Not Fot The Faint of Heart

We like to try new things at our house. How else would we have ever discovered steamed soy beans. Yum. We eat Brussels sprouts, beets, collard greens, and even tofu. So we were having left over night last night which consisted of fish, calamari, salad, and potatoes. The kids wanted to see what the inside of calamari looked like, I though "knowing" that they were eating squid would turn them off. That's why they bread and fry the stuff. But, no, it just encouraged them. "I'm eating Squidward"!
1 of 6 ate it "it tastes like chicken"
- um yeah, rubber chicken. I wonder if she would even like good calamari.
4 of 6 ate it.
And 2 of 6 played with it. (the first picture started out down here.... I don't know what happened.) Then ate it, then insisted I let him take it to school in a bag. Alright.

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This is a broccoli cheese souffle. Here's the recipe.
Heat 2 TBS add 2 TBS flour and 1/2 tsp salt. add 1/2 cup milk to make a rue. Remove from heat. Mix in 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1/4 cup Swiss and stir until smooth.
Beat 4 yolks until lemon color add 2 cups cooked broccoli ( I steam fresh broccoli, but you can use frozen) add to cheese and flour.
Beat 4 eggs whites until they are stiff peaks. fold in to yolks and pour into an ungreased souffle dish. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes until cooked thoroughly.
I love puzzles,. My kids have learned from years of my puzzle doing, not to touch. 5 of 6 struggles when I first bring the puzzle out. But by the time it's been out for 2-3 days, she looses interest.

A Wordless Wednesday Post

On My Mind Monday

I have been thinking a lot about babies lately. Having more babies, being done having babies, not wanting anymore babies, wanting a few more babies, well many just one more baby, other people having babies, being jealous they are still able to have more babies. Not just physically able, but because they dont have 6 already, they still have the 'room' for more babies. And sometime being happy we are not having more, sometimes wanting another one so bad, it hurts.

It is truly turmoil. Why does this still consume me. When I was expecting 6 of 6, I was so done. I knew it. She was born, and I instantly felt I wanted another. I chalked it up to hormones. almost 6 months later, I still feel like 'something' is missing. I count heads when we are out and panic because it seems off.
Trent says no woman feels like they are done. But I have heard it does happen. Why can't I have that, and do I really want that. I don't want to be done being pregnant. I want to have more deliveries. I want to have more newborn clothes. I want to rock my new baby to sleep. I want to watch them roll over for the first time.
It is almost mean to send me this sweet spirit for # 6. How was I supposed to not want anymore after this. If she would have had 5 of 6's disposition, I could see myself having many mental health days. If any of you have met #5 and 6, you would know what I mean.
I hope the dust settles. I hope I will feel a definite answer one way or the other. I am so looking forward to the day when they are all in school. All potty trained. Getting married, going on missions, dating. (not in that order...) But am I ready for that now?

Glass is Totally Half Full

Today was a good day. To start off.... THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL! Normally, I have found off track rather pleasant. No one has to get out of bed. No one has to get to school... This off track, we'd get up, eat, I'd give the older 3 a riddle to figure out (to keep their brains nice and ply able) They'd do a chore, feed their animals, we would go to the church and exercise, then the neighbor would come over and they would start on their pool project (I have always wanted a pool). It was nice. 4 of 5 had her tonsils out, and bounced back in 4 days. They were all really good. Until about day 20. I think they remembered that they enjoy a little argument here and there. So they made up for lost time.
I was kind of dreading the Monday missing assignment sheet from 1 of 5's teacher. So when it showed up, I held my breath, and thumbed through it....... And...... A A B A C (up from an F) A. What? What happened. I have never been so happy to see her grades before. I knew she could do it. I told her that if she can keep those grades, and bring the C to a B, she could stay on D track next year.
We have also taken on D & C. In all my years, I have never read D&C all the way through. I love to hear 3 of 5 read, he is really getting good at it. And I know it is helping the other 2.
AND PEAS! It is time for PEAS. My plan.... this weekend. It has been warm enough this month that the ground should be nice and soft. I'm just going to put them right in the garden and pull them out when it's time to plant the squash. Can you believe it.... its time to start thinking about the garden. I haven't even gotten to go sledding more than once.
So all in all. It's good.

Can We Just Stop

It not fair. Could you please just slow down a little. I don't want you growing up so fast.
I took my first daughter to the maturation program on Thursday. She's 9. Well, 10 in June. It just seems like that is way too young to be talking about change. I want her to stay the same. I don't want her to have to deal with any of the hard stuff. Like boys, mean girls, hard classes, felling yucky, having an off day. You know all that puberty stuff. I know if will happen, and growing up is a good thing. But, not yet.
I am how ever, ready for back on track. They were so good, the whole track break. Well, until Thursday. They have fought ever since. Oh well, it can't be perfect all the time.
I loved this picture of these 2 kids. 2 of 6 and 6 of 6. I am amazed at how alike these 2 kids look.

