We decided, at least for now, to have the kids not start their day with a show in the mornings. For a long time this has worked well – it gave us 30 minutes to get started on our day (dressed, makeup on, a few minutes to chat, etc) and took care of the “when […]

Javi slept in a lot today, hurray! The kids played for a while this morning before breakfast, and then ate lots. Then we did our chores and school, and we did LOTS of school today. Declan did a workbook learning about opposites, Javi read independently, both bigs worked on handwriting and explode the code, and

Last Friday highlights: we landed our first customer! I sold a liquor store on a website deal and they made a deposit! It was super exciting and also stressful, but so fun to get our first customer! Saturday was 50 degrees most of the day, so we cleaned up the house and then took a

Lover made waffles today, and since they are sugary, the kids wanted to know if it was a holiday or a special day! So, in the end, we decided it was for Yayo, since today was Yayo’s birthday! We called him and did a video chat for a little while, and the kids were very

Today was MOPS! The kids all helped with setup, which was a huge help. Everything went pretty smoothly, and with everyone helping we finished up by 11:30. Only six more meetings left this year! The kids really enjoyed building a fire truck puzzle during MOPS. We had a woman visit who is interested in starting

Today Lover had off, so we had a free day! We were supposed to get another storm, but the weather changed, so we decided to get out of the house. It was still cold and not terribly sunny, so we decided to go to the arsenal to see the bison, and then to Bass Pro

Happy Valentine’s Day! Bigs had school today, and they celebrated with their friends at school and made me lovely Valentine’s cards. Lover helped the littles make me Valentines as well, but they decided after they made them that they really liked them and we would just share them instead. 🙂 Lover made me a little

Another cold and wintry day. Lover had an interview that went very well, and we did our chores, schoolwork and lots of laundry today. I made a big, filling breakfast for the kiddos (and we ate the leftovers. Yum!) Turns out I can cook, when I put my mind to it. The kids really wanted

Tuesday and Wednesday were snowy, cold days, great for staying at home. We had a pretty quiet day on Tuesday, and in the afternoon we headed to IKEA to get some exercise. When we first got there the play area was full, but after walking around upstairs and exploring all of the tiny spaces, (and

I had to report for jury duty today, so it was an early and busy morning. The three younger kids all made sure they were awake to say goodbye to me and I was out the door by 7am. Apparently last week’s storm delayed a whole group of jurors, so there were 400 people in