Keep On Going

Belleholm is always under construction. I have my own demolition team. Things usually start on accident, and then the clean-up team (me) takes months to remedy the situation...

 

 

 Bedtime is a joyous occasion.

We struggle with anxiety around here. Debilitating, overwhelming anxiety.

We have been trying to overcome it with different techniques. Our most recent attempt to squelch the worry monster was to make a worry box. We wrote out our anxieties on papers and put them in a box for God to take care of. It is working. The trick is to give our worries to God and let them go.

It doesn't help when Daniel pulls them out again, but it did make us laugh when he tried eating them.

 I hide in the bathroom a lot. It is the only place I can eat without being interrupted. Mostly, I sneak chocolate and stand in the shower and cry. That happens on good days.

 

On bad days, I pour a bowl of sugar cereal and lock the door.

Esther has sugar cereal radar.

 

And she can pick locks.

 

It's a lethal combination.

I'm a smidge of a germaphobe. Matthew loves to tease me about it. He warns the children whenever we go anywhere that I will bathe them in Lysol if they touch anything.

In fact, when we went to BJ's just two days ago, he told Nathan that I was going to spray his face with Lysol when we got home if he kept licking the cart.

Soooo, at least everyone understands.

(As a side note: I AM CURRENTLY THE ONE WHO HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE CHILDREN 24/7 DURING ALL SICKNESSES.)

 

Anyway, we were reading in Joseph's health book the other day...

Joseph says, "HEY Mom! That mom is as crazy as you!"

Yep.

You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.

More superhero surprises.

Esther's hair is so white because of situations like this.
I bathe her in bleach.
Just kidding.
 

"Happy 3 something"
hahahahahah
Matt just turned 32.
Sarah calls him Schmoo. I don't know why.

This is our front porch. It is quiet out here.

Joseph: "So far, in my life, I've got a list in my mind of girls I'm in love with. One is Esther. One is Sarah. One is mom..."
Thomas: "...And one is CHIPS!"
Joseph: "The girl I love forever is definitely chips...or at least she should like chips..."

Esther is picking up loose change that people left at the Blessed Mother's feet.
Daniel HATES.All.The.Things.
Nathan is...somewhere...

They are making chocolate chip cookies during the meltdown hour.
Sarah: "I can't believe mom is letting us cook a double batch!!!"
Joseph: "It's only because she wants us to do the math, Sarah."