She's definitely related to Jason

Daddy: Who won the race?

Eden: 48

Daddy: What does he do?

Eden: He cheats.

She is her Uncle's niece

Eden walked into my room and saw me wearing Daddy's hat.


"Why are you wearing Daddy's hat?"

"Because I'm adorable."

"No, I'm adorable."

"Well, I am too."

"I'm better."

She turned on her heel and sashayed out of the room.

Spongetastic

Quote from the youngest family member

"Remember that time that Lanie and Zach were coming over and it took like, well, three Spongebobs and they were really late."

I had forgotten that a Spongebob Squarepants episode is her point of reference for 20 minutes.



Thanks a lot, Daddy

Things will get more interesting...

I haven't written much lately because I have had too much going on. Most of it is trite or sad. I won't bore you with the details. Kids abound in this house and having teenagers is stressful. Plus, until Nov 12, I was babysitting two 4 yr olds and had a 4 yr old of my own. Eden turned 5 so, now it is two 4 yr olds and her taking up all my time. I had a sleep test last week and have no results yet. I will bore you w/that update as it becomes available. Gotta run. Zach and Lanie's Mom just showed up.

I'm so far behind in everything!

I know I haven't posted in awhile, but wow, life has been busy. The only time I have to myself is at work and I can't post there(or cook, or clean or laundry....). I have given up on the spam thingy, because ever since I saved some of the emails to harvest the titles, I have been inundated with even more spam. The boys are busily playing sports and I am working mostly third shift these days. Dylan and Trey are both playing football and have undefeated teams. Tevin is in softball and has only one loss. They are all at different schools and this creates an interesting set of challenges. Carlee is playing volleyball and is a natural and adds one more school to our repertoire. We have an interesting array of school spirit items littering our laundry. Eden is full of vim, vigor and vocabulary. She keeps busy with her imaginary menagerie and her friends that come over almost everyday whilst their mother works. This is sounding annoyingly like a Holiday Letter, so I will sign off for now and post specific quotes and data later.

Originally written June 30th, 2007

I almost cried.I mean really, there were actually a tear or two. They didn't fall, but they were there. I don't cry. Eden and I went to a friend's house this morning. On the way, we stopped to get drinks. She got strawberry milk. I poured it into a cup with a straw for her and proceeded to try to buckle her in her car seat. She was doing so many antics with that cup to get it around the seat belt and into her mouth that any other day I probably would have yelled at her and told her to wait a second. But I glanced at her face and realized she was the most beautiful child ever and she was just being a KID. She was soooooooooo precious. And the look on her face when she finally got her mouth on that straw. To die for. Dylan got his driving permit on Friday. He's not excited about strawberry milk. Oh, crap now I am crying.

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Taking a shower is even an adventure in my house. First you step in the bathroom, start the water and hear a little voice outside the door saying, "Tell me when you are ready." She likes to come in and talk to people while they shower and waits until you are in the shower to come in and talk. You let her know when you are ready. She comes in.

"I was going to play with Alexandra, but I changed my mind."
You wonder what she and Alexandra were going to do because she is a fish (a real one).

"Okay."
You continue with your shower.

"I'll be right back"

Door opens and closes.

Door opens again and you hear a song you don't recognize that has the word everything repeated about 20 times.

You get goosebumps, but not from the music. You are progressively taking colder and colder showers to help out with the MS. Good news from your father is that in the winter you aren't cold when you get out of the shower. It's summer, nothing to worry about.

"Do you want the other curtain, the one with the flowers, closed?"

"No, thanks."

Continue showering and shivering. Realize that no one has said anything for a while and she did come in to talk to you.

"How's it going?"

"Fine."

You decide to leave the rest of the conversation to her, because, really, you don't feel like talking. The shower is the only place in this house you are truly alone. Finish shower quickly, because, wow, you are freezing. Hop out of the shower, get a blast of the A/C., untangle your daughter from the curtain with the flowers on it because she has tangled herself in it and can't remember how to get out and you do it the "wrong" way and you give up and dash to your room to put sweatpants and a sweatshirt on during the SUMMER!