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I see trees of green, red roses too…

September 3, 2010 in Brittany, Darby, Jacob, Jarvis, Justice, Paige, Random by Petra | 10 comments

Another random list… cause that’s how I roll…

  • Justice has a job!  He is helping with the filming of the local high school football games.  This was his 2nd week, and he loves it!
  • Speaking of Justice, he’ll be 15 in 5 days. Crazy town!
  • I finally caught up with my bcf, the Kendster! We chatted for 2 1/2 hours the other day and could have gone on for another 12!  That’s what happens when we only talk once every six months.  We really need to chat more often, but between my 6 kids and her 10 kids – finding time to chat on the phone is challenging. :)
  • I need help. I Timothy 2:15 says “Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.” (NKJV) and I can’t figure out what it means. I’ve read three commentaries, and they all said different things, and they were all pure conjecture. I’ve worn out my concordance.  I have a couple of ideas of what it might mean, but I’m not satisfied yet.  So please, if you have insight to offer, please do. I need to move on. lol (I won’t share what I think it might mean with you yet, so it doesn’t cloud your opinions on the verse.)
  • We are on day 2 of a 10 day field exercise wherein the hubster can’t even call.  *sad face*
  • I forgot to get laundry detergent the last two times I went to the store, and now I’m completely out.  I’ve been out for two days. Which means I have an ever-growing pile of laundry.  Must go to the store tomorrow!  (I don’t think I’ve ever actually run out before – it’s so unlike me.)
  • Paige’s eye teeth need to just hurry up and cut through the gums.  She was sleeping so well, but the last couple of nights she’s been up fussing.  She usually gets a runny nose and a fever when she’s teething, but this time she has diarrhea which means diaper rash (which we are keeping under control, but still – it’s no fun)… and this has gone on for nearly two weeks.  I just don’t function properly on interrupted sleep!  Here’s hoping she sleeps all night tonight!!  I gave her Tylenol before bed, but she usually wakes up around the time it wears off, and even if I give her more, she is up for a while – last night? from 1 am to after 3 am… *sigh* (eta 9/4/10: Paige slept from 7:30 last night until 9:20 this morning!! Hallelujah!!) :)
  • Paige has been talking more – it’s SO cute. I LOVE this age. (aside from the teething – ha!) She’s so playful and giggles when we tickle her or chase her. She gives the sweetest little hugs and kisses (and I can’t get enough of those).  Now she says “eat” as she does the sign for it.  She’s walking a little bit.  She’s still nervous about it though. 
  • Jarvis is loving his soccer team – games start pretty soon.
  • Jacob went on his first “friend” outing without any of us.  He went with a friend’s family to the children’s museum in Raleigh on Wednesday.  He left at 8:00 am and came home in the early afternoon. He had a BLAST and has been talking about it ever since.  :)
  • Brittany has been researching colleges and has a list pretty narrowed down.  She wants to major in Anthropology (and possibly minor or double major in Art or Linguistics).  She’s all signed up to take her SAT’s in October, and I need to get her signed up for the ACT’s.  All the fun ‘senior’ stuff. :)
  • Darby doesn’t really have much going on lately – just being busy being 9.  I’d like to get her in a gymnastics class or something of the sort so she has an extracurricular activity.  I missed the fall sign-ups (no funding was available – lol), but the winter classes start in November, so hopefully she’ll be able to do those.
  • I think I’m going to start doing crossfit again.  I want to get in shape and walking and yoga are great, but I want results FAST!  I’ll let you know how it goes. 

That’s all I got for now…

the other day, I saw a bear, a great big bear, a way out there…

August 25, 2010 in Breastfeeding, Brittany, Darby, Homeschooling, Jacob, Jarvis, Justice, Lists, Paige, Random by Petra | 6 comments

Lists are our friends.

  1. Andy’s parents and sister came for a visit this week, and we had a blast. I definitely hit the jackpot when it comes to in-laws. And I’m not just saying that because they read my blog. I really, truly mean it. Love them!

    It was more difficult than it should have been to take this photo - lol.