Stats

This is for my family mostly... so feel free to skip ahead.
We had 5 of 6's 2 year appt today and 6 of 6's 4 month. 6 of 6 is 5 months, but there is no need to haul them in anymore than necessary. And, we have been in a lot this winter.
SO, 5 of 6...
12% in weight, weighing in at a whopping 23.4 lbs.
19% in height at 32 inches

And 6 of 6 is
21% in weight at 13 lbs 11 oz
71% in length at 25. 75 inches.
This measurement seems off because she seems so thick to me. She is built like 2 of 6 was. The nurse commented on how much 5 and 6 looked a like. I am always amazed when people see things in my kids that I don't notice.

5 of 6 is 2.

So we haven't had an official party for her yet. We will probably do cake for her, and let her open a present tonight. But we did have friends over for FHE last night and we decorated cookies.

I did mention before that I was cheap. You have to be when you are dressing 6 kids. Pictured here.... Her 1.99 shoes, 1.99 pants, 2$ jacket from DI. (brand new) and a 2.99 shirt. The Childrens place has killer sales at the end of the season.
The girls made a mound of sprinkles and sifted through them like it was sand.
So much fun. Everyone had a great time.
5 of 6 has been my most demanding child. From the beginning. Colic, reflux, ear infections... But she has been my easiest in other places. She potty trained herself in Dec. she will take herself to bed if she's tired. I'm excited to see this kid grow up, and get to raise her. I love her.

Off Track Isn't really off Track

I have heard a lot of horror stories about tonsillectomies. Enough that I really wasn't convinced that I wanted to have hers out. Here we are at day 3.... looks horrible doesn't it..... knock on wood. Our ENT said if you have a child that is disagreeable, ornerie, wets the bed, and snores, pulling the tonsils usually corrects all those things. Can I take a few more of mine in to do take them out?. I have already seen a huge difference in her demeanor. Not that she was ever bad, but we had a few months there when she had constant ear infections, and ear aches, where I needed a break from her. The past 4 weeks when she has been on antibiotics have been wonderful. She felt good, you could tell. I think the hardest part of this, will be keeping her on soft food for 3 weeks. She wants pizza and goldfish and pretzels. The day before surgery, mom my came into town to watch the kids. So we got up on Friday and took the baby to my MIL, who live down the street from the hospital. I needed to be able to go feed her. Checked 4 of 6 in, and waited, and waited and waited. When they finally took her back, we went and ate and she was done shortly after. When we checked in, her oxygen levels we at 96, after surgery, she was between 96 and 98. Even sleeping and on drugs she saturated well. She was doing so well, she ate and napped, and they let her come home instead of keeping her over night. Unfortunately we got a call from my MIL saying my SIL had to take her little boy into the ER because his oxygen levels were too low. They are running tests to find out what is wrong. His ped thinks they should just pull out his tonsils and that would fix the problem. I hope its that easy of a fix.

A little Codeine with your Tylenol???? We actually haven't had to give her more than a few doses of reg. Tylenol. And she's fine.
My kids have been off track for 2 weeks now. A few times our house has looked like this. We were having Ramen for lunch, and they ate 5 packs.....
I love that they want to play here.
You can't see very well, but these are the skirts I made for the girls. I would love to learn how to follow a pattern well enough to make boys shirts.
It's funny, because I never feel like I have a lot of kids, until we have to go someplace and people look at you like, 'wow, you have a lot of kids'. I would have a few more, if Trent would let me.

This is from my friend Jen's blog,

USING ONLY ONE WORD

Not as easy as you might think! Now forward, change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to send back to the person you received it from!

Where is your cell phone? Computer

Significant other? commuting

Your hair? brown

Your mother? employed

Your father? unemployed

Your favorite thing? quiet

Your dream last night? none

Your favorite drink? Water

What room are you in?Kitchen

Your hobby? music

Your fear? suffocating

Where do you want to be in 6 years? here

Where were you last night? inlaws

Something that you aren't? skinny

Muffins?yes

Wish list item? carpet

Last thing you did? rearranged

What are you wearing? shirt

TV? loud

Your pets? lots

Friends? yes

Your life? amazing

Your mood? antsy

Missing someone? yes

Drinking? no

Your car? van

Something you're not wearing? shoes

Your favorite store? none

Favorite color? blue

When is the last time you cried? pregnant

Who will resend this? ?

Where do you go to over and over? kitchen

My favorite place to eat? kitchen

Favorite place I'd like to be at right now? camping

Four people I think will respond ?Korrie Michelle Kristy Stamps

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