I defected.

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http://sixadkins.wordpress.com/

Holy S*@T!!!

So yes, here I am. Many, many moons later. Nearly two years into my full time work venture and I decide to post now to say it's almost over. We have made the decision to keep Owen, Avery and Ethan at home next year.
Lots of tears and prayers and sweating and conversations went into making what we believe is the best choice. The kids are pumped, my letter of resignation sent, and the countdown begins!
We have about 7 weeks left in this school year, and we intend to finish strong. Lots of good grades, preparation for transitioning and planning. We are hopeful that Owen will be able to take one class at GCA next year, which will allow him to participate in sports.

Moving on...
We have six baby chickens, in the form of hatching eggs, in our front room right now. They should be hatching sometime around April 12. Three of them will make their home with us, and three with some friends.
Our current six chickens are going strong! Many days we get 6 or more eggs from them. They (and we) eagerly anticipate the installation of a fence around the yard this summer, which will afford them more freedom and happiness.
Tiger, Ethan's chicken, has been chosen as our surrogate mother for the chicks when they hatch, since she daily sits on and is determined to hatch the {very unfertilized and never going to hatch} eggs that she and her sisters lay in the coop. She will be so pleased to mother those babies, carefully gathering them under her bare wings (from the incessant feather plucking to "feather her nest"). I can't wait to see her lead them around the yard and teach them to do their thing.
Things are doing very, very good around here, and we wait with expectant hearts to see what good things will happen in 2012.
Big Hugs to you!

happy 10th pretty girl!

 

It was a successful surprise!

Thank you Lori for the beautiful and very, very yummy cupcakes!  And for making the party that much easier for this mamma. :)  Hugs!

 

it’s a spectacle

I promise promise to post a picture of him tomorrow.

Ethan got glasses.  Did I tell you?

He is adorable.

Okay, that’s it.

I know you probably don’t read this blog anymore since I never post anything.  But I need someone to read this!

I am so totally over my kids being sick.  They are dropping like flies!

Saturday evening:  Ethan

Tuesday evening:  Erin

Wednesday evening:  Owen

Wednesday night (11:45 to be precise):  Avery

Boo.

Three kids home sick today from school.  One mom home from work.  Cleaning frenzy in progress.  Lysol wipes stock purchased.

Have I said boo?

when you know ahead of time that it is a mistake, yet you agree anyhow.

The kids called a “family meeting” two Sundays ago.  Funny for two reasons:

1.  We are not the “family meeting” kind of family.  I don’t know that we have ever had one.  Until recently, of course.

2.  They all four were in on it.  Marched around shouting “family meeting!  in the living room!” 

Anyhow, they had all four been upstairs concocting a plan to swap bedrooms, share rooms, and in the process create a “hang out” space up there for the four of them.  They had drawings and floor plans drawn out on graph paper.  After much family discussion, and a little weird “Huxtable-ness”, we decided that we would give them one week to prove that they could get along well enough to share bedrooms.  You see, in our house there is a lot of shouting about so-and-so being in my room and won’t get out and yes, I asked nice and quit touching my stuff, etc. 
We passed the one week mark last Sunday and their behavior had not been up to snuff.  Today was two weeks, and against my better judgment, I helped them do all the swapping.  Owen and I did the bunk/loft bed tear down and relocation.  According to Avery they are going to “clean their room up each evening”.  Pffffft. 

After about 10 minutes Avery came out of her room, that she now shares with Erin, and said she wasn’t going back in there because Erin was being bossy.  Really?

I should go back and say that before we moved a single thing I drew up a contract that we all signed with the rules clearly spelled out.

1.  No changing back until February 28, 2012.  (Six months seemed fair to me.)

2.  If a friend is over, you and your friend can use the hang out room.  Everyone has access to their shared bedroom at all times.

We all signed it, and then it was done.  We even shook on it.

So there it is.  Ethan and Owen have been yelled at 50 times in the last 30 minutes to zip it and go to sleep.  It was a huge mistake.  But it took like 4 hours and I refuse to change back until the 6 months is up.  For philosophical reasons.

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