    I had to use the flash to get a semi-decent shot. Ideally, I'd have taken this photo during daylight when everyone was all fixed up (note the freshly bathed, pajama'd three in front), but alas, I forgot to even touch my camera during their whole visit until the last possible second).

  2. Darby got baptized on Sunday morning (and Andy’s family was here to see – so cool)!  So proud of her that she genuinely wants to follow Jesus.  :)

    Darby was too short to see much during the actual baptism, but I managed to take her photo just after. :)

    Getting her baptism certificate (I was using Andy's point&shoot camera and I have no idea how to work that thing - lol)

  3. Jarvis had his first (soccer) scrimmage with another team last night and he did great. Looking forward to his games, which start in about three weeks.
  4. Have I mentioned our school plans on my blog? If not, fyi (and for prosperity’s sake), we are homeschooling all the kids this year. That’ll be 5 kids. Homeschooled. Grades K, 4, 7, 9, and 12.  Once we start, if you don’t hear from me for a while, check in and make sure I’m still alive and sane, would you? ;)   Seriously though - I’m looking forward to it. We aren’t ‘officially’ starting for a couple more weeks-ish, but are doing some things to prepare such as diagnostic testing (starting today). 
  5. I went to Darby and Jarvis’ old schools yesterday to withdraw them (school started today — what? you don’t wait until the last possible minute to do things? whatever.), and my decision was just completely confirmed.  Ahhhh… feels good to be doing the right thing for your family. 
  6. And please don’t take that last sentence to mean that I think everyone should homeschool. I definitely do not feel that way.  But I do know that this is the right thing for OUR family right now. 
  7. I caught the Dojo Sensei in Mousehunt a few days ago. Exciting, right?
  8. As you know, my iPhone got wet.  So sad.  I did manage to get it working again, but the LCD screen is all smeared and ruined. I can only barely see 1/2 the screen, and when I try to turn it on, I can’t slide the bar to get to the main menu.  So it’s useless to me.  It’s okay, you can cry too.
  9. Since I don’t have a few hundred dollars set aside for replacing phones, Andrew found his 5 year old Motorola Razr L7.  We charged it, and lo and behold it works. So, I have a phone now, which is nice.  The downside is that I have to pay the iPhone $30 monthly fee until April, when my contract ends, and it’ll probably be April before I can afford another iPhone.  Oh well.  At least I can check my yahoo mail on the Razr, and set alarms on the calendar.  I’m just happy to be able to talk and text again – not that I talk/text often, but it’s nice to have the option.
  10. Note to self: record Brittany playing the piano and post it. She totally rocks.
  11. (disclaimer: this point includes the words ‘breast’ and ‘mastitis’… move on to the next point if you aren’t interested)… A few weeks ago, I cut down on the amount of times per day that Paige nursed, thinking that I’d wean her by 18 months.  She got down to nursing 3 or 4 times a day (at bed time, nap time, sometimes in the morning, and sometimes if she woke up in the middle of the night).  Well, then she started teething again (and no, those eye teeth haven’t poked through yet), and she wanted to nurse ALL THE TIME.  So I accomodated her since it seemed to comfort her, and my milk supply went up again.  Then, one day, about a week and a half ago, she refused to nurse.  Ever again.  She went from getting my milk supply WAY up to absolutely nothing.  With no warning whatsoever.  It was so weird. Anyway, so that led to mastitis in BOTH breasts (fun for me), which I quickly nipped in the bud with garlic, but because of the process of going cold turkey on the breastfeeding, it was kind of a long week or so.  I did pump a few times for relief, but I’ve never had much luck with pumping (and I hate doing it).  I’m finally feeling ‘normal’ and my energy is starting to return.  Thankfully.
  12. I made some barbecue chicken when Andy’s family was here that turned out really great, if I do say so myself.  I’ve been struggling trying to find a barbecue sauce that we all like that is 1. gluten-free, 2. chemical-free, and 3. corn-free. Corn-free is nearly impossible to find.  The last barbecue chicken I had made was kind of gross – dry and the sauce not tasty (an organic Annie’s sauce – I do not recommend).  And of course, we had company when I made it (so sorry Pastor Josh and Trisha! I’ll make a better main course next time!  Not that you read my blog, but just in case… I really can make chicken taste good. lol).  Anyway… the homemade barbecue sauce had rave reviews, it cooked well with the chicken, which came out really moist and wonderful, and of course, I have no idea how I made it.  I did write down all the ingredients I used, but amounts?  Who knows?  I just threw stuff in there until it smelled right.  If I can replicate it, I’ll share the recipe. 
  13. Speaking of corn-free… have you seen King Corn?  We watched that the other day.  Other food documentaries I’ve watched lately are Food, Inc. and The Beautiful Truth.  I recommend them all (and they can all be found on netflix’s instant play list).  Watch them, make changes, and stop killing yourself by ingesting poison.  When we’re all old and I am clear-headed and healthy (because hopefully I made my changes before it was too late – my health is slowly but surely improving), and when you have Alzheimer’s because you thought I was nuts for eating organic and not using harsh chemicals in my home?  I’ll say “I told you so!” and you won’t have a clue what I’m talking about because the dementia will be so bad, but I’ll say it anyway and you’ll say “who are you again?” and the nurse will come wipe your drool and wheel you away and I’ll go for a jog.
  14. Yes, the correct spelling of ‘BBQ’ or ‘barbeque’ is actually ‘barbecue’.  In case you are judging my spelling of the word in point number 12.  Not that I’m ever very aware of grammar on my blog, but misspelled words is a pet peeve of mine.  Fragments and run-on sentences are okay though.  Unless I’m writing a book – in that case, I’d be more careful with my grammar.  Believe it or not, I do understand proper grammar.  I really am qualified to teach it to my children.  :)
  15. That last point was FULL of terrible grammar.
  16. Did I blog about Josh’s visit last week?  I think I just posted a few photos from our trip to the capitol (in the things-I-love post).  Well, Josh visited last week and we had a great visit.  Jacob thinks Uncle Josh hung the moon and gets a little hyper excited when Josh is around.  What can you do?  He’s four.

