Perks

Life is insane and sometimes "one big emotion fest".  Fall is one of the hardest times of year for me, because of the complete schedule change.  We go from the relaxing days of Summer and good health for all, to appointments, therapies in town, meetings and SICKNESS!!!!!  All of these things (besides the sickness) have pretty huge positives, it is just the mash-up of it all and the kids' lack of cooperation most days that wears me down.  I haven't so much felt like blogging lately for these exact reasons.  By the time I get some free time, I would rather let my brain shut down while I play on Pinterest or Facebook.  Even now, I have pretty close to no motivation to write and I am starting to feel like I am not making sense at all.  I am thinking that means this will be a short little entry.  Tiny even.  Small.

As I am writing this little entry, I am sitting in the living room looking around.  I am looking at all of my tiny people.  That is right.  It is Midnight and my children are in the living room.  Fast asleep.

We all have beds.  Our beds are located in this very tiny house that we love.  Yet, here we are... all huddled up in the living room, and do you know why?  Because we all very genuinely enjoy being around each other. Bo's special bed is located down here in the living room because he is becoming so active.  I do not want him upstairs in case he actually does make it over the rails to the floor and ultimately falls down the stairs.  His bed is near the couch and the couch currently has a sleeping Cote on one end.  Soon I will be sleeping on the other end where Cote can't poke me in the eye and fish-hook me while I am asleep.  Gage is camped out in one of the recliners.  It is completely kicked back and he made a bed on it.  He has a Fisher Price lantern under one arm, and a healthy stack of books under the other.  If Keith didn't work the night shift, I can guarantee he would be passed out in the other recliner just to be near us.  This is my little family.  We have a small house.  I have had the same van for over 6 years.  I barter and I clearance shop for things we need or want.  We don't have a lot of extra's.

What we have is more love amongst ourselves and towards others than you could ever imagine.  We love cuddling and playing and even all just sleeping in the same room.  Some parents would probably think I am a weirdo, but I have really been realizing lately that time is absolutely flying by and they are growing so fast.  Why not have as many slumber party nights as we possibly can?  Besides, a major perk to homeschooling is that we start at whatever time in the morning that we need to, and we can do homework in our PJ's!

My eye's are droopy just I am ecstatic to go cuddle with my little warm Cote.  I wonder what time Gage will squeeze in next to her and I am curious if Bo will last all night without reaching over the side of his bed to yank my hair!

Good night all!