It’ll be a long time before she feels this way about any other man

Rose, looking in the mirror:  “Daddy, I’m a girl!”
Dean:  “Yes, you are.”
Rose:  “I’m a princess.  And you’re my prince.”

Slogging along, but with seasonal cheer

I haven’t had much of a mind to post since we’re still slogging along, health-wise (Rose had a recurrence of fever and tummy ache that lasted a couple days but seems mostly gone; Dean had a recurrence of gastrointestinal stuff that is still keeping him lying low; my sore throat is 95% better but my [...]

Santa has come *and* a tree skirt got sewn!

I am certifiably insane, and also still very sick (physically,) but I’m on the high that comes from realizing plans for things my kids will love. I’ll have to take some pictures in the morning before the kids demolish the pretty set-up under the tree, because between Dean and me, we did some very [...]

Ongoing Ugh status alert update

Well, yesterday Dean was violently ill and slept most of the day, so I took my two girls to church by myself (the boys were still kinda sick, so they stayed home with Dean.) Church is from 1-4 PM, and we were going to a family party at my sister’s house (half an hour [...]

The other shoe was suspended too high not to finally drop

Isaac woke up sick at about 5 AM, and so far today can’t keep anything down. Henry is sick, too, tho’ not throwing up yet. I got up and cared for both of them, and then I slept in . . . until now (noon:11.)

Yes, I’m up at 1:30 AM,

but at least it’s not because I’m caring for sick kids.  I got to do a little shopping tonight and found some of the things I was looking for, and Dean and I got about half the family presents wrapped, and then I sorted out the Christmas stocking goodies (I started doing this last year [...]

Ugh update

I just found out that my other sister was up with sick kids on Wednesday night, too.  (So, all three of us sisters that have kids.)  All the kids had stopped throwing up as of Thursday morning.
I’m still feeling very tired and am trying to pull myself back together to work on Christmas prep without [...]

Ugh, short version

My kids are sick and we were up all night caring for them. We are zombies.

Ugh

Yesterday in a somewhat-rare burst of energy and ambition, I took all four kids to the library, (where my kids were happy to find all 7 of the “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” books that they hadn’t read yet,) then to Costco to buy a new keyboard (our ten-year-old keyboard finally had died that morning, and since [...]

Dreaming of things to come

Rose, watching Dean shave: “Daddy, I’m going to be so pretty!”
Dean: “Yes, you are.”
Rose: “I’m going to be so pretty, just like you!”
After a brief pause, Rose adds, “I’m going to be sweet. I’m going to be so sweet.”