    Britta and Josh imitating Justice on the bench. lol

  17. Darby and Paige wore matching dresses to church on Sunday – and of course, these were the only two photos that I got.  I’ll have to make them wear them again and take some real photos. Darby was the one that picked out their clothes, so don’t be all “why are you forcing your children to match” on me – it was HER idea! ;)  (dresses are complements of our good friend Robyn who passes her girls’ clothes down to my girls). :)

    Paige is tugging at her face in the one on the right, which explains why her eye looks all wonky. lol

…and I think to myself, what a wonderful world…

August 19, 2010 in Andrew, Brittany, Darby, Jacob, Jarvis, Justice, Paige, Random by Petra | 11 comments

Inspired by my friend Rebecca‘s blog post…

“We love the things we love for what they are.” ~Robert Frost

Saucy shrimp at Bonefish Grill. Mmmmmmm… now I’m craving it… again.

What happens when my 16 year old has a bedroom under construction, and I buy her a pack of Sharpies.

My little left-handed cutie who gets excited when he can draw on his big sister’s wall.

My All-Stars. I want lots of colors.

Funny teenagers who entertain me on a daily basis.

A father/son relationship filled with so many similarities and great mutual respect.

A creative 16 year old who thinks outside every box.

A squishy one year old to love and cuddle.

These three silly-heads.

Watching my children play.

Funky paintings by the aforementioned artist I live with.

The love we share.

My wonderfully awesome family.

And so much more…

Well, I walked around the corner and I walked around the block and I walked right into a donut shop…

August 11, 2010 in Brittany, Jarvis, Random by Petra | 5 comments

Has it really been a week and a half since I posted?!  Time just keeps going by faster and faster!  I don’t have a big inspirational post for you, but I do have a couple of photos, and a random list update:

Jarvis got his hair cut short recently. He doesn't generally sport a faux-hawk, but it's pretty cute. :)

