A Day In Our Life

Thought I would share a typical day in our house. Yes, this is all 100% true, and yes, it all happened in a 24 hour period.

Number of times it took to get all the kids/backpacks/dog in the van to leave for school...5

Number of fortunes I read out of cookies to kindergartners...75

Number of children that told me wind tasted good, and you didn't have to chew it you could just swallow it whole...1 (Izzi)

Number of times Jack tried to get me to bring him home from school early...2

Number of children I had to remove from the roof of our house...1 (Jack)

Number of children who ran around the yard with large tree limb stuck to their head (that their brother had thrown down off the roof to them) pretending to be a deer...1 (Ty)

Number of Popsicles Jace and Izzi consumed...roughly 6. I told them only 2 otter pops, which they complied with, but then Jace climbed in the freezer and found twin pops. She informed me very seriously that they were completely different than otter pops.

Number of times a child came to me with something bleeding...4

Number of times Izzi "spied" something green when we were playing "I spy" and it was the grass...10

Length of time the ride home from school should take...5 minutes, including 2 drop-offs

Length of time it actually took to drive home, due to fighting, screaming, pushing, throwing, shoving, swearing, and sitting upside down in seat belts...20


Number of times I was spontaneously hugged/kissed/told "I love you" by someone sticky, sweaty, dirty, and slightly stinky...1,000,000

Number of times this makes everything ok...EVERYTIME!

Is all this normal? If not, do I want normal? It's so boring and mundane. Besides, who would entertain the neighbors if we were normal?