It's a 4 Ring Circus!

a perfect afternoon

 

:: Ava having a nap

:: Sadie in my bed listening to stories

:: Josh dawdling to avoid finishing a literature lesson

:: Delaney deciding which tan to use

rainy school day

We finally finished off passing flu around this weekend, and we are ready to start a new week!  Love that we're starting it with piles and piles of rain.  Surrounded by little ones doing their school work (Delaney downstairs on the piano).

I must like to buy aqua polo shirts

The last week or so has been musical chairs in our house -- who is sick today?  I think it was a (thankfully) mild case of the good ol' pig flu.  I am thrilled to announce that I can breathe without the help of antihistamines today!  Yeah!

 

I had to giggle -- yesterday Delaney decided to color-coordinate all of the sisters.  It was Sadie's turn for a fever, so she wasn't quite as smiley as usual.  I didn't know that apparently we have a matching set of light aqua polo shirts!

ode to a cloudy day

Yesterday afternoon the stars aligned and I got some great shots of the kids playing out in the yard.  Here are some of my favorites . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

batting her eyes

I'm happy to report that this week is going MUCH better around here!  I might actually get to stop and smell the roses a little -- or my version, take a few pictures.  :-)

rainbows, dahling, rainbows

{my little Kool-Aid faced monkey with her rainbow-painted fingernails}

Didn't have the best week ever, but we're still hangin in.  We are making some progress with Delaney's anxiety issues, but not hearing anything new about the school issues.  I'm waiting to hear some more from her teacher before I decide whether to leave her in the K12 program or not.  Sadie needed to have some bloodwork done this week before her routine checks coming up.  It took us four tries on three different days (first two couldn't get the right authorizations at the closest lab, went to a different lab, then couldn't get her veins to cooperate on the 3rd try -- but got a hole in each arm, then let's just say she wasn't much in the mood on the 4th try, but at least we got the blood they needed!).  Mind you this is in the midst of various other doctor appointments for Delaney, and our "regular" crazy routine.  I think that about sums up what I'm willing to put out on the internet.  ;-)

Lucky for us one of our longtime homeschool friends is having us over to celebrate a birthday this afternoon, and we will all R E L A X !!  I think I'm finally figuring out how to take some of this in stride, but it has been an exhausting couple of months.  Yeah for Friday!