Boy Name Suggestions
Tonight at the dinner table we decided to throw out the question for fun (who knows, maybe one of our kids has a good idea?) “Okay guys, what are some good boy names for our baby?” Aidan- “Thomas!” As...
View ArticleMore sick days
This morning I woke up to a delightfully back to normal knee, no tears or breaks I’m sure! Thank you Lord! But when I stood up I realized that I was feeling awfully queazy, it was only 5:00, maybe I...
View ArticleUpside Down Babies
Yesterday I was explaining to the boys that my midwife is going to check tonight to make sure that our baby is head down. Of course they wanted to know why and I explained it to them. Then this morning...
View ArticleSweet boys…
Last night, after a long day of shopping and errand running with my sister and our babies, I was sitting on the couch half asleep. Eamon came up to me and said the sweetest thing, it was one of those...
View ArticleLove Your Sister!!!
Since we’ve gone indoors for the winter :) we have experienced a little strife between the brotherhood. “Little” is somewhat of an understatement. Last night I did not scream at my kids, but almost. I...
View ArticleBefore I forget…
The other day I was sitting at the table with the kids, finishing up our breakfast. We were talking about moving, the kids are very excited about the possibility of moving to a larger home. So here...
View ArticleWhen Life isn’t fair-part 2
When life isn’t fair…don’t take it out on your kids. I could just leave it at that, we all know how easy it is to experience pressure in life, and when the pressure is on we feel the need to let off a...
View ArticleGuenna and Aidan on Fictional Characters…
Guenna is random. she will speak her mind as soon as she thinks it. Sometimes we can anticipate what she’s going to say in public and draw her away or cover her mouth, other times we are caught off...
View ArticleMy Little Dreamer, or should I say –“My Big Dreamer!”
As far back as I can remember, I think he was two, Aidan has been talking about his wife to be. He used to have an imaginary wife whom he named (she had a few different names as time went on). His...
View ArticleSick Days
I like to bring my kids with me to the store (actually “like” is a relative term, some days I like to bring the kids to the store with me, some days I wish we had all stayed home and taken a nap :)...
View ArticleSo…is it a girl, or a boy? Inquiring minds…
All the kids decided they would rather stay and play at nana Joan’s than go to our ultrasound appointment, to be honest I was a little surprised but I really can’t blame them ;) And we were happy to...
View ArticleWhy the name “Jack”?
Some of you have asked why we picked the name “Jack” for our baby boy? So I thought I would write it down for memory’s sake. Since we announced that we were expecting another baby to our children,...
View ArticleOut with the old…in with the new?
Okay, first of all, is this not the sassiest picture ever? Victoria is full of silly facial expressions and I’m just glad we were able to capture this one! Cait is sitting to her right, I think she...
View ArticleYou know your kids are homeschooled when…
…when you overhear your oldest child saying to his younger siblings, “okay, everyone get a piece of paper and pencil and go to the table, I’m going to teach you all how to draw 3D shapes,” and they all...
View ArticleKids…you can never have too many!
If you know me, or have read my blog for long you may have gotten the idea that I like kids. We have seven, so I guess that’s a good thing. I partially convinced my husband to get me goats so that it...
View ArticleConnor has reached the “age of randomness”
I love the age “4″. There is something so special and unique about 4-year-olds. They have come out of the phase of baby talk, but haven’t entered the age of logic and reason completely. They often...
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