- Another slow and wonderful day. Campbell was awake early so she could watch some a show that she is binge watching. When I say early, I mean early for a 16 year old on a day that they do not have any school work.
- I had already walked Marley and Bentley and myself by the time that she did come downstairs. Not too long after she came down, Keaton and then Whitman came downstairs. I ended up watching some of Campbell's show with her for a little bit (I also closed my eyes for a little bit too.)
- Then she had to go to work. Sara came over to borrow some crock pots, and Shannon came over to deliver me some scones. Then Robby picked Campbell up so she could head to babysitting while Graham headed to the country club to help take Easter bunny pictures.
- Whitman and I made a stomp rocket today, and when he went to test it out, it landed on the roof. It took a little bit of failed creativity to get it off the roof because eventually the wind just blew it down.
- Reagan came home first, and after visiting with her, Robby and I left to run some errands. Anderson was home next, and then Graham finished working. We brought supper home for the big boys-they were the only ones who wanted any.
- I just made Reagan some ravioli and am cuddled up on the couch for a bit. The girls will get home later plus we have quite a bit of tv watching to do tonight.
April 3, 2026
April 2, 2026-Happy 13th Birthday Whitman!
- Robby went early this morning to get doughnuts for the birthday boy. He made it back home just in time for the girls to have one before they headed to work at Mother's Day Out.
- It usually takes a while for me to get Whitman up in the mornings, but this morning he didn't need any reminders to wake up. As soon as I said doughnuts, he was downstairs. It took Graham a little bit longer to get downstairs so he could have his doughnuts.
- Whitman didn't have much school this morning. He mostly had reading which made him happy, and this made me happy too because I didn't really have much school stuff to do today. I know that last week was spring break, but it was still nice to have a slow day.
- I was able to work early this morning, but I had to walk quickly because it was about to rain. I did let Marley walk for half a mile with me and then came back to take Bentley for another half mile. Then I put them both up so I could finish.
- When I was walking, I saw the trash truck. I noticed that Robby had taken the trash can and put it up I was quite impressed because the truck had really just left. He saw that the trash can was gone and was surprised that I had already put the can up.
- After my walk, I saw that the trash can wasn't behind the house, but i just thought that Robby didn't want to wake Marley. Finally, I asked, and we realized that our can was missing! Robby called and the lady said it probably just fell in the truck. They would deliver us one within the next week-we need that thing tomorrow! We make a lot of trash around here.
- This afternoon Keaton and Campbell picked up a drink for Whitman on their way home for his birthday. Grannymom even came over to give him his gift-which he immediately spent!
- Robby and I ran a few errands this afternoon and picked up pizza for our supper. I think that Whitman had a great 13th birthday especially since he is out watching a movie with Robby.
April 1, 2026
- I was awake again a lot last night to go to the bathroom-I had a water bottle and a bottle of coke before bed. I was able to go right back to sleep, but I sure was having some crazy dreams. My dream was Trump took the presidential train down the road to eat dinner at the neighbors house. I don't think that there are presidential trains, and I know that there are not train tracks down my road. It as all just odd.
- Since I was crazy dreaming, I did sleep a little bit longer, but I was able to get the basics done before it was time to start on school. Today while we were reading, I did have to keep saying Whitman's name to make sure that he was awake. He gets a little drowsy if he doesn't eat breakfast.
- Everyone worked on their school work, and I had a bit of extra time this morning to do a few things around the house. I finally had the time late this afternoon to clean the bonus room really well.
- Campbell and Graham went to work this afternoon, and I took my walk and then finished up school with Whitman before taking my shower to get ready for church.
- We did the church thing tonight, and the kids had free pizza, prizes, and lots of fun tonight. Graham even won a 25 dollar gift card which he had Robby buy from him. After church Campbell and Graham went to ChickFilA, and Keaton and Whitman convinced me to stop by Sonic on the way home because was the day before his birthday!
March 31, 2026
- Is this Wednesday? No, it is Tuesday still. Seriously, I have been super confused on my days this week, and the week has only just begun. I woke up twice in the middle of the night last night to go to the bathroom, and each time it was like super early in the night. Then I woke up once and thought for sure that it was 8 already, but it was just 6. It was wonderful!
- Of course all of my wonderful sleeping made me a little bit short on time this morning before school started. I can't believe that I used to walk before school began, and now I struggle to take the dogs potty before we start school.
