Week Chart

Necessity is the mother of invention. After perceiving an obvious need, I felt a desire to create this chart with the kids. It has all but eliminated questions about what day it is today and whether we have school or church, whether daddy's going to work, what's tomorrow, how many days until such-and-such, etc.

The pictures are meant to represent what is done on that day--some are more obvious than others, but they include a church, a school, a couple of school buses, a couple of twins Amy watches on Thursdays, Daddy's work, and riding bikes at the park.

If you look closely on Saturday, you'll notice a "butterfly-airplane" indicating the day we're on, which the kids themselves take turns sticking on the correct day. Okay I'll explain: I asked if they wanted a butterfly or an airplane to be the marker, and two wanted a butterfly and one wanted an airplane. Yes, Eli was the airplane.

phone fiasco

Clayton was walking out the door yesterday morning for work and realized he didn't have his phone on him. He called his phone and we didn't hear it ring. He called again and this time he heard a bus full of kids laughing, yelling, and talking. "Olivia this is your father". No response on the other end. I drove to the school and Miss Olivia was sitting at her desk doing her morning work and she popped right up out of her seat, went to her back pack and got the phone.

I dropped the phone off to Clayton just as his boss was phoning. Close Call!

When I got home there was an email from Eli's teacher that read:

"Eli came in concerned that Owa has dad’s phone. He said he thinks Dad might get in trouble at work. I assured him Dad would be okay, then asked him if I could e-mail you. I hope Clay hasn’t been looking all over for it."

Isn't Eli the sweetest little boy?

Our first "family performance"--The Fox

We have just reached the important milestone of first "family performance". Owa, Eli, and Addi did a great job and nobody chickened out at the last minute (my biggest fear). I played banjo and sang a great old song called "The Fox" while the kids acted it out. Amy and I are very proud of them and will make good on our bribe of Dairy Queen.

The setting is a church variety show. I learned this song from my dad who used to sing it to us as kids.

What Mommy does all day (according to Addison)

Now that the triplets are in all day kindergarten, life is pretty much a cake walk but for those of you who are wondering I don't get to nap all day! I love my new found freedom and flexible schedule. Besides Indestructibles, I am still working on call for Johnson County Adult Detox Unit and I watch a set of twins on Thursdays. Also, there is always lots of work to be done around the house.

When the triplets started school I just assumed that I would get a full time job. However, they are out of school all the time and I don't know how I would manage. Three days alone last week for parent teacher conferences. Three days this month for Thanksgiving. You get the picture. Plus we have had a couple sick days. I feel very fortunate to have such a flexible schedule that works well with our life. I worked hard to get things this way and now it is paying off even if I don't get to sleep all day!