fri

 thurs night, late night SKIP-BO!  ellie won!

 thurs night ellie took care of her sister. this was ALL her doing. from asking me to get her a tray, i went with it, she got her sister some yogurt and crackers

 beyond proud

 poor little

 joey ate a spoon on yogurt (her FAV) and a few crackers

 and thats all she ate...

 fri morning we woke up to this! 

 JOEY is back!!!!!!

 sunday after church, i took the opportunity of chris being home and went to grab groceries.

i came home to this ...

 and this....

 and this (this is CUTE!)

 and this???? NOT cute!

i had the girls clean up the mess.  fed them and put them to bed!!  just another peek into the east coast eigenheers!  hahaha


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Posted by mel at 7:00 PM

thurs

 a.lot. of "skip-bo"! has been played. 

nana plumps, you would be SO proud of me.  ive played this game EVER day this wk,  up to 6 TIMES a DAY!  hahaha

 daddy time!

 a little project i started in for the book club....its not done yet....

 then by thurs night.  joey was DONE.  she got sick. and i mean SICK

 and i snuggled, and cuddled.  ellie got it too!

 my girls!

 sleeping on me.
in the midst of life, i am SO grateful that i choose (with chris's support) to be home with them. i cant imagine ANYONE else loving and snuggling on them, esp when they are sick

 ellie-boo thurs afternoon. poor, little boo

 my 2 sick girls

so, yea, most of the wk was spent with sick kids! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 6:59 PM

mid-week?

 story time was back!  i put my girls in their class, got nate busy then texted chris to come visit me.  it was AWESOME!  we had coffee, chatted, then fought, made up and said goo bye

 the girls had a blast and i made a new home school "to be" friend! 

chris spent last tues night at the cabin, i found this silly in my bed!

 LOVE her

 thurs was "hop, skip, jump" and we celebrated Jacobs birthday!

 love this pic of my lovelies.  no chair for joey?  NO problem! 

 but, during hop/skip. this little gal climbed onto my lap and stayed the WHOLE time.  i joked that i spent 12.90 for her to cuddle me.  but to me it was priceless. i LOVED every minute of her snuggles

 we left around 5

 and nate showed me his pants. hahahaha

and joey spent the rest of the night on the couch. sick. poor doodle bug 0 comments

Posted by mel at 6:59 PM

us!

 us.  me and the kids waiting for chris!

 LOVE us!

 more us!

 cheers!

i came home last sunday afternoon to THIS!

 the BEST. a hubby snuggling with his baby. my heart! 

 then i saw this. hahaha

 and she started to not act herself....sun night, and mon...then tues....but ill get to that later

 the kids playing mon after school

 i thought it would be a BRIGHT idea to meet with my friend mon night to go on a walk!!! it -9....with the wind chill it was -20!!!  we lasted 15 mins then went to a coffee shop to catch up....but still i tired right! 

LOVE chris being home more! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 6:59 PM

its been a LONG time!

 its been SO long (with out being away!) that i had to LOOK up the last blog!  jan 4!  wow. its jan 13 now!  its been a BUSY few wks!  but i snapped some pics of "us" so i can remember!

the girls rolled down their windows and BARKED out the windows like puppys! 

i let them, until saw joey then i pulled over and explained the IMPORTANCE of ALWAYS sitting on your BUM and NOT your KNEES! haha

 i took a quick shower and came down to this?!

 joey dressed herself!!!!

 shes wearing p.j's and a BATHING SUIT!!!!!!

 so very pleased....then i explained why she cant go out like that....lol

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Posted by mel at 6:59 PM

happy new year!

 ellie snapped this pic of joey, and i like it. hahaha

so, over christmas i found 3 books on my shelf that i wanted to read.  anyone who knows me, knows that i LOVE to read. its my hobby.  i have a *shameful* amount of books on my "to read" shelf, and while cleaning for christmas.  i found 8 MORE books i forgot about!  so i made my goal to read 3 books over christmas.  one week, WITH company...
but before i can share THAT goal with you, i dropped by my brother's place after christmas and he gave me 3 MORE books that i "need" to read...

the first one was this!

 YIKES!!!!!  i had to hide the cover from my girls, it would scare them!  but i took it to hali and DOVE into it (after i finished the last book from my christmas goal!) 

save me from myself.  is by far, the BEST auto-bio that ive read to date. i devoured it.  it got me thinking, and seeking, searching and looking. and it made me come to the final conclusion.  the bible says you must be born again.  and anyone, who calls on the name of the lord, will. be. saved.  this book was stupid powerful to me. and really has me thinking.. thanks jon! 

but for FUN!  i found these 3 books from the same author, on my book shelf. i took them to the cabin.  first of all. thanks mom and dad for buying them for me! (like 3 yrs ago)

and thanks nana and papa plumps for giving me the "grace and freedom" to read them at the cabin!  SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!  the first 2 are sequels

 stupid. good

 the last one the feathered bone, is independent with a more modern feel, esp topic related. i finished at my my sis on new yr eve...thanks cry for letting me read and finish it. hahaha SO good!  so good, that i left it with her to read!

awesome books~

 today was "get er done day"  i spent the day in the school room, and cleaning.  i set up joey's preschool area, using the same curric i used with ellie....not sure i will manage to fit it all in...

 and then i photo-copied

 for over an HOUR. but its worth it!

 then i took the steam mop that i stole from my sister....

ok.  on new yrs eve while putting nate to bed, i found a mop n her basement that has not been used in YRS....so i took it....

and spent the night cleaning my house with it.

 LOVE IT!

thank you SO much for it. hahahahaha

while i was copying i listned to this pod cast by one of my fav bloggers...as i copied. i heard these 2 quotes.  i stopped what i was doing to write them down. soo. good

" (tweens)  they lose their minds, but YOU can't!"

and

"ask questions. my faith can handle it"

so good!

and at last, bec i have 2 girls to put to bed.  i was driving the girls home today, and i was listening to them talk, they were playing and being silly.  then out of the blue joey says "ellie!  be careful!  dont hit my angles!' 

haha

a few days ago i was telling them about ps 91 and they have angles that surround and protect them, joey didnt want ellie to get to close and hurt her angles. hahaha

another funny joey....after we got back from hali, i was focused on unpacking and cleaning. after i made supper, joey says to me "it must be hard having so many kids"

i laughed and hugged her

but it, is hard. hahaha


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Posted by mel at 6:49 PM