Category: 4 kids

East Coast to West Coast in Only 6 Weeks!

4 kids, kid quotes, male leaders, moving, washington dc

planning, planning, planning! So much has happened this past week.  Once our military orders arrived, all systems are GO, GO, GO!  You know all those stereotypes about men?  You know what I’m talking about:  “When men are sick they lay down, but women keep working,” and other such derogatory thoughts our society has attached to our males? Well, let me tell you, Alan blows all those negative sexist remarks out of the water.  That’s right.  I said sexist.  Everyone’s so […]

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Adorable Babies

4 kids, babies, baby milestones, baby pictures, brothers, kid quotes, little boys

John David is now 9 months old, so I figured it was time for another “remember when” kind of post.  Check them out!!!  This collage has each of my boys, at 9 months of age.  Can you tell which baby is which?? Isn’t it funny how people think JD is chubby????  He’s our thinnest baby ever.  ; ) You can definitely tell which boy is so old that I don’t have very many digital pictures of him.  I did have […]

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The Year of Getting Organized

4 kids, baby milestones, big family life, birthday, books, Caleb, Daniel, de-cluttering, decluttering, goals, little boys, nap, New Year's goals, organizing, pictures, rest, snow, The Great Clean Out, toddlers, toys

I’ve written gobs of blog posts where I’m really bad about never going back and letting you know how that all turned out.  This is my goal for tonight:  lots of updates!! Update #1:  The Great Clean Out inspired by reading Money Saving Mom‘s book:   It’s sort of an odd time to suddenly be all about organizing my house:  we are moving in JUNE.  However, we are drowning in TMS–too much stuff–so I have been plugging away at “The […]

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Aaaaaaaaughhhhh!!!!!

4 kids, big family life

Sometimes I get stressed out.  Like now.  I’m kind of on the verge of that right this second. Here’s why my face is all broken out like a teenager this week! It’s Friday at 2pm.  The whole weekend is about to smack us in the face, and it’s not one of those nice, breezy weekends.  It’s one of those crazy-insanely busy-hallmark weekends  that make me want to stick my head in the sand. For starters, we promised a friend we’d […]

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Are Four Kids Under Seven Easier Than Two Toddlers?

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Are 4 Kids easier than 2?

JD LOVES this thing. Raising four boys is the most daunting all-day and all-night task I have ever faced. It’s sort of impossible, but it’s also exhilarating and adorable. Ridiculously adorable. Having two was equally impossible though because I did not know what I was doing. At least now I’m experienced! I am getting a lot of practice at taking care of all four of my own children by myself this winter.  After one snow day after another, the older […]

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I hate the pressure of Christmas.

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hilarious wrapping job

 I love Christmas.  Nothing makes me more happy than arranging Christmas decorations, baking cookies, taking road trips with the kids, and shopping in crowded malls! Wait. That’s not true.  No, I don’t.  No, I really really don’t.     Not once this year have I said any of those things.    Okay, so yeah, I’m a bit of a Scrooge.  I hate the pressure of Christmas. –Crowded malls make me hot, like literally sweaty. I get overwhelmed and confused by […]

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Just Call Me Aunt Bee. We all want to be appreciated.

4 kids, attitude, big family life, marriage, parenting

Today I left Alan with all three boys, ages 2 to 6, while I went to the chiropractor’s office and to Target.  I heard the sweetest, sweetest words when I got home. “It was….that kid…..no, not just him, that one too.  Oh my gosh.  April, please don’t leave me here alone with them again.” “Where’s Caleb?” “Huh?  Oh, I don’t know.  He’s fine.  At least he’s been entertaining himself!” BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Now, of course, Alan was JOKING about me not leaving him […]

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