Vida Loca

So, things have been rather busy here at Demon Brigade Central. Right now we have a teacher coming twice a week to sit with Z and E to help them get ready for school. They read, do little projects and basically just soak things in. So with that, starting to get the kids ready for school, working and everything else that goes into being a family of 8 we have been rather busy. In all of that we have had time for water balloon fights, quiet time of reading, going to the beach and what not. During all of this some of the things that come out of children's mouths shock and amuse the hell out of Chuck and I.

Z~"Mom, Dad, E won't let me go to sleep because he is following me down the stairs." Huh, if you were in bed, then he wouldn't be following you down the stairs, thus letting you sleep. =)

After nailing his 17 year old brother with a water balloon, Z runs around saying, "I win! I win!! You got owned! You lost to a little kid. I own you!" You see where this is going right? After getting hit with a water balloon by said 17 year old."You cheat!"

E~"Z hit me! He was being rude! He hit me after I threw the toy at him and it really hurt. How rude!"

After getting told not to play with the hose, he is caught playing with the water spigot to fill a water balloon. "But I wasn't playing with the hose Daddy."

G~"E is looking at me!!!" And it starts. Oy! Next she will be mad because he is breathing in her general direction.

The other three have been actually be rather good lately. JD has actually started reading. Ok ok so we had to ground him from everything under the sun to get him to do it but hey, baby steps right?

So, it is starting to hit me that I have: A junior in high school, a seventh grader, a third grader, and two starting kindergarten. Chuck seems to think I will be crying for that first week. Yeah, tears of freaking joy! I might just do flips too. ~heh~five down and one to go! =) ~sigh~ I feel old.

Posted by Laura at 09:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)

So an other day with the active monsters.

Grace and the twins are absolute bundles of energy lately. Sitting down is NOT an option. From about 6 am till a quick nap at 1, then 2 till bed they do not stop. Has made it very interesting, their worlds grow every day and the twits are SOOOO looking forward to school. Figure SHE will go mental for about a week just before, but other than that it should be fine. The will be starting afternoon first off this year, and switch to mornings 1/2 way through.

Sad but I am looking forward to it now, they both so want to learn and the tag team they have perfected uses up my patients to fast. But I am still trying… Elli is so good at drawing and Zach is so confused by being a lefty trying to be a righty.. His choice, we are letting them do their own thing.

Sad part is the adoptions have still not came through damn it all. The lawyer went away for most of the summer I think and I am pretty pissed. So I guess we are going to have to explain the different names to them at some point. Sigh.

Ok well felt bad about not posting, but really it is her turn.

Posted by Chuck at 07:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)