Just Another Day in Paradise

Whew. Life as a family of 6 is busy. And fun. And adventurous. And {slightly} chaotic. Okay, completely chaotic. But, its OUR chaos and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Sometimes, Jess and I just meet eyes over the top of our kids' heads {and whatever mess they've just made}, and give each other THE LOOK. You know, the one that says, "Don't you dare laugh. These are YOUR children. I mean it. No laughing. Seriously." And, then you decide its more fun to laugh anyway.

During the course of today:

-we have stopped Laney Kate from crawling to and digging in the trash can approximately 14 times

-we have cleaned up Laney Kate's spit up messes from the floor around 5 times

-we have pulled a crawling Laney Kate away from a place she shouldn't be (ie, the bathroom (left open by a brother), the boys' bedroom, the fireplace, the stove, the screen door (left open by a brother)), somewhere in the ballpark of 64 times

-we have fished minute particles of whatever Laney Kate can find to stick in her mouth about 3 times

-I grocery shopped for our family of 6 (including coupons and ad matches, having the oil changed, and filling up the gas tank...hey, at least Wal-Mart is a one-stop shopping experience!)

-ran children to and from school

-prepared Valentines

-staunched the bleeding on Ayden's face after he "pretended" to shave like Daddy in the tub and cut his lip for real

-studied for the spelling bee with Ayden

-practiced Landon's nursery rhyme he has to memorize for school

-made dinner with the help of my little chef, Cams

-wiped {and suctioned out} Laney Kate's nose

-gave baths

And, then we looked at each other and wondered why we are so tired tonight?

But, what a fun day we've had. The boys played with their Play-Doh for a record amount of time before arguing, and then it was only brief. Laney Kate is a crawling, pulling up, teething little 8 1/2 month old with a sweet disposition and the prettiest smile EVA. Dinner was NOT a battle. And, tomorrow is the last day of school before our first 4 day weekend.

I'd say we're pretty blessed.

Ready for sleep.

But, definitely blessed.