- We still started on time even though I wasn't moving quickly. Everyone did all of their work, and at lunch time I had the little 3 do another subtest of the ACT. I would love to see those three in a real classroom trying to be quiet taking the ACT in a few weeks. They were pretty wound up today, but everyone did fine on their scores (Whitman is still in the lead, just barely though because Campbell is catching up with him.)
- This afternoon I was trying to get a few things done around the house, but I also made some dip and a cake to take with me to a friend's house tonight. I also helped Campbell fill up the dog pool to let Marley play. At first Campbell said that Marley didn't enjoy it, but she did eventually have a bit more fun. (We didn't even offer for Bentley to play because she would not enjoy it at all.)
- I left around 7 and didn't make it back home until late. Before I did leave, I made some of the kids a grilled cheese with the few slices of bread I had left. I had to do a little bit of creative work to have enough bread!
- Robby came home with ice cream for everyone, and when I did come home everyone was already in their rooms for the night.
March 30, 2026
- It was a little hard to wake up on this Monday morning. Reagan was already ready to leave when I went upstairs to wake up Campbell and Keaton to start on their school work. Reagan left the house around 8:30, but she did stop to get a fun drink on the way to school.
- I had some leftover biscuits so I made some mini monkey bread for the kids today-It was not a hit with them. I did just kind of wing it because I wasn't making a whole thing of bread. I thought it was good, but I was in the minority.
- We started on our school work, and things went pretty smooth. Whitman was still finishing his work late this afternoon. He was in no hurry so I guess that was fine.
- This afternoon I went through some of Whitman's clothes to see if I had any new ones for him. I might possibly have found him an Easter shirt so that was worthwhile.
- Then when Robby made it home, we went to work cleaning the bonus room bathroom which had gotten a little bad. Then we moved on to cleaning out the girls' sink drain which was horrible. This caused a bit mess so it took longer than the first project. Finally, Robby ended the working evening by cleaning our shower very quickly.
- We ate and then played a game with Whitman, Campbell, and Keaton. Now, we are sitting on the couch for a little bit longer before we head to bed.
March 29, 2026
- Church day, and I sure do love it when all of my people are there. Campbell set with her people, but we were still a row full of Dennies, and I loved every minute of it. After church, we all went to Nonna and Pops' house for Sunday lunch.
- We visited for a little bit there, but then we headed home. Reagan and Anderson started getting ready to go back, and around 5 Anderson did leave for school. About that time, Reagan decided that she was just going to go back tomorrow since her first class isn't until 1.
- Campbell took Keaton to meet some friends at Chilis tonight for supper. They also walked around Target for a little bit, and then arrived home about the same time that the Wilson's came over for supper and at about the same time that Graham made it home from his house sitting duty.
- We made poppyseed chicken for supper-I doubled the recipe so we will have poppyseed chicken for days. I guess that I was thinking I was feeding more than just who all was here. I also made sourdough blondies, but I struck out with them. However, the leftover oreo delight that we had in the fridge was still good.
March 28, 2026
- Robby left first this morning to run a few errands. I then left to take Keaton and Campbell to babysit. I was going to let Keaton drive, but since it was over 30 minutes away plus the car we were going to take was Anderson's car-she decided to not drive.
- That was fine so we just brought my big van instead. After dropping them off, I met up with Robby and did a little bit of shopping myself. This was actually my biggest shopping day-I made a decent amount of money.
- However, I made nothing compared to what Campbell and Keaton made today. They did babysit for 9 hours and made 4 times what I made. They were keeping 5 kiddos, and even though the day was long, they still enjoyed it, and they especially enjoyed the payday.
- When I came home, I made some sourdough snickerdoodle cookies. They were really pretty good. I had intentions of baking some sourdough something every day this week, but two times isn't that bad I guess.
- When the girls were finished babysitting, we picked them up while the kids from the house met us at Chilis. Graham came from his housesitting gig. We all ate and then went to Menchies for a snack. Now, 6 of us got Menchies, and I promise you that we have spent 60 dollars there before, and that is what we were expecting when we put our ice cream up there to be measured. However, it was just 30 dollars-we were shocked.
- The boys ended up playing basketball tonight so Anderson took Reagan's car and left from the ice cream place. So Reagan rode home with us. The girls wanted to stop at Target on the way so we did that, and then we stopped by Campbell's chicken feeding gig.
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