Am I Out of My Mind?

We are sick again! This flu season has been long but not terrible. I'm so grateful that all of us have made it through fairly unscathed. I count my blessings that all the kids haven't missed much school and they seem happy even when they were sick. As for me, well I'm just tired! I don't get a lot of sleep because of all this fun. I'm looking forward to sleeping more than 2 consecutive hours in a row. How and when is any one's guess!

I would love to have a clean house again too. I get behind in laundry really quick if I don't wash a load a day. Eight people generate a lot of clothes. Even when we wear them twice in a row. I have been weeding threw the kids clothes too. Each kid has gone threw another growth spurt. The girls are now in sizes 8-10 and some size large for kids. The older boys are in the same size, 5 in kids. Mik As for Mikey he's shot threw size 2T and is now a size 3T. And Lizzie, well let's just say she's long and skinny but has never "filled out" any of her clothes! And don't get me started on shoes!!!!

Summer is fast approaching here and I'm thankful because that means swimming and flip flops, shorts and tanks. I always have a schedule throughout the summer or things get extra crazy here. Preston will be participating in a summer program for Autistic kids. I'm still looking for the money that will pay for this program...lol. Jake is going to play soccer at the YMCA in Itty Bitty Sports for his age group. Zoey has asked to go to dance with her friend Aubree. They plan to go to a hip hop class. Mikey and I are going to participate in a Mom and Me gymnastics class. I think he'll really like this when he sees all the things he CAN climb, jump and hang on. Emily is still trying to figure out what she wants to do this summer. She desperately wants to be with Zoey but I told her she needs to pick out something just for herself. We're working on her independence. She is struggling with this difficult decision. As for Gary, me and Lizzie, we plan on relaxing as much as possible!

You would think I'm crazy to do all these extra activities with each kid but I don't let the kids do any of this stuff during the school year. It's just to much driving and not enough studying or free playing. On top of all the activities for each kid, we will do our usual fun things too. Like Library time, the Zoo, swimming, crafting and vacationing. (I can't wait for Memorial Day girl's vacation to Las Vegas!) We also have a special event this summer: Emily's Baptism. We're still trying to figure out if it will be in Colorado or Arizona.

As the song states, "Welcome to My Silly Life" (by Pink) !!!!