  •  Jarvis started practices for soccer.  Games don’t start until September though.
  • I’m not as sarcastic as I used to be.  Out loud anyway.  And I’m finding that this is making me pretty boring. 
  • Paige still isn’t walking (she’s 16 months, 3 days).  She took 6 steps in the nursery on Sunday (I was in there with her, and she walked to me), and then later that day, Jarvis said she took 8 steps.  But she hasn’t done it again.  I know she CAN walk, but she refuses.  She’s just way too cautious. 
  • My brother, Josh, is coming tonight and staying until Saturday. It’ll be good to see him.  The kiddos love it when he visits (especially Jacob).
  • The three oldest kids spent last week at church camp and had a total blast.
  • I need to gain like five pounds.  I guess that’ll probably happen once I stop breastfeeding Paige though.  Maybe.  Still, I’d rather be too thin than too fat.  So it’s all good.
  • If only being thin were synonymous with being in shape.  I was on a roll working out, but then I got sick and haven’t gotten back into the swing of things. 
  • It’s been WAY too hot to go for walks though.  A treadmill is on my wish list for days that are too hot/cold/rainy. 
  • Paige is teething again.  She had been doing really well sleeping through the night after she got her molars, but now the eye teeth are bothering her.  I hope they don’t take too long to come in… :-/

Britta got her bangs cut (by me), and she looks super pretty with them. She's one of those people that looks completely different with different hairstyles!

  •  Have I mentioned that Justice is taller than Britta?  He passed her up a couple of months ago.  He’s probably around 5’8″ now.
  • I love my children! They are all so awesome. If I had better pregnancies, I think I’d probably try to have a dozen kiddos.
  • I’m sure I have more to update, but I can’t think of any of it now. :)  

I’ve never licked a spark plug and I’ve never sniffed a stink bug…

July 27, 2010 in Brittany, Jarvis, Justice by Petra | 4 comments

The other day, when Andrew and I were getting ready to go on our anniversary date (separate post to come), Jarvis asked me to take a photo and Britta jumped in. Oh yeah, and Jarvis got his hair all buzzed off. Paige was just an innocent bystander (or Millicent Bystander).

When I uploaded the photos yesterday, I found that more photos were taken after I left…

Justice asked me not to put this photo on Facebook, and I said okay. This isn’t Facebook so I’m keeping my word. He said he wasn’t flexing, so it wasn’t a worthy photo for public viewing. ;)

I was told the one above was taken using the timer.

Jarvis’ mouth looks enormous here. lol!

And Jarvis continued the photo-taking fun the next day (I’m including this photo of Britta, but I’m not including the photo he apparently took of me in the kitchen right after my workout!). :) And yes, yes, that is a Jack Daniel’s mug Britta is drinking out of. What?!

Did I mention that Justice is absolutely sure he’s going to join the military? Most of the shirts he wears are some type of military t-shirt.

And this was the last photo I found on my camera. A couple of things: 1) Jacob LOVES the movie Bolt. Loves. and 2) when I was a kid, I had a subscription to Dog Fancy magazine. I loved dogs. My plan was to own a farm-type kennel where dogs ran free. I was going to breed Scottish Terriers and save stray dogs from hunger. Etcetera. Yeah, that dream has long faded. lol

“I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it, Bob”

July 15, 2010 in Darby, Jacob, Jarvis, Paige by Petra | 11 comments

Recent-ish iPhone photos and an update…

This has been a busy week so far! On Monday, Andrew left for the field and my parents left after being here a few days. Justice started driver’s ed, which is from 8:00-11:oo every morning M-Th this week and next week, and the kids have been going to VBS (preschool through 12th grade, so everyone except Paige) from 6:00-8:30 every evening (tonight is the last night). Add to that, several trips to grocery stores, Jarvis’ 1st soccer meeting to fill out all the paperwork, a trip with Paige up to Apex to go to Target, and a 2nd flea treatment of the house (which Andrew usually handles that stuff and I just help with cleaning the house to prep, but he was gone, so guess who was in charge of that operation this time — ).  Oh, and I’m working hard to get Paige to sleep through the night while Andrew isn’t here to be kept up with her shenanigans. I’m a little bit tired. :)

Now I’m paying bills and working up a budget for the next couple of months. Question of the day: Why is our electric bill 80 bucks more than it was last month? I don’t recall running the A/C more than last month. But maybe we have. Ah, bill paying fun. ;)

…aaaaaand about six hours since I started this post, I’m finally getting a chance to get on here and add the photos… :D

In no particular order because they are unfocused, unedited, iPhone photos anyway, so I just put them in the order that they uploaded…

Darby, the last week of school, sitting in her 3rd grade classroom after the school award's ceremony.

