Working Hard...

Well, it has been a very busy day indeed!!  We actually got alot accomplished on the house today.  I started the day out making our menu and grocery list for Dad so he could grocery shop.  After he left I started my day with the littles.  Daddy arrived back home as I was cleaning up our breakfast mess.  We put the groceries away together.  The fridge was being cleaned out at the same time and lunch was warmed up using leftovers!! :)  After eating and clean up we started back on the house. Two of the main rooms are completely clutter free and organized now ~ the kitchen and the laundry room.  Dad put new hardware on a couple of doors and they look much better! 

The kids have been great all day, allowing us to continue working!  They have done lots of playing and they watched a movie.  Jonathon started a new collection ~ ice :)  He was so excited!  His sister helped him fill up one of his plates last night (it is divided into 3 sections) and he froze it overnight.  This morning after breakfast he pulled it out and put his new *ice ~ collection* up in his room!  Later this afternoon he was devastated!  I could hear him yelling..."OH NO, MY ICE COLLECTION!!  IT MELTED!".  Had no idea on how to comfort him... When we asked if he wanted to start a new one he hollered "NO".  ):

After supper tonight, daddy took 3 of the littles outside to play for awhile so I could clean up the supper mess.  By the time they got back I was just about done :)  The boys continued to play in the breezeway for a little while longer, while Sarah and Daddy watched some Michigan softball on television. 

Now, I am going to go continue peeling wallpaper of the stairway wall :(  Ya know how sometimes you get a boiled egg that is EXTREMELY hard to peel?  The shell comes off one itty bitty piece at a time?  Well, that is how good the wallpaper is coming off!  They stuck it to unfinished drywall!...Grrr

Good Morning...

Orthopedics...

Last Thursday night, Jonathon pulled a piece of cabinet down on his foot.  We thought he was ok.  We put ice on it, comforted him and monitored him for the rest of the evening.  He got up after a while, walked around, played, etc.  Seemed ok.  He was uncomfortable, we could tell.  He walked on the side of his foot, we figured this was because it hurt.  It was bruised, but not swollen real bad.  Our night proceeded as usual.

Around 10:30 pm or so, Jonathon started yelling from bed.  A terrible, painful moaning, rolling, crying.  We ran in their to check on him.  He was without a doubt in pain.  We looked at his foot.  Not good!  Daddy took immediately to the ER.  3 hours later...they are heading in the door and Jonathon says (with a smile on his face :)..."You can call me BIGFOOT!"

His foot was in a splint and wrapped.  They took an x~ray and are suspecting 2 fractures on the top of his foot.  He was sooo excited about all of the happenings at the hospital...the nurses, the Dr., everything, that he could hardly talk.  He kept studdering over everything!  His mind was going a million times faster that his mouth could :)

This afternoon we are heading over to see the orthopedic Dr. to get a final diagnosis and treatment.  He is very excited about going to see the "bone Dr."  Hopefully all that is needed is a cast (praying for a walking cast :). 

He is handling all of this very well!  He is crawling around, goes up and down the stairs (without using his foot), climbing, playing outside...!  He uses his knee as leverage instead of his broken foot.  A couple of days ago he asked that the splint be taken off because it was hurting.  He said he didn't want medicine because it made him too tired.  So we obliged him.  It made his foot feel worse.  Last night his foot was bothering him again...this time he asked for medicine!  He slept like a baby! :)

Fred...

Fred was our fish.  Actually, to be more exact, Fred was Samuel and Jonathon's fish.  Andrea got him (along with 3 other goldfish that died) for their birthday.  Sunday Fred died.  I got a few questions from Sarah about Fred yesterday ~ she handled it well!  Last night at the dinner table, Samuel noticed Fred wasn't in his fish bowl.  The conversation went like this...

Samuel ~ Mom, where's Fred?

Mom ~ He died.

Samuel ~ But I liked Fred! (Now beginning to cry, and heading towards the fish bowl).

Mom ~ I know honey, I'm sorry.

A few minutes later...

Samuel ~ We need to get the plunger.

Dad ~ Why do you need the plunger Sam? (At this point we are all smiling)

Samuel ~ So, EVERYONE can go down in the toilet and get Fred and his friends! (He said this very seriously while not skipping a beat eating)

Everyone ~ {{{ laughing }}}

Samuel ~ STOP LAUGHING AT ME.

Katie ~ Sam, we're not laughing at you, we are laughing with you.

Samuel ~ (Putting both arms in the air) BUT. I'M. NOT. LAUGHING!!!

Everyone ~ Silence.

:D

For Those Who Think We Are Destroying The Earth...

Big Families Are The New Green!!

"Family Day" to the museum...

We don't call trips out 'field trips'.  Field trips are very nice trips the school's do for children that families should be doing.  Truth be told there is a minimal (if any) amount of learning that occurs during a school 'field trip'.  When we head out it is a "Family Day" ~ basically we tell the kids "it's a surprise!!"  Not too long ago we visited a children's museum in a nearby city.  We had an absolute BLAST!!  There are a lot of photo's so this may end up taking a few days to share them with you!  It was soooo much fun!

 

 

Have a great day!!!

The Titanic...

This morning we watched a documentary about the Titanic on the History Channel!

The Titanic by Samuel :)

The rescue boats ~ by Samuel :)

Here they are building the Titanic and the rescue boats with Lego's.  The book that Samuel is holding is a book about the Titanic.  He is showing them what an iceberg looks like :)  All of the individual Lego's scattered about are the people who were unfortunately not in the rescue boats as the boat sunk.  They are swimming around.

Self directed learning, I LOVE IT!!