Eighteen years ago this sibling group of three children came to live with me, blessing me immensely but I gotta say, one of them was quite a challenge.
Still as hard-headed and as ornery as ever, Big Joe continues to be stressful at times, although now with an almost five year old daughter, Alyssa, it seems way more tolerable as she's given him purpose and more meaning to life.
My niece, Lauren, has been trying to pack in visits with as many of my children as is possible, not an easy feat with the majority now grown and busy, but she's seen an impressive amount this trip, leaving today to return to her other grandparents for another day or so.
It's been wonderful being with her and I'm always sad on the last day, knowing it'll be too long before she gets time enough to return, looking so much like my sister, obviously making me miss Ellen as well. Post Party Syndrome setting in.
We'd taken 18 kids to the Laser Show at Stone Mountain, getting back home right before midnight, then every single child of mine needed to eat once again, re-trashing the kitchen.
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What is the deal with that lately? It's crazy here too. Everyone just has to eat right before bed and the whole kitchen is a disaster...
Do your kids always eat right before bed? Mine started needing a snack around 7:30pm every night (bedtime is 8) when they were little, and now they panic if I try to send them to bed without one. By "snack" we're talking a huge bowl of cereal or some other impressively large amount of something. How they can eat so much before bed is beyond me - just one more thing to do when you've already put in umpteen hours in that day - clean the kitchen AGAIN.
is there any news on Paula?
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