and headed to the pet store where Logan picked a Beta fish and some "toys" for the fish. I was really proud of all the kids making Logan feel good about doing a good job at school. As we were leaving Logan was doing a little dance in the parking lot and singing "I'm the fish boy", it was so cute! So now along with our 2 dogs we have a fish, Finn. Good Job Logan!!

Krispy Kreme

Ooooooooh Doughnuts! It is a little tradition for us to take the kids to Krispy Kreme when they bring home their report cards. They get free doughnuts for every "A" that they earn so it is a cheap way to reward them for their hard work! Thankfully the kids are great students so they each get their own little box all to themselves. Yum!

The kids love to watch the doughnuts being made. No matter how many times they have seen it before, they are still thrilled to watch the doughnuts getting their glaze shower.

Most of the kids are good about only eating a couple while we are there and then saving the rest for breakfast. Darrin on the other hand could win a doughnut eating contest. He downed his 6 Krispy Kremes before we could even say doughnut!

I'm Blogging!

Okay, so I am finally joining the blogging world. I have been on the computer way too long this morning. I usually try to get the kids off to school and do some housework before anything else. That is the only way I can keep the house from defeating me! I have found that if I do just one load of laundry a day I can keep on top of it. That is one of the questions I always get asked when people find out we have a ton of kids. It is always about how much laundry I do. Funny. When I was younger I used to be a little embarrassed about how many kids we had, now when I tell people I have 7 kids I wear it like a badge of honor. I am so proud of my kids. Most days they drive me absolutely nuts but I am so full of such incredible joy at the sweet little people that they are. It is so scary to think that I have only a few short years left with my oldest. I am not ready to let go, although we could use the extra space!