Someday my blog may be less neglected and more filled with life but this is not that season I expect.
For now it will just remain on life support. If you have been patient enough to stay tuned...thankyou.
Life is crazy certifiably cray cray lately. On the move 24 hours a day meeting one need after another, putting out the fires that come with parenting 7 children, as well as keeping up with the endless supply of appointments, meals, homework, housework, laundry and child shuttling. Some days it feels like I can't tread water fast enough to keep my head up, like any extra little thing might be what sinks the ship. Like stomach flu. Which we have had twice in our house in the last two months, along with a winter filled with an unusual amount of colds and flus. I know this season of sleepless nights, spit up, spilled food, and not being able to shower with out strategy and the stars aligning, will end. Babies and toddlers grow up fast.
I don't want to be a whiner. Just being real. Life is feeling all different shades of "real" lately. Not bad. Just real. Relentlessly exhausting but also filled with love, blessings and joy.
Even though I'm weary and I could sleep for a month straight....I love this life that God has given us and I love these little (and big) people that I get to be family with.
Seasons change. The days and years rush past at an alarming rate. Spring with it's sunshine, rain, green leaves and grass is a welcome change.
With Spring comes seeding season on the farm. I didn't feel particularly ready to start what is a gruelling time of year for us. We started and finished early this year and we all survived so that's a win. The garden is also in now.
The Littles enjoyed visiting Daddy out in the tractor.
Starting them young.
We've had some gorgeous hot days already. The girls were eager to have a picnic outside.
Spring also brought with it a few birthdays. Turbo Toddler turned two! We had a small party at home but the kids insisted on dressing up, having a dance, and making the event special in every way they could think of. (Note the new dining room behind the dancers! Loving it so much. We only have a few finishing touches left in the addition/ renovation. After a solid year of hard work we are enjoying the fruit of it.)
Annie becoming one with the centre piece.
Aili is still our resident party planner. She also baked the cake.
Seeding lentils.
Roman, who turns 13 this summer, bought 10 piglets this spring. His summer job is to take care of these guys and get them fattened up to sell in the fall. Hopefully after paying back his loan and for all the feed he'll turn a profit. He's a boy that needs to be busy. Creating some farm chores is a good way to work on virtues like consistency, dependability, responsibility, and to build a work ethic. Not only that he is learning hands on about agriculture and what it takes to raise and grow food. Animals need to be fed...even if you're tired or don't feel like it.
He and his dad spent a week of evenings preparing for the pigs by building a nice big pen and a shelter, as well as setting up a for food and water. So far none of the piggies have escaped.
They enjoy the wallow pit that was made for them. The mud protects them from the sun and keeps them cool. It also seems to provide something for them to do as they dig and root and make it bigger. They are pretty fun to just sit and watch. They are eating like pigs and getting bigger by the day.
Speaking of getting bigger by the day. My littlest human baby is fattening up nicely as well. He's delightfully delicious in his own way. He's now wearing size 12 month clothes and has rolls everywhere.
Me and the Hubster on a rare trip to town alone.
Miss Cece was another spring birthday girl. She requested a "princess party" so thanks to a dollar store table cloth, some paper plates and a crown the party was a success. Once again we stuck to a small family party. I've stopped even feeling bad about that. They have enough siblings that every meal resembles a party....at least as far as the volume and numbers go.
Well, the big kids are due to step off the bus any second and in the time it took to write the last two sentences Turbo Toddler climbed onto the kitchen counter where she opened a permanent marker and a pair of scissors. So I'd best sign off.
Goodnight internet pals. Thanks for joining me here again.
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