Last Ride?

On Friday, November 15 it was warm enough to get out for a walk with the kids. As I was pushing the 50 pound stroller, plus 123 pounds in kiddos I began to wonder if this would be the last time I push them in this. While we were cleaning the garage this weekend we put the stroller up for the winter, so I know it will be the last ride of this year, but will I even be strong enough to push them again when spring comes around in 2014? Will they even fit? Will they be content to sit in there for our regular 30 minute stroll around our neighborhood? I am betting not. It has been a wonderful stroller for us. (Thanks to our entire neighborhood for coming together to give us this stroller three years ago. It has been well used and loved!) I wish I could tell you how many miles I have put on that stroller. I know it is way into the hundreds. It makes me a little sad…another phase has ended. I am grateful in some respects that they are becoming more independent, but I do miss some of those younger phases too. ASOM are no longer babies anymore.

 

November 15, 2013

So long quad stroller. You helped me to get the kids out and about more that I ever thought. You kept me in shape. We would have been lost without you.

Now I will be doing a lot more running/chasing the kids on bikes it guess. I better get in shape this winter so I a ready!

Silence

For the first time since March 1, 2010 I was ALONE in my own house. It was only for a half hour, but as the song says “Silence is golden!” There is a difference too with no kids in the house rather than when they are napping or down for the night. When they are napping or down for the night I have some time to myself, by we have to still be quiet in fear of waking someone up or having to help someone to the bathroom, or whatever else five little children may need. Today I walked into the house with a basket of clean laundry waiting to be folded, a load ready in the dryer, a load in the washer, and a pile waiting for the washer, there were clean dishes in the dish washer, all our breakfast dishes were needing to be cleaned up, our bed needed to be made, and every room in the house could use some cleaning. Did I do any of it? NOPE! I grabbed a cup of coffee and just sat in the living room. (I only had 30 minutes, I wasn’t going to get that list accomplished in that amount of time, so why even start?) While I was enjoying my coffee WITHOUT INTERUPTION, I heard two clocks ticking. I forgot we even had two clocks that tick. There were no lullabies playing in the back ground. I also noticed a loud ringing sound in my ears. Is that normal? I have been waiting for 5 minutes peace for a long time and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

30 minutes went by too quickly, but I was happy to go get the kids and hear their playful voices in our house again. I love our family of 7 plus a crazy dog. Every once in a while though, that 30 minutes of silence is just enough to refresh and renew me for another week in the life of the Daucsavage Family. I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!

Halloween 2013

We started celebrating Halloween on Sunday with a birthday party for our friend. It was a busy party with kids and adults all dressed in costumes. (Might as well get a little more use out of our costumes).

Mario, Mickey Mouse, Alligator, Minnie Mouse, Super Mommy, and a Skunk

Delicious Minion Cupcakes

Super Mommy and Wonder Woman

Pumpkin Carving Time!

Oliver really loves his pumpkin.

We read a book this past week that said pumpkins have about 500 seeds in them. Really????? Does that mean I roasted 2500 pumpkin seeds? That seems like a lot!

Trick-or-Treat

Five little monsters in Halloween shirts!

Ready to trick or treat with our friends!

We live in a great neighborhood for trick or treating. Not only is it just the right size for us to go around the loop and we get plenty of candy, but a few houses can just set their candy outside the door and kids help themselves to the treats. We did that this year and it was a wonderful way for us to get rid of all or our summer parade candy that we didn’t want/need anymore. And….I didn’t care if it was all gone when we got back. Actually I was hoping it would be gone when we got home and it was! Trick or treat?

Fridays

In our house we love Fridays, but not for some of the reasons you may think. Don’t get me wrong, we love the last day of the school/work week, pizza night, and movie night, but here we also love it because it is garbage day! Ever since I can remember Taylor has loved watching the garbage man come on Friday mornings and the garbage man always waves at the Taylor. Check out this link to read about Taylor’s love of the garbage man from last year.  http://thedaucs.blogspot.com/2012_08_01_archive.html 

Of course, being ASOM has grown up watching Taylor do this, they too love watching the garbage man come and wave to him every time. I too have come to secretly (maybe not so secretly anymore) love when the garbage man comes. Again, for a different reason than you may think…Living in a three bedroom house with seven people our house seems to be bursting at the seams with toys, clothes, and whatever else that our family acquires. So on garbage day, I LOVE watching the garbage man take away just a little bit of our clutter or junk. For that moment I feel like our house has become a little cleaner and less cluttered, but it doesn’t last long…there is always a corner/closet/room/floor to clean and declutter somewhere. Anyone else feel the same way I do?????

The kids got to check out the garbage truck when we went to the ECFE open house in August. We are now the proud owners of five West Central Sanitation hats which the kids wear to play garbage truck on a weekly basis.

Thank you West Central Sanitation for making Fridays so enjoyable for EVERYONE in our home.

Happy Friday Friends!