Growth Spurt??

The children came home today with their mother around 11:00 this morning.  I was working furiously to clean up the house.  I hate it that they come home to the usually-trashed place because we have been working so hard elsewhere in the house that we haven't tended to the rest of the place...but there is no escape.  We took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch today, as a special treat.  We went shopping for "bug houses" thereafter, but haven't been able to find any.  It was our intention to take the kids to Hummel Park with bicycles for some exercise later, but the weather decided to "shower".  They have been glued to the TV, anyway.  No biggie.

God bless them, the children have eaten all stinkin' afternoon!  Ryan acts like a bottomless pit!  They have had pizza, carrots, chow mein noodles, fruit, cereal--with and without milk--Gerber's meat sticks.  You name it.  Supper got pre-empted because of all of the snacking (on good stuff).  If they keep this up, they will eat us out of house and home! 

I went to the hardware store this afternoon to pick up a couple of replacement outlet plates for Meg's new room.  As I was looking at that stuff, I noticed a cute little deal--a tiny piece of clear plastic--that locks a light switch in the up-or-down position.  Hmmm...  The children have twice accidentally shut off the switch that controls the power to my bedroom.  Meg wanted to remove the switch.  I wanted to put duct tape over it.  This little dealie solves the problem for pennies!  In the 30 seconds or less that it took to install it, that particular switch is now locked in the ON position.  I love it!

We go into survival mode when the children are here...particularly Ryan.  Robin is civilized.  We just keep on workin' on the other child.

Please remember my friends Patrick and Carmella in your prayers as they make the transfer from Midland to Flint, Michigan.  Life goes on...but it can be a hardship!