Life just has a way of whizzing by. Last time I checked, it was mid-summer....now we are clearly into our fall routine. Football, school, chores, etc.
My oldest is two weeks into his FRESHMAN year of high school. How can that be??? Didn't anyone tell him that I am not old enough to have a kid in high school?? He's getting along great, though.
Next oldest is in 7th grade. She is so happy to be back at school because it means more face to face time with her friends.
The next two - 5th and 3rd grade are at home with me and the little girls (although they are not so little any more). They are two and four now! And......fully and completely potty trained. Yeee Haw! That is one thing I am not sad to leave behind. I got sad when we took the crib down and when I moved the rocking chair out of the former nursery. (I had nursed all 6 babies in that chair....it's hideous, but my tush sat in that thing for many, many hours) But I will never miss changing a diaper.
My brother is living with us temporarily. It makes for a whole different dynamic. The kids get all hyper and excited when he walks in the door - each one talking faster and louder than the other so that they can be heard when they tell him all about their day. His wife will be following him soon and then they will move into their house here. It will be so fun to have cousins and aunts and uncles around. We have never had that before. I am sure it is culture shock for him - having moved here from rural Montana...you know, noise, traffic lights, paved roads, strip malls. They are all foreign concepts to him!
One thing that I just have to share my excitement about -- three of my kids got baptized last week! What a joy it was to see them decide to make a public statement of their faith. My husband and I feel so blessed.
My final thought....Gwen's version of the "ABC's".... "next time don't you sing with me."
