Craziness

I don't think I've ever been through a spring  as crazy as this year. Wow! People often say to me, well, you have seven kids, so what do you expect? Adding three more has not added to the craziness of to and fro. With them, it's always being on top of what they're going to do next to push our buttons. That's not easy either and contributes greatly to mind exhaustion, but more than that is the constant taxiing of older children to and from activities which contributes to physical exhaustion. (I've become a firm believer in lists.) As they get older they get involved in so many more things. Good things, but things that require permission forms, money to be paid, dates to remember, driving all over, and juggling kids, carseats, and older siblings to look after younger ones.

 The pool is up. At a temperature of shall we say, Frigid!, it'll be awhile before you catch me in it. The girls don't seem to mind though!

As of today, I have to get through about three more weeks of craziness. Thirteen more days of making lunches. (I get two off because The Engineer and I are on a class trip. Thank you Mom and Dad for kid sitting!) So, three girls are off to District Field Day by 6:30 am tomorrow, two children off to their jobs on Saturday, a photo session (weather permitting), a Company picnic, church, another photo session, grad prep for the committee (which reminds me I still have some other alterations to do for Peach), a class trip with historical dress requested (better find the sewing machine), another three day class trip which The Engineer and I get to attend (the {dis}advantages of a twelve passenger van), soloing parenting for a week again, shuffling to and from jobs, and praise team practice, an eye doctor's appt., a graduation, two more days (after the graduation) of school for the younger crowd, and then FINALLY, we are free!!! Well, sort of. Then the summer busyness begins. It's a different kind of busy though. I say, "Bring on summer!!"

Blessings!