N & A

I must confess. It is difficult when 2 of your favorite subjects are not available when you want them. That is why there are only one picture of each of the big girls & 4 of Miss E. I think I'm gonna have to fix that this weekend!

Miss E

Logic

A & I were talking in the truck this morning. She was reading a book that Mom had gotten for Miss E. She got the page with the hunting kitty. She asked me if cats hunt. I told her they do.

Using a lion as an example, I mentioned that cats hunt differently from the way people hunt.

A's reply... "People go hunting at comissaries... at Krogers... going out to eat at restaurants..."

Prayer Request

Please pray for my friend K.

She found out last week that she is pregnant.

According to the bloodwork done on Monday & Wednesday this week, she is miscarrying.

She is understandably heartbroken.

Overheard

Last night I went for a walk with the big girls and left the baby girl at home with Michael.

As we were walking A told me that she wanted to go to the park. I told her that was exactly where we were headed.

She ran down the sidewalk with her hands in fists above her head.

As she ran, she screamed, "VICTORYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!"

overheard

A: "Mommy. The reason I like you so much is cause... [long pause]... you're my mommy."

Labor Day

We had a great plan! Swimming at Laddie's. Chili cooking in the crockpot while we swam and ready for lunch without any trouble.

Problem was, I got a phone call from Rachel. She was running late. No big deal, I still had a few things to finish prepping. We left the house around 10am instead of 8:30am. By the time we arrived, it was time for lunch and the chili had not yet made it to the crockpot. Plus I still needed to make a quick run to the grocery store for some snack items I had planned to bring.

We decided to skip the crockpot and cook the chili on the stove. I got it put together and made the quick trip to the store. I arrived back at Laddie's just in time to serve the chili. It had just needed to be heated up.

The adults began serving themselves since all the children were upstairs playing Wii. As soon as we were ready to sit down to eat, 4 children came downstairs and proclaimed they were ready to eat or swim. Because of thunder, we asked that they wait and because we wanted a peaceful meal, we told them we'd serve their bowls when we were finished eating.

After the kids ate, they jumped into the pool. About 15-20 minutes later I heard Michael call me. He asked me to take Miss E because it was getting ready to storm again. And sure enough, kids were jumping out of the water left and right. Pool toys went flying onto the side of the pool and adults herded everyone inside.

Poor Miguel was standing in the dining area with his arms out from his sides dripping water all over the floor. In the rush to get inside, he wasn't given a towel. In his parent's defense, they were getting toys and floats out of the pool.

We decided to call it a day. It rained pretty hard several times while we were at Laddie's house. So our great plan was drastically revised.

No pictures though. I realized about halfway to Laddie's that I had forgotten to bring the camera.

At any rate, it was fun to hang out with family, even if things didn't go according to plan.

Silly girl

So this morning as we are getting into the truck, A asks me, "Mama, will you walk me in today?"

Funny. We walk to school and she wants to go in by herself. The one day I need to drive them because of all the errands I have to do and she wants me to walk her in.

Silly girl!