During one of the flea treatments last week, I took Jacob and Paige to the train park in downtown Sanford. Paige was a little zoned out staring at the fountain. :)

Jacob loves the train park!!!

Paige was not interested in cooperating for photos, and I only had my iPhone, so I wasn't really trying that hard anyway. :)

Yes, she is single and fabulous. And only picks her nose sometimes.

Jacob didn't actually get *in* the fountain, but he played around it enough to get pretty wet. We usually aren't up there when the fountain is on, so that was fun for him! :)

Cuteness all around. Paige wouldn't get in the fountain, but she had fun crawling around where the ground was wet.

crazy wet hair and eyebrows. :)

:)

Still sweaty, but in dry clothes after playing at the train park (and yes, I know it's time to take the little doggies off the seatbelts and throw them in the washer - it's on my to-do list, okay?)

Yes, she is 15 months, and No, she still isn't walking. She can't be bothered.

Britta had to take a photo of the way Jarvis was laying the silverware out to dry after he washed it (our dishwasher doesn't work, for those who don't know - it's on the "appliances to buy" list).

Last night, during VBS, Paige and I drove to Apex and ate dinner at Qdoba and shopped at Target - on the way back, these guys were outside my window at a stoplight.

Paige finishing up her evening snack with some milk on the couch last night. She doesn't really like me to put the barrettes in her hair, but she likes for them to be there - so they go in fairly messy as she squirms, but then she leaves them. At least her hair isn't hanging in her eyes?

I don't know if I've mentioned Paige's aversion to shoes. Well, she has always hated them. Recently though, she has been trying to wear our shoes (which is really cute!). So last night at Target, I was trying shoes on her to see if she'd let me, and she INSISTED on keeping them on her feet and got mad when I took them off. I took that to mean she is ready to start wearing shoes. So we bought this pair. I went ahead and took off the tags and just paid for the box - she kicked her little legs and was so proud of her new shoes. Cutie. :)

Paige shoveling some cheese into her mouth at Qdoba last night. :)

My new treat. Since I gave up dairy, my choices have been even more limited, but I really love this chocolate coconut ice-cream. So yummy! Um, yeah, the coffee table was a bit messy when I took this the night before last. :)

Jarvis and Darby a couple of weeks ago :)

Darby the Diva at one of her swimming lessons a couple of weeks ago.

Jacob enjoying the kiddie pool during one of Darby's swim lessons (he picked out these trunks). :)

Darby jumping off the high dive towards the end of the two week swim lessons. She did so good!!!! :)

Darby checking email: Headband? Check. Sunglasses? Check. Silly bandz? Check. *sigh*

 Next week shouldn’t be quite as busy as this week, so hopefully I’ll get more chances to blog. :)

It’s time for healing, time to move on…

July 1, 2010 in Andrew, Darby, Elimination Diet, Health, Jarvis, Justice, Love, Marriage, Paige by Petra | 7 comments

It’s July 1st?! How is 2010 halfway over?! Wasn’t it just 1999??? I’m really beginning to understand what my father-in-law meant when he said “the older you get, the faster time goes.” *sigh*

Yesterday’s menu:
breakfast – sliced strawberries, dry Rice Chex (yum?), hot green tea (not the best b’fast, but my energy levels are just starting to return after being sick, so I had something that one of the kids could easily grab for me ;) ).
lunch (see photo above) - baked wild alaskan cod filet (olive oil, fresh lemon and lime juice, minced garlic, sea salt, pepper, dried cilantro), fried sweet potatoes (fried in olive oil with sea salt to season), more sliced strawberries, water
dinner – stir-fry [shrimp, broccoli, onions, garlic, zucchini, carrots] served with quinoa, fresh sliced pineapple, water

