It stinks to be the only parent at home on nights when the one night potty-trained child in the house decides to wet the bed at 2:30 am (fortunately having climbed back into her own from her snuggle fest with Tommy at bedtime so I’m not peeling soaked pajamas off both of them), wakes up her brother when she gets into bed with him (because I was too tired to put new sheets on her bed), keeps us all awake with her talking until well past 3:30, and wakes up early in the morning. Not that it mattered, because Susie was up at 6:45, chattering away, and crying when I didn’t get her out right away. This should teach me not to stay up past 9 pm when I’m on my own! Excuse me while I make another cup of black tea and put the sheets in the dryer. It’s going to be a long day.
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Books in our queue
Derek:
The Warden, Anthony Trollope
The Upside-Down Constitution, Michael S. Greve
Emily:
What God Has to Say about Our Bodies, Sam Allberry
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, David Cannadine
To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis
Tommy:
Flowers from a Puritan's Garden, Charles Spurgeon
Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian
Elizabeth:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Susanna:
Spindle, W. R. Gingell
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner
Janie:
Snow Treasure, Marie McSwiggin
Dancing Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
Annie:
Faithful Friends: Favorite Stories of People in the Bible, Marcy and Michael Kelleher
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis-
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I hear you!
Those are the days I embrace PBS kids. I know you don’t do tv much, but… those are the days I do it without regret!
Hang in there. If I could, I would bring dinner by!!! Not much real help, I know, but at least the desire is there!
I will be praying for you today.
Oh Kristen,
Do your kids behave after a TV marathon? Seriously, all I want to do is plug them into a movie and get back in bed for half an hour, but my kids are so rotten after watching TV–whiney, crabby, disobedient, etc–that I always wonder if it is worth it overall. Plus Susie has zero interest in TV, so I still have to occupy her… I don’t know. We got a new French video out from the library yesterday, so I might resort to that when my tea wears off!
Bethany, I hope your next installment of help has arrived. I do need to remind myself that I’m not nursing on top of all of this! I hear that our husbands are having great conversations, so that’s some comfort.=)