Oh those Wednesday Nights......

STRESS!!
 Wednesday nights are the most stressful night of our weeks; hands down! It's the lesser of two evils (spend every night running kids, or spend one night a week in complete chaos!), we have four of five kids in activities on Wednesdays, which we find easier than being gone EVERY night of the week; it makes for a long and frantic evening, but works for us!!  Anyway, here's the run down; I leave school at 3:15, pick up kids in Clearwater, kids in Schulte, make the truck home to get kids off the bus at home by 4:20.  Dinner is ready and on the table by 4:45, kids are changed and ready by 5:10 (which is about when Scott is pulling up, if he is able to leave work on time!), four with me to the Y (I have a secret love for the kids zone there; it allows a little time for a quick run while they do activities!), one with him BACK to Clearwater, and we are off again! We both have activities until about 7:15, then home, baths and showers, usually a quick snack, homework haul, then bed......I am exhausted just thinking about it! 
By, no later than 8:30, it is generally Scott and I sitting down together and enjoying our dinner in peace! (Generally cereal, egg burritos, or something very fancy like that!) ;o)  This is our favorite part of EVERY night! This quiet time when it is just us.......FINALLY!  We love this life, but we have found that this time in the evenings is invaluable, and we must use it wisely; a little time to reconnect each night.

Easter

EASTER!!

Even though our kids are rarely together on holidays, we make the best of the time we have together! Coloring Easter Eggs was a well-organized heap of chaos! We colored 60 eggs (a dozen each), and were done in only 2 hours!  Justin Beiber, whether they love him or hate him, was definitely a favorite topic tonight ;o)! We have, "I love JB" eggs, as well as "I hate JB" eggs, purple eggs, multi-colored eggs, wrapped eggs, stickered eggs, broken eggs, monster eggs, sports eggs, "I love my mom" eggs......well, you get the point! It was, overall, a HUGE success! Wonder what we can put hard-boiled eggs in for dinner........