With her beautiful curls, Katriel’s hair appears to be somewhat short. In truth, it’s rather long. Mama convinced her to let me braid her hair. She was so tickled when we were done.
It didn’t take long before the braids started to curl up.
Then the curls started to pull the hair right out of the braids.
A few hours later the curls had freed themselves from the bondage of braids, except for those wee little curly strands at the end.
We’ll try another day.
As my kids prepared for CBS this morning I had to offer my oldest kids a little in the way of a pep talk. For reasons I can’t quite explain this puts them out of their comfort zone.
As they climbed out of the van to head in, it dawned on me this was very likely the only time all six of them would be on a stage together, ever. This is the first year Katriel was up there, and probably the last year Stewart would be. Frankly, it is a blessing they are even all there together this once.
So yeah.
A big Christmas blessing for this Mama.
Later the youngest three and I went to church to go out caroling.
Do you see that look on Katriel’s face?
Yes… that just about describes how it went, too.
The girls made aprons in CBS as we prepared for Thanksgiving.
The boys were on their youth group retreat.
The big girls were at Nan’s.
So Daddy and I did something wild-and-crazy and took the littles to Chili’s.
It was ridiculously expensive, totally yummy, and super fun.
I got a quick text from my co-worker and friend, Jamie. She and her husband were bringing their five kids to Chase Farms for a quick fall outing. The little girls excitedly exchanged their princess dresses for field trip clothes and we scooted down the street for some fun.
Tab was chilly, not grouchy. And I only realized after I’d gotten home I hadn’t taken enough photos…
Found this jewel in my closet.
She was being Bolt.
In a cage in the pound.
See Mittens by her side on the floor?
Here is Tabitha in May 2008 also being Bolt.
I was spending more time in my van than with my kids.
Places to go. Things to do. Katriel coming along for the ride, and the company.
And she found herself a K in the parking lot.
This was a VERY funny dinner date…
Johanna’s Pioneer Club was planning on a trip to a local fall farm market outing that I didn’t want her participating in. Instead, she asked if we could take her out to McDonald’s, AND if we could take Katriel, as well. (Actually, she originally asked if I would take her to Patty Shack then to Menchies. I said no to that as they are no where near one another and are a little more money than I wanted to spend.) Her second choice was McDonald’s, and she asked if we could also take Katriel.
As we got to church to drop off Tabitha and Stewart for their activities, I learned that Johanna’s group’s outing was the FOLLOWING week. I returned to the van to tell her that her class was, in fact, meeting tonight. She quickly asked me if she could stay (dinnerless) and if I could just pick her up some nuggets. Really. True Story.
WELL – it wasn’t like Katriel, who is NOT part of Pioneer Club (yet), was just going to fancy the idea of heading home for now-cold dinner.
So she and I had a McDonald’s dinner date.
After our first selfie, she said, “Funny Face!”
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