Um, When Do You...?

Well, my world is righting itself as it so often does. It keeps on spinning right around whether or not I'm ready to go.

It's been a busy time around here since I've last posted.

We happily finished our first quarter of the school year and celebrated with The Cousins. Yes, that's what they're called in our house. The Cousins. The whole bustling group of kids, animals and adults are called The Cousins.

We all study the same history in a similar way and try to wind up each unit at the same time. This is the first time we've all made it to the same spot at the same time. Hurrah for the teachers!!

For the kids, it meant a celebration. Or more accurately, a big field trip. And The Cousins. We went to a wonderful museum park. There were beautiful gardens, tanks, an historic mansion to tour, tanks, a large history museum, tanks, a playground and picnic area park and lots of tanks. The highlight for my little group was clearly, the tanks. Not only could you see them up close, you could climb on them. A little boys delight.

The museum itself was really great and the house quite impressive. The grounds were beautiful, even in fall. This is a shot of the grounds outside the museum.

We also attended our church's family fall festival night. It was a ton of fun for the kids and pretty easy for the adults to endure. It of course ended with car full of crazy, jacked up kids, balloons and bags of candy.

This week has been full. We've been to the library. Not such a small task with three kids and a long list. We only had about 30 books to return and for a nice change, no fines. Just try to picture us at the library, go ahead, try. We had a nice long chat with the Tae Kwon Do folks. They've invited the kids to join the Black Belt Club. Hmm. Looks good, but I think we'll wait a little while for that one. Of course there were music lessons, baby visits, and Tae Kwon Do practice. There will also be swim lessons and basketball tryouts. Of course, there was trick-or-treating. There have been lots of temporary tattoos and tons of phone calls.

I sort of wish I could say that we'll be having a relaxing weekend to regroup and begin again on Monday, but that would be silly. We will continue to do a million things this weekend, all next week and through next weekend. Here's where you repeat the mantra, then it will all slow down and go back to normal.

Wake up buttercup, this is your normal. You are a busy family! As exhausting as it can be, it's so worth it. We enjoy our activities and all our "special events." I wouldn't trade them. Even the one's I really didn't plan on. It's all too good.