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Family “Fun” Day… At Ikea?
We recently had a shift here. For years now, The Captain has worked Saturdays. The kids have long been used to him not being home, so doing things “as a family” were typically squeezed into a few hours on Sunday- if at all. He’s no longer working on Saturdays, so we’re trying to figure out what that looks like as a family. What do… “normal” families do on your typical rainy Saturday afternoon? They go to Ikea, apparently- because everyone was there. EVERYONE. We had decided to pick up some new plates & cups now that the kids are older (We’re all high-society now; no more drinking out of coffee…
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It’s Always Something
School’s back- 5 out of 6 kids are in school all day now. I love the summer, but I began to look forward to having the kids back in school so that I could finally catch up on everything that had been neglected while I was busy catching up on something else. I wish I could give you the percentage of how having 5 of 6 kids out of the house has supposedly reduced my workload, but we’ve already addressed my lack of mathematical reasoning of any shape or kind before. (And speaking of school, let me just say, in terms of parenting school-aged children, your own words come back…
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Leapin’ Lizards!
Maybe the title is wrong. They WERE leapin’. Once. Now? Not so much… So I have a confession to make. Yes, you’ll likely judge me. Or call PETA to report me, and I’ll end up with a bucket of fake lizard’s blood being hurled at my coat in public. It’s time you know what a monster I am. Maybe you live in an area where salamanders are common. Here in NY, they typically aren’t, but for some reason, my town has tons of them. On warm days, it’s not unusual to see them skittering around on the pavement. And my kids LOVE them. Sometimes they spend hours trying to devise…
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How do you DO it?? Part 2
As I mentioned in my last post regarding organization, I wanted to give you a clear sense of how I/we do things here, before I continue to entertain you with all of the things that go wrong here. š In the last post, I shared some of the techniques that we use to keep a handle on the potential mess and disorder. This time around, I’ll share some of the aspects of our routine that help to keep things running smoothly. And next time, I’ll share the chaos to keep it real. Because no matter how hard you work, those of you who parent numerous kids know that there are…
