Crazy Days!

It has been a crazy busy couple of days.  Tuesday was coop teacher prep day so we had to get ready and head out by a little before noon.  Before we left Missy Miss was singing with Grandma about God making everything.  They sang about God making the trees, etc and then she told Grandma that they needed to sing about how God made the polka dots!  My sweet little singing bee.  She truly loves singing and memorizes songs unbelievably well.

We headed out and picked up Aunt Ninny and then on to the Family Fortress.  Aunt Ninny came along to watch the threesome while Mom and I were planning for coop with the other moms.  Missy Miss fell asleep on the way there and she slept on the couch for most of the time we were there.

The boys had a blast of course running around and playing with the other kids.  They were very excited to be going back to the big house.  They didn't even want to go thru Chick Fil A drive thru for lunch they were so eager.

My job was to help three other moms design a big ear for the kids to crawl through next week.  It was a lot of fun fellowshiping and planning with other moms who are so excited to be teaching our children.  Hopefully we can pull off a giant ear complete with ooey gooey ear wax!  I will be sure and post photos next week.

We also got to talking about the health of our children and how hard it is to know what to feed them and not feed them so tha t they can grow to be healthy and strong for God.  We talked about raw milk and organic beef, etc.  I am really going to try and have my kids eat more nutritious and take in less processed foods and high fructose corn syrup.  It won't be an easy task, but I pray that I can make strides in improving our families health and wellbeing on a budget!  My first initiative is going to be cutting out McDonald's chicken nuggets, which by the way aren't even 50% chicken.  There are 38 different ingredients in their chicken nuggets, most of which I can't even pronounce!  Scary!!!!

We arrived home from coop a little after 5pm and then it was dinner and bedtime.  We finally got everyone settled down a little before 8pm.  Then Peanut and I ran to the store for shampoo and deoderant so that he wouldn't smell bad!

Wednesday dawned bright and early as seems to be the trend lately with the before 0630 wake up time.  I really need to adjust their little body clocks to at least 0700.  Mommy is tired!!

After breakfast we loaded up and went for a walk around the block.  What a circus that was.  Woobie was riding his bike, Schnooky was on his trike and I had Missy Miss in the stroller with the dog in tow.  Of course Grandma was there to help as well.  Woobie kept stopping and saying he was too tired and sweaty which made the adventure drag out even longer.  We vowed we wouldn't do that again.  They would all be strollered up the next time so it didn't take half the day to get around the block.

When we finally got back home we decided to get ready and go to the park before going to get pinches.  However, before we could get our act together, Mr Schnooky Bear came in my room and announced that Noni had gone in his room and pee'd on the floor.  I had serious doubts about this claim as the dog hadn't budged off the floor since we came home.  So I went to investigate the allegations and found that there was indeed urine on the floor, however it wasn't from the dog.  Mr. Schnooky Bear had pee peed a lovely pattern on the floor of his bedroom.  I couldn't believe that he had done this and then to add insult to injury he tried to blame the poor dog.  It took quite a bit of interrogation for him to finally plead guilty to his crime.  We have really been having a problem with him lying for a while.  We continue to try and teach him that lying is a sin and it makes God and Mommy and Daddy very sad when he lies.  We will continue to be diligent and teach our little fibber to tell the truth!!

We finally got out the door about 1100 and went to the park.  Grandma played soccer on the fields with the boys while I played with Missy Miss on the playground.  She was so funny.  She kept climbing up the little ladder and saying she was climbing to get away from the purple dinosaur.  There actually was a purple dinosaur bouncy ride on in the park.  Grandma and the boys met us at the playground for a little more playtime and then at about 1200 we loaded up and headed to lunch at Steak n Shake.

After lunch we still had time before being able to get Woobie's "pinches" so we went to Target.  We hit the dollar section and it was a homeschooler's dream.  There were so many educational materials in the bargain bins.  We stocked up on little workbooks, flashcards, dry erase boards and manipulatives.  And of course they had to have a few fun things too.  The boys got spiderman socks and little stuffed toys and Missy got Tinker Bell socks and a Tinker Bell lunch box. 

Finally, we checked out and made our way to the ENT to meet Grandpa for pinches.  Poor little Woobie is really not digging his pinches lately, but he is a trooper and they have really helped with his allergies. 

Our final stop before heading home was McD's for some icecream.  The boys each got a little sundae.  Missy Miss had fallen asleep in the car on the way there so Grandma stayed with her.  I wasn't exactly thrilled that she fell asleep so late because it was going to make for a long night after she woke up.

We arrived home around 320pm and Missy pretty much slept until 630pm.  Oh boy was I in for a long night.!

We had tacos for dinner and then Peanut played with the boys for about 30 minutes and he read them stories and put them to bed.  It was so great to see him playing with his little brothers.  They just eat it up when Big Brother Peanut spends time with them.

Noni and I went for a double spin around the block at about 730pm while Daddy hung out with Missy Miss.  Daddy had to go back to work about 830pm so it was just me and Missy Miss for the bedtime dance.  She was having no part of going to sleep and finally and 10pm I put her in bed with me.  She finally gave up the fight a little after 10pm and I put her in her bed.

Everyone slept pretty well last night, but of course by 0630 this morning they were up and ready to go!!!  Grandma arrived about 0700 and then it was time to kick it into high gear and get ready for work.  I finally made it out the door a little after 0800 and zoomed off to work.

All went pretty well at work today and I got out pretty much on time.  Grandma and I walked the Nonster around the block and then it was home to settle on the couch and see my hubby and record my thoughts.

All for tonight.  Another work day awaits me tomorrow and then off for the weekend!!!