Fair Day!

We just found out on Friday that our County Fair was going full force. We haven't been to the fair in a few years because either I was pregnant or we had no money. Our fair is doing something new and not charging anything for admission (of course the vendors gouge you with the food costs, $3.00 for a hot dog???).

Anyway about 8:30 am on Saturday we decided to surprise the kids with a trip to the fair. They were extremely excited. The weather was perfectly cloudy and cool. I HATE going to the fair when it's hot. We packed a few snacks, loaded up the kids and left.

We discovered DockDogs just starting (dogs flinging themselves into a pool and adults measuring the distance). What fun to watch! We went to the carousel and Graedon loved it! Next we hit a barnyard full of activities. The kids milked a "cow", pumped water and made dirt babies. The top of the head will grow grass the kids can cut.

Then we all sat down so I could nurse Molly Kate and have some cotton candy. We sat in a covered area and a local production of Peter Pan started. Grae and Ellie were thrilled to see Captain Hook, Tiger Lily (Ellie's favorite), Peter and Wendy. As soon as that was ending, a Pirate's Parrot show was starting. We hurried over and Grae was in awe of the pirate ship and real live pirate.

The day wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Dairy Women's ice cream booth. I couldn't have any this year as I'm off milk due to Molly not tolerating it well. So I watched and drooled.

It was a fun day and we all went home and crashed.

Overheard at my house

Graedon: "Uh-oh, Daddy paint in hair."
Me: "No that's just Daddy's grey hair."

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Graedon kept running around the house saying, "boobies, boobies". We couldn't figure out what he was talking about as that isn't a word we say in our house. Finally I caught him looking at a grocery ad. He said "grapes and boobies". Ohhhhh, grapes and BLUEBERRIES, gotcha.

ramblings...

We had "proper" school today which consisted of a study of Proverbs 19 (we are doing a chapter of Proverbs at a time), grammar and typing. We are supposed to do Greek and Roman History but Molly woke up so we'll move it to Friday.

It felt good to spend that time with the girls. I've been feeling guilty lately of not spending any time (besides telling them to do their chores and such) with them. We had laughs and discussions about fools and a fun time. I'm always amazed at how creative, witty and funny they are. For example, in grammar today we learned about Predicate Nouns and the sentence we were working on was "Sally was a very nice lady."

We classified that sentence and I turned to write their next assignment on the board when I heard them saying "Sally was a very nice lady, what happened to her? Did she die?" "No, Sally was a very nice lady until she tied me up in the back room." Where did that come from?

The next assignment was to write a non-rhyming poem about a color. Ava chose grey and her last line was: "Grey is the color of the silver bells at Christmas." When I pointed out that grey is not silver she replied that silver is just a shiny grey. Well, I suppose she's right.

This all makes me wonder if we should be done having kids so we can spend more time with the ones we have. Of course we won't make that decision when we have a 1 month old. We've been down that road before. A few weeks after we had Ava, Brian went in for a vasectomy. Low and behold 3 years later we wanted more children and had it reversed. It was a success obviously and now we have 3 more children. We most likely won't travel that road again but what do we do?
Brian will be almost 60 when Molly is 20 and I'll be 54.

I want to teach the older girls so much more before they get married and leave the house but I never have any time because I have younger children. It's a struggle and and I don't know what to do about it. Fertility is in the hands of God and we are not promised more children even if we want more.

So those are just my ramblings for today. Off to make Grae and Ellie some lunch.

Look what I ordered!

I have been wanting a clothesline for a while, not only to save money but I love the smell of line dryed clothes. The only requirements I had is that it couldn't take up much room and was able to come down to store for the winter.

Found it here:

Can't wait to get it! Now I need to make an apron to hold the clothes pins.

Oops...

I was playing around with my blog last night and accidently deleted some pending comments. So if you don't see your comment on the blog - I probably deleted it. I'm so sorry!

it's friday

Lest you think from my last post that my life is perfect, let me tell you what happened that afternoon.

Molly Kate woke up and from 3:30 pm - 10:15 pm cried and cried and cried and cried. She had one 30 minute nap when Brian got home but pretty much cried the rest of the time. This is the first time its happened and it was awful. My head and ears hurt so much.

Graedon decided he wanted to pour his milk from one cup to another and spilled most of it on the table and himself. He did this twice before I got wise and removed the cups from the table.

Lauren and I made soup before CryFest 2007 started and I thought it needed more tomato sauce. Bad idea as it made the soup too acidic. Nobody said anything about it but me but they were all thinking it. At least I made bread (ala the bread maker) so dinner wasn't a total loss.

Since it has been raining here, the kids haven't been able to play outside so by evening they were bouncing off the walls and furniture. We finally just sent them outside anyway and let them run.

You should see our front yard. The weeds are about 2 feet tall and we can't cut them down. We only have a push mower and it doesn't cut weeds that tall. So we either need to buy an electric or gas lawn mower or a weed-wacker. But we are slowly getting our bills from Molly Kate's birth and waiting to see how much we owe for Ava's ER visit. This month is also the month to pay for a new life insurance term policy for Brian and I. Fortunately I do have money to pay for that as it's our #1 priority. If Brian dies in the next 20 years, the girls and I will be set financially and I will continue to stay at home with them. Hey then I can buy a proper lawn mower!

On friday's we have Cleaning Day. I really, really want to get some cleaning done as our house is looking like a disaster area. Anyway, we'll see how today goes.

Love Thursday

Many bloggers participate in "Love Thursday" and today I am one of them. I finally have some time right now (we'll see how long that lasts). Graedon and Molly Kate are napping and the older girls are playing a horse riding game on the computer. It's quiet in here.

I have been realizing lately how God has blessed me. Not only did He give me the world's greatest husband (yes, you Brian) but He's given me 6 healthy and smart children. I love having my kids home with me during the day and really enjoy homeschooling them. They are such a help to me and do what I ask pretty cheerfully.

My husband takes such good care of me. When he gets home from work he will take Molly Kate so I can eat dinner and then we switch. He makes sure that I'm resting enough and will usher the kids outside so I can nap. He'll run any errands including taking back women's clothing to the store ;) But above all he is an excellent father who adores his kids. That makes any woman's heart melt.

Yes, I'm not sure why God has blessed me so much but I am thankful.