Haus House: October 2012

Saturday, October 20, 2012

What was I thinking

So we had plans to go to Living History Farms Family Halloween today. I thought, we should go to church first! Well we did, we went to All Saints because they have a 4pm mass. I told Tracy that there is a cry room if it gets out of hand.
Well we went to church, and right before mass started the kids started to get restless, so we decided to go to the cry room. Well Duncan thought he didn't have to pay attention since we were in there. The rest of the kids were running around and beating on a stain glass window. Well we did survive mass, but decided the cry room is not a good place for our 5 kids, and we/they are not ready to go to mass with just Tracy and I!
So after church off to living history farms. Thank goodness Tracy said we should take the big stroller. We loaded everyone up and off we went. We did park the stroller by one of the little stores and let the kids walk. Then we got to the top of the hill and Tracy had to go back to get the stroller. ( I offered to go get it and he could stay with the kids, he chose the stroller!). So then we had to wait in line, what seemed like forever. The kids ate snacks they had gotten. We finally made it to the popcorn stand, decided to skip the horse drawn wagon ride, that is what I wanted to do, but the line was very long! We finished up with a marshmallow roast, no one liked them. Everyone crashed on the way home, Olivia tried her hardest to stay awake like always.
We got a cat yesterday too. Aunt and Uncle brought one home to the kids. His name was Monster Truck for the night and this morning Duncan decided Car was a better name. Who knows how many times the name will change.

Walking with Dad

Waiting on the stroller

Duncan helping get Owen for Mom!

Everyone: Ethan and Owen in front, Olivia and Elliott in back. Duncan the bear

Waiting in line

Duncan and Ethan

Everyone crashed on the way home!!

Monday, October 15, 2012

Begining of Fall

It has been a busy couple of weeks!
At the end of September we had a birthday party for Mom. She turned 60 this year!! It was a good time. We collected laundry soap to take to the homeless shelter in place of gifts. We got enough soap for about 3 weeks, it feels so good to be able to help others! The party was lots of fun, lots of visiting and dancing. We had a DJ again this year. It is lots of fun to be able to dance the night away. Duncan had a blast. He danced and played with Trey and Little Kenny. The babies had a very good time too, they ran around the whole time they were there.

Duncan started going to RE at Christ the King on Wednesday nights. I thought because it is school he would be ok, but I was wrong. The first night he lasted about 1 minute and then went to his Aunt's room and was her helper! He really enjoye that. When he got home I asked how it was and he said Great! Then Abby told me to ask him how his class was, I did. He told me oh, I didn't like it so I was Aunt's helper! He called Sarah on the way home to see if she would go with him the next week, she said she would. Then he asked, you will go every week right? She does go with him. Hopefully he will get comfortable and go by himself soon, we will see!

Duncan had picture day at school, we will see how well he smiled this year!!
We went to the Apple Orchard as a family! The girls went with us also, it was lots of fun. Our friends The Etters went too, we all had a great time! It is lots of work with 9 kids 4 and under, but way worth all of the work. Really it went very well. The girls are a huge help and just knows what needs to be done. This year was way nicer than last year, it was not so windy. Until we sat down for lunch! The kids had fun on the tractors, seeing the animals, goats, pigs, chickens. They feed them too, and seemed ok with that. There is also bouncy horses, adult size tractors, a super slide, hay maze, a huge pillow to jump on ( that was interesting with the little ones), not my most favorite thing! There was a little playground the kids played on at lunch too. Duncan, Sarah and Hannah and Tracy loved the adult size pedal tractors. They took the little kids on rides too! I think Hannah and Duncan rode thoese things for an hour. We ended the day with a tractor ride though the apple orchard, We did not get off to see pumpkins or the corn maze, Tracy and I didn't think the babies would last through that.

Owen got his glasses today, he did well this afternoon with them, I hope that continues. He is getting more and more ornery! All of the babies are talking more and able to let us know what they want. They also are trying to not take naps this last week. Olivia can sure keep herself awake. Owen is the only one that will lay down and go to sleep.
I have been going to the gym while Duncan is at school. The babies go to the daycare there, they are getting use to that and do well. I have kid leashes that I put on there arms, and we all walk in. Most days it goes well, some days are a challenge.