June 1: Vacuuming the house with 9 children is it is sort of like trying to patch the first hole in the Titanic while it continues to hit the iceberg. Sigh.
Tonight's reading list? Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Taming of the Shrew, & the Kenmore Front Loading Automatic Washer Use & Care Guide. There is something to be said for eclectic variety.
June 2: Wondering what the possibilities are that I'll be the sweet granny who gives the grand kids a cookie and then follows them around the house with a Platinum DustBuster.
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| June 4, photo shoot with Shelby. |
June 6: Piano and finish your papers day! Glad to be wrapping this school year up.
How you know your homeschooling is working: Your 9 year old can be heard exclaiming loudly at breakfast, "I can't wait to try my new math today!! Mom, you are going to load it, right? You're not making me wait until next week, right?"
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| June 6: Elyas and his trusty iPad hiding behind the curtain. |
Final paper completed and 4 portfolios nice & official, ready to go. About 50% of our next year's paperwork & set-up is complete. My eye is twitching, but we did it!!!
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| June 6: Elyas pooling it. |
June 7: It's hard to believe that it's been 12 years since our darling Isabelle joined our family. She has added so much to our daily lives. Thank you, Isabelle, for the gift of you! Happy birthday, kiddo!
June 9: 4 Little Rutherfords all in a row.
Out to the garden, they started to go.
Mama said, "Wait - you don't look quite right."
Thermometer said, "You just lay down and sit tight."
Tylenol, Advil, popsicles galore,
It seems that their misery increases the more.
TiVo and Redbox, they help do the trick,
When so many Rutherfords wind up sick.
Out to the garden, they started to go.
Mama said, "Wait - you don't look quite right."
Thermometer said, "You just lay down and sit tight."
Tylenol, Advil, popsicles galore,
It seems that their misery increases the more.
TiVo and Redbox, they help do the trick,
When so many Rutherfords wind up sick.
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| June 10: Kid's closet set up and moved in. |
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| June 10: Kid's closet complete |
June 11: Yay!!! Portfolios complete, evaluated, and ready to be handed in. And next year's paperwork will be handed in at the same time. Now to enjoy the next 12 months learning with the crew. Contented sigh.
June 12: Family Favs Playlist: Jonas Brothers "Love Bug" followed by the theme to "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves" followed by The Bee Gees "Staying Alive" followed by Ray Charles singing "Georgia" rounded out by the theme from "Jaws." Gotta love hearing the mish mash of personalities shining through our music!
Just discovered that Dawson (born Aug. 17) & Abigail (born Aug. 25) were both due Sept. 15. And just when is Niner due? Sept. 15. Drat. I'll bet we have another August birthday coming.
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| June 13: Pardon me, dear children, exactly why is our brand new, heavy duty, child-proof curtain rod ripping the screws from the wall?" "Why Mother, were simply playing Tarzan. We thought you would approve due to the literary reference and increased imagination required!" |
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| June 13: This was taken in one of our favorite alley-way cut thrus in Annapolis. |
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| June 13: Boys' Room Redo. 5 beds and counting. |
June 14: Doing my plank stance tonight and I realized my stomach is not too far from the ground. Time to pull out the pregnant yoga DVD!
June 17: Dawson just received a one-way ticket to summer dullness. Major ankle sprain has now ended all his swimming and running for the next 6 weeks. He's coming home from the ER with a fresh set of crutches. Looks like his newly purchased Nook was God's own timing!
June 18: Vindication. The ultimate definition is watching my calm, cool, and collected husband lock, load, and fire on the kids when he finally understood just how much havoc they wrecked during their two hour mess-fest on Saturday morning while systematically repairing everything today. And he just thought I was over reacting . . . (See curtain rod pulled out picture for more information.)
June 20: Oh my!! Not the best day for our AC to stop working.
June 21: Miserable night here in the castle. Hot and sticky, Elyas also seems to have caught a bug because he began vomiting about 3 am. Several of us wound up in the living room with the back door open and a fan to pull in any air whatsoever while watching The Return of the King. I may just kiss the AC man when he arrives in 45 minutes!
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| June 21 family walk |
Note to self: I don't care how hungry you are. Three pieces of pizza plus a baby does not a comfortable midsection make.
June 22: I think our kids (well, maybe the Brannon crew too) are the only ones who hear "Why don't you go watch Lord of the Rings for a few minutes" and they react as if you just offered them the most decadent dessert of all time!
June 23: Systematically throwing/pushing each Little Rutherford into the pool was surprisingly therapeutic. It also makes me wonder what the heat did to their brains since all of them were surprised and it's not exactly like I'm stealthy these days.
June 24: To the dorfwad who was driving at .5 MPH while animatedly chatting on you cell phone, my children say thank you. They appreciate greatly that I was yelling at someone who was NOT THEM. Seriously: a green light means go, not mosey while you finish your thought.
comment from Uncle Scott~ Thanks to the exasperated mom who has challenged us to up our games when coming up with non-sensical, kid-friendly names to call people who suck at life.
2. I didn't do my labs. When I stated that none of the other pregnancies have resulted in gestational diabetes, I was given "the look" and told to get my labs done. And Scott is going to be checking to make sure I actually do it.
3. It doesn't matter that I think I can wait until August to begin my every 2 week visits. It's the doctor's thought that count.
Geesh. So much for being cagey and experienced.
June 26:
Totally busted at the OB appt yesterday.
1. I forgot to up my water intake before the appointment, so they were well aware that my only fluids were a cup of coffee that morning. 2. I didn't do my labs. When I stated that none of the other pregnancies have resulted in gestational diabetes, I was given "the look" and told to get my labs done. And Scott is going to be checking to make sure I actually do it.
3. It doesn't matter that I think I can wait until August to begin my every 2 week visits. It's the doctor's thought that count.
Geesh. So much for being cagey and experienced.
My husband rocks. Seriously. Lying in a semi-comatose state while listening to him learn to play guitar and I'm struck yet again with the awareness that he.is.awesome.
June 28: I just had to go into the boys' room to chastise their naughtiness. They paused their Audio CD book of Harry Potter to listen.
Self: "If I must come in a second time, your tape is off for the night. Understood?"
Murmurs of yes ma'am. Then: "Mom, what's a tape?"
Self: "If I must come in a second time, your tape is off for the night. Understood?"
Murmurs of yes ma'am. Then: "Mom, what's a tape?"
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| June 30: What do you get when you have, Pink, Adorable, and So So So beautiful??? Dylan Grace Dubach. |
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