~snacks were things like peanut butter, carrots, and… I can’t remember anything else though I’m sure I had more than just that~

So yesterday was my first experience with quinoa (pronounced keen-wa). I’ve been meaning to try it for a while since it cooks up quicker than rice and it’s also more nutritious. I liked the taste, it was similar to rice. But there was something no one warned me of! When quinoa cooks it leaves small circles along the top of the pan that look like something you’d find at the bottom of the sea, and the actual cooked quinoa looks like a big pile of bug eggs or something grosser. That was difficult for me to get past. I had to chant “this doesn’t look disgusting, this doesn’t look disgusting, this doesn’t look disgusting” in order to get that first bite down. lol. I’ll eat it again though. I’m all about getting more nutrients out of my food!! :)

Obviously I’ve added some things to my diet since my last elimination diet post. Peanut butter and rice don’t seem to bother me. Potatoes don’t bother me either. Last night was my first foray with shrimp since I started this diet and it didn’t seem to bother me. I have discovered that dairy definitely bothers me (!), which is what I suspected was the main culprit but had been in denial. That makes me a sad panda, but it’s nice not to be in a fog! There are a few fruits that I can only eat every other day, but I can live with that. I’m trying to have more of a variety in my diet anyway. Oh, I added another snack in as well – Kettle barbecue chips. They’re my big treat. :)

In other news, Paige still isn’t walking or trying to walk. She has her 15 month checkup on July 9th. I’m pretty sure she *could* walk if she wanted to – she just doesn’t want to. She’s perfectly content to be carried or to crawl or to walk alongside furniture as she holds on.

She is saying a few more words now and then (‘uh-oh’ is her latest favorite word), but she really doesn’t talk very much. I mean, she makes noises and she grunts and points as she demands we bring her where she wants to go, but actual ‘talking’? She can’t be bothered. She does understand a LOT of what we say though. And she knows the signs for “eat” and “bird” so she can tell us if she’s hungry or if she sees a bird. Both very practical. ;)

Jarvis and Darby are hitching a ride with our good friends, Mark and Kim Lilley, to Tennessee tomorrow. They’ll be visiting my parents for a week, and then Grandma and Grandpa will bring them home. They’re excited to be going someplace without the rest of the family (as are most kids that age). I am not a huge fan of having my kids gone, but I like for them to do fun things so I’m happy for them that they get to go on a little vacation. :)

Justice shoots ball as often as possible. I actually took a couple of photos today. He starts drivers ed in a week and a half. Oh yeah, and I need to call again about the basketball camp next month. They weren’t organized last time I called and told me to wait a month and try again.

Andrew is home for a four-day weekend so I’m super excited about that! I love having him here. He still rocks my socks after all these years. I don’t think we’ll ever run out of things to talk about or stop being attracted to each other. I love our marriage. Love it! I’m still so amazed and grateful when I think of all we overcame. If you are reading this and you think your marriage is over and there’s no hope – please call me! I have a story of hope for you. Us! Nothing is impossible for God!! He heals – not just illness but relationships. So awesome! :)

In case I don’t get a chance to blog again over the weekend (although I have big plans to blog every day – hahahahaha), I hope you all have a wonderful weekend of celebrating our country’s independence!! Happy July 4th! :)

Thank you for being a friend, traveled down the road and back again…

June 4, 2010 in Jarvis, Random by Petra | 2 comments

I haven’t been blogging. My lack of sleep has caused me to have nothing interesting to say. But I can at least provide a little update, no?

  • Everyone is starting to feel better after being ill. Yay!
  • Paige has some molars AND her eye teeth poking against her gums. It’s fun for all.
  • Rue McClanahan died yesterday. Goodbye Blanche. RIP.
  • I’ve got to take the girls swimsuit shopping this weekend. Darby should be easy, but Britta has more difficulty finding suits that fit. Hopefully we find something!
  • Darby’s swim lessons start on Monday.
  • We find out next week which soccer team Jarvis made.
  • 3 1/2 more days of school for Jarvis and Darby. yay!!

