I had an unusually slow week, that somehow seemed very busy and fast paced.
Sunday, September 9 was pretty low key. We got home from church and put the little ones down for naps. Did some very minimal cleaning (since it was the sabbath) and rested oursleves. It was a VERY nice sabbath afternoon. One of the best in a long time. That evening around 5 a family from church, The Toh’s, came over. They brought all the food. They wanted to invite a few families over to celebrate their son’s birthday but they have a very small 1 bedroom apartment so they asked if they could use our house. So, including our family, we had 4 families here. That made 7 adults and 12 children. It was very fun and very easy. Li-Li did all the cooking and clean up afterward. I just got to enjoy some good food and good company. It was very fun.
Monday and Tuesday consisted of school, chores and going to bed. We did not leave the house all day except to drop off and pick up daddy and drop off and pick up my daycare kids.
Wednesday was my errand day. We left about 9 did 4 errands and got to P.E. at 10:35. The kids played while I chatted with some moms. We left and got home by 1. We had lunch, put the little ones down for naps and then did school. Then Scott came home, dinner, baths and bed.
Thursday Scott had a P.T. appointment and so I had to walk my daycare kids to school. We didn’t realize the conflict until late the night before. It is about a mile walk one way and so Alix and Milo rode bikes and Niah and Afton sat in the stroller. The other three kids just walked. It actually turned out to be quite nice and the kids asked if we could do it again. We got home just as Scott did. We piled in the car. I dropped off Scott then took Jaime and Alix to piano. Milo, Niah, Afton and I went for a walk, played at the park and met some really nice neighbors. We got back just in time to get Jaime and Alix. The rest of the day was school and chores. Li-Li came over for a couple of hours in the afternoon to help me bake Amish Friendship bread. A friend of mine gave me a starter and so I had to bake that day. It was fun and it was good. Now I have two starters. I’m suppose to give one away, but I haven’t yet. We’ll have lots of bread next week. The rest of the night went as usual.
Friday was park day. I had every intention of going but had to get some things done first. The kids worked a little slower than I had expected and so we were an hour late to park day. I felt bad. Those ladies really rely on me to be there. We still had a good time and ended up staying a little late. We got home about 1. Jaime and Alix had been invited to a birthday party. So the mom came and picked them up at 2. It was a nice afternoon with just Milo and Niah (Afton was sleeping). Things got a little noisier once my daycare kids came but they are pretty quiet. As it got closer to the time that Jaime and Alix were going to come home I realized that I needed to get Scott. So I called Camille (the mom who had my children) and asked her if I should go pick up Scott or wait till she got there. She was in the area where Scott needed to be picked up so she just picked him up, perfect!! As soon as they got home Scott and Jaime jumped in the car and attended a Stake daddy/daughter night. The four children home with me all were VERY tired and so all the kids here were asleep by 7:30 pm. That was great for me. I had almost 2 hours of “free” time. It sure did go by fast! Jaime and Scott had a great time and we all got to bed.
Saturday was a good day too. I got up and out of the house by 6 am. I did grocery shopping and was home by 7. After the groceries were brought in and put away I left for my 7:30 am appointment at the blood bank. I was home by 9. We had originally planned a different morning but we realized that our house needed some serious cleaning, so we all went into deep cleaning mode! *tangent* Since we have moved in our room has been the place we put everything that doesn’t have a place. It was just piling and piling till it was seriously out of control. On Monday I had decided I’d work for an hour everyday in my room. I did that and so by Saturday we just had about another hour worth of work. So we finished our room including dusting, vaccuming and hanging pictures. We scrubbed, cleaned, dusted….. till 3 pm. We stopped then. Got dressed and went on errands. We got home by 6, ate dinner, did baths and put kids to bed. Then I left. I had an appointment with my friend Laura. She cut my hair. Not a little trim, but a full on cut. I have 12 inches to donate and another inch was cut off to even things out. My hair brushes the top of my shoulders now. I’d love to post a picture but Scott hasn’t taken one yet. I’ll try to have one by the end of today. It was easier to do this time than it was last time. I cried for days after the last hair cut. Not this time, I LOVE it.
Sunday was easy for me! It took about 3 minutes to wash my hair and maybe 1 minute to brush it! Church went really well and the after church routine was nice too. I had a meeting at 2 and took Milo with me. He had a great time playing with another little boy. The rest of the day was low key and relaxing, it was nice. We got all the kids to bed and I spent a couple of hours updating the kids’ baby books and Scott enjoyed reading quiet a few pages from his grandfathers journal.
It was a nice week overall. This week is a bit more scheduled but that’s ok. As long as we get school done that is what is important. With all the stuff earlier in the year we are right on schedule so any missed days are lost time. Too bad for us, I really liked being ahead so we could miss a day or two and it wouldn’t matter. That’s ok, life goes on right?
We love you all. We miss you too.
Can’t wait for the picture of your new “do!”