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 My parents are on their way for a visit, yay! As I was working to try and get the clutter corralled, because, you know, my mom is coming, I found several sets of keys that weren’t where they were supposed to be. I was starting to get somewhat frustrated with things out everywhere, when I decided […]

 This is one of E4’s favorite toys right now. It’s a little big and heavy for her to really do much with it, but she’ll watch it intently and jabber at it when she’s on the floor. It’s also a great toy for the older ones to use to play with her, and they do. E2 especially […]

 E4 was sitting up against the back of the recliner as that was about the easiest way for her to breathe, but by the time I got the camera and got her siblings to get out of the way she’d scrunched down against the arm. That was okay, she was still up for a pic or two.

 I had absolutely no inspiration today, zero, zilch. I haven’t slept well all week, as E3 started the week with a cold, and E4 followed a couple of days later. It’s starting to really catch up with me, and I have entered the “do what you need to survive” mode. I think we’re on the […]

 It was work with Dad night, (I talked about that in this post if you missed it) and it was a gorgeous clear night. Next time I’ll have to take my tripod, so I’m not dependent on finding a flat spot to set the camera in the direction I want to photograph. Instead of a […]

I don’t know if you’ve noticed the links I post in the sidebar, but I wanted to comment on today’s. Amazon Swim is about Martin Strel, who today started in Atalaya, Peru, to swim 5400 km down the Amazon to the Atlantic Ocean. The kids and I are tracking his journey with the Triptracker map and photos they are updating daily, and we’ll […]

 This is the pet tornado E1 got in her Christmas stocking. When I saw it in one of my favorite homeschool catalogs, Rainbow Resource, I thought it was a cute idea. It is kind of cool to hold a tornado in the palm of your hand.