This list is even boring me, so I’ll just stop. I’ll find a photo to leave you with and hopefully next time I’ll be witty and interesting. ;)

 

Jarvis – taken the other day when we were trying to take new facebook profile pics for each other. :)

Inside the pocket of a clown, is a sad place to hang around…

May 12, 2010 in Children, Darby, Jacob, Jarvis by Petra | 9 comments

Ah, Dwight. Now that song will be stuck in my head the rest of the day.

I took Jarvis, Darby, and Jacob to a small circus last week. All the photos I got inside the circus tent were blurry, but they would scare you anyway. I just can’t even describe the pitifulness of it all. The kids enjoyed it though, and that’s what counts, right?? :) Here are a few photos that I got before we headed into the “big”top…

The not-s0-big top.

The kids fed the goats in the “petting zoo” (a.k.a. a few goats in a pen) before the circus started. Well, Jarvis and Darby did – Jacob thought it was cool, but he wasn’t about to let a goat touch his hand with it’s mouth. lol

Jarvis feeding a goat.

Me: “Jacob, look up here so I can take your picture”; Jacob: “the sun is too bright” – a conversation we’ve had many times. Poor guy. He keeps losing his sunglasses. I need to buy him like 20 pairs and plant them everywhere!

Jarvis can’t wait until he can get braces – :) He has to wait until all his baby teeth are gone and his 12 year molars come in though!

Waiting in line to get into the tent… so exciting. lol

Jacob was completely mesmerized! When one of the circus people got wrapped in a chain then was strung upside down on a rope that they set on fire, Jacob yells at me “He’s going to kill himself!!!” I had more fun watching his reactions than I did watching the show. :)

Oh, I could write a sonnet, about your Easter bonnet…

May 4, 2010 in Brittany, Children, Darby, Easter, Jacob, Jarvis, Justice, Paige by Petra | 7 comments

Finally, a month later, I am posting all about the fun we had on Easter weekend.

Britta can fall asleep anywhere. It’s freaky. She had gone on a hike with her cousin and Darby and I guess she was worn out? I don’t know.

Pappy observing Justice and others enjoying the new basketball goal that he and G-ma so generously donated to the Justice-wants-a-basketball-goal cause. 

Paige LOVES watching the boys play basketball!!! She will sit on the porch with me and yell at them. She really wants to run out there and play too, but yeah, she can’t.

Cuteness.

Pappy and G-ma with seven of their nine grandkids! Paige has a ring in her mouth. We like to live on the edge. :)

Britta and Jacob getting into their Easter buckets. Britta stopped when she found a Dove chocolate bunny, and proceeded to put herself into a sugar coma, devouring all of her chocolate and peeps within a few hours. Some of the other kids had candy a week or two later, but Britta? No, it was gone as soon as she could shove it all in.

I think ze niece liked her new sleep mask. lol

Paige wasn’t too sure about her new hair bow.

She liked the box her slinky came in though. And yes, her Easter basket is a shoe box. Apparently, when I was shopping for Easter goodies, I had it in my head that we had plenty of buckets and baskets, but yeah – we did not.

Darby had pink peeps, thus the pink tongue. Every kid gets their own peep color, but with 6 kids receiving peeps this year, I think two of them got the same color. :)

Jacob had fun on the egg hunt!

The niece was a master egg hunter!!! She gave Justice a run for his money!!!

Jarvis looking in the top of the pantry (we hide eggs all over the main floor while the kids are waiting upstairs. And by “we”, I mean “Andy”. I fill the eggs, he hides them. And this year, Pappy helped me fill the eggs, so I had it easy!!). :)

Jacob enlisted Darby’s help to look behind some books he was sure there were eggs behind. :)

Yeah, they trashed the house while looking for the eggs. lol

We ended our weekend with a fun game of movie charades. Jacob thought it was fantastic and even guessed one and he also acted one out that I guessed (Finding Nemo – he did swimming movements, lol!). :)

We hope G-ma, Pappy, and the kiddos cousin come back to see us soon. We had a blast with them here! :)

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