Monday morning I was determined to start the week strong and get up early despite not sleeping great. I did.
Aron came for breakfast and played ERS with everyone except Dad (who was meeting workers at the little house), and Mom and Chloe (who both prefer to watch). That was the longest game of ERS I have ever played. I went out 3 times and 3 times I slapped back in and each time I slapped back in one of the others kids went out and couldn't get back in. Finally only Aron and I were left and then it took quite a while for me to get second place.
The kids got started on school while Mom and Dad visited.
I started preparing to take the College Composition CLEP test.
The view from my room that morning.
In the afternoon I had errands to run for Dad and needed to buy groceries and make some phone calls.
Chloe worked all day at a horse photography shoot which she greatly enjoyed all aspects of aside from missing lunch and the intense humidity. Her job was very hands-on with the horses, driving right up her highway(?). Pretty sure I horribly butchered the correct phrase...
I babysat in the evening and
came home to this and everyone else in bed.
Tuesday morning Kate arrived early. We did not have Sofia at all this week. Kate asked for her all day. *sad face*
When Kate took her morning nap or when she was in bed supposedly sleeping I also took a nap as I didn't sleep well again. All week Mom, Dad, and I have had a hard time sleeping. One possible factor is the full moon right now.
Why not play blocks on the trampoline?
The kids enjoyed playing with Kate whenever they had opportunity to. She had a long nap in the middle of the day and then didn't sleep again so I was grateful for their help.
Chloe worked for several hours in the afternoon and I feel like other stuff happened... Oh! Mom and the littles went to Crazy Town Bubble Land it was crazy which was slightly crowded.
Kate demonstrating "Happy Baby" which is a real yoga pose.
Getting ready to go outside.
Aron came over in the evening for dinner and to watch "Lion King" with us.
Wednesday I did not get to watch Calvin as he was sick.
Chloe and Ava babysat for Nana's Bible study.
Mom took the kids to gymnastics.
In the evening I took Christian to his guy's group.
Thursday Chloe had a stress breakdown expressed appreciation of any form of effective distraction, so the two of us went to see "God's Not Dead 2" early in the afternoon.
If you thought the first one was good, this one is amazing! I found it hard to watch because I simply don't understand people who disregard logic and are just so so mean! BUT it was still good. It's not a sit-back-and-relax movie, however most people probably would not find it as hard to watch as I did. I'm very glad we went to see it and I would watch it again.
I had dinner with a friend that night.
Something to be aware of, if you are a server and you take your customer their order and they tell you that it does not look like what they asked for, you do not tell them they are wrong. Also, if you spill their coffee you should offer to remake it, even if you only spilled a little bit. We let it go and were able to chuckle about it, but we were not impressed.
Friday morning Mom, Chloe, and Christian all left for the last Debate tournament for this school year and Kate arrived.
The tournament day was long. They had check in at 7:30 and then were scheduled to participate in 4, hour and half long, debates in one day. That would be why Chloe almost had a panic attack and Christian was ready to get to it.
After their first morning round they received a BYE, which meant they did not have to debate because there was an odd number of teams and the round was counted as a win. It was a huge blessing, especially to Chloe.
Nana got to go watch their first afternoon round and came home to give a fabulous report!
Their last round ended about 7:30 in the evening and they made it home in good time, surprisingly not as worn out as I thought they'd be!
Mom did some judging.
Meanwhile at home, Kate had a stuffy nose and was completely off her schedule, though, of course, still as sweet and darling as ever.
She ended up taking her one sort of nap, late morning, and spent a long time just talking in her bed both in the morning and the afternoon. By 2:30 she had eaten all the food sent with her and after that ate ours. Hungry girl!
Pretty sure she knows she is cute.
Definitely.
I think she was probably teething. When babies are getting teeth they tend to drool quite a bit, put their hands in their mouth, and get a stuffy nose. Sometimes they will also get a mild fever. She greatly enjoyed putting her hands in her mouth and then rubbing them all over her face...
The littles all enjoyed playing with her every chance they got. I love watching them interact with her.
We got to give her a bath before she left. She pointed at herself in the mirror and said "baby!"
We ate a late dinner and the kids started "Star Wars." Mom and the others returned and gave the report of their day. Chloe joined the kids and Christian spent 3 hours improving their debate case.
Saturday nobody had to get up super early.
At 10:00 Mom, Chloe, Christian, and I all left for day two of the tournament. We met Aron there as he also wanted to watch the debates.
The first round of the day started at 11:00. I'd not seen Chloe and Christian debate in a long time and was extremely impressed by how much they have improved over the course of the year! After Christian gave his first speech, and then killed it in cross-examination, I could not stop grinning.
Lunch was after the round and we got to visit with people and then watch other types of debate while waiting for the final Team Policy round. It ended up starting very late and Aron and I had to leave early so we missed most of it.
Aron and I got to church in time for the pre-service worship and prayer time. Mom and Dad did a switch off so that Mom could take Ava home and Dad could come to church with the others. (Ava had a slight fever. No, she was not teething.)
Church was really good. I cannot imagine not having that time of corporate worship, encouragement, and fellowship every week.
Sunday Mom stayed in bed all morning and into the early afternoon with a headache. By the end of the day she was much better, though.
Dad hurt his ankle chasing chickens the previous afternoon and so took Christian with him to Costco after brunch so he would not have to walk all over the entire store.
The littles played outside a good part of the morning and afternoon.
Chloe recharged in her room by reading for a long time and then went to ride horses later in the afternoon.
Chloe and Christian ended up placing last out of 17 Team Policy teams in the tournament. They were one of two novice teams and most of the rest of the teams were already qualified to go to nationals next month. All that's to say, the competition was tough, but Chloe and Christian got to get lots of good experience and learned a lot from the rounds since they were hitting teams that were so much better. Neither of them were overly upset about their placement. Chloe is glad it's all done and Christian can't wait to do it all again next semester.
My early afternoon. *heart*
Aron arrived around 2:00, just as Dad and Christian returned from Costco. We all unloaded the truck and I got a 6 pound roast in the oven for dinner as fast as possible. (It still didn't end up being ready until 8:00.)
The kids played outside with Aron for a while and then came inside to shower and have rest time.
Aunt Cendei joined all of us to watch "Beauty and the Beast" and eat dinner.
It was a good end to the very long week.
"So you get to continue in your path plowing ways." -Me
"Trail blazing, maybe?" -Mom
"Yeah, that." -Me
"Showers are not a recreational activity at our house." -Mom to a child who enjoys 30 minutes under the water.
"You are just too old to be able to see that kind of thing, Mom." -Gabe
"Christian said I could be a minor, but I don't want to be, it's just too much work." -Mia
"You are a minor, Mia, being a minor means you are under the age of 18." -Dad
"Oh! That's what that means! I thought that meant I had to go work in a mine." -Mia
"That's what I thought too!" -Gabe
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