By the Numbers

 Last Week:

1 Instacare visit

0 broken bones

Here's the story:  Ellie was sitting on the tongue of the fully loaded trailer, unwinding the jack.  The trailer fell when she had winded it to it's end and pinned her down by her ankles.  After pulling herself out, it was swelling, hurt to the touch, and she was having a hard time walking on it, so we had to get it checked out.  Nothing broken, just badly bruised.  We bandaged it and she's been hobbling around on it all week.  It's purple and still swollen a week later.

26 pints of apricot syrup:

9 kids at the Museum of Natural Curiosity

Only 1 got lost

4 dinner guests

1 gallon of butter pecan ice cream  

Have you had Nick's butter pecan?  It is to die for.  So good.

3 hours (at least) trying to convince girls to clean their room.

1 night at Grandpa's 

When I went to pick the girls up, they were watching a movie with a pack of Oreos on their lap.  

I think I know why they love being there so much.
Maren was especially upset that she had to come home with "mean mom".

2 hours of parade, last one of the summer for us!

The highlight was:

1 cute red-headed flag girl

1 buff cheerleader

? candy.  Too much, that's how much.

$100 (appr.) spent on back to school shopping. (Check!)

300?  shingles

1 finished shed roof

Hurrah!

19 more days until this one's 6th birthday:

 Shoosh, I have beautiful kids.

127 photos trying to get this one year old to look and smile:

Grandma made Daisy and her Raggedy Ann matching daisy dresses.

 That photo just makes me happy.  So cute.

 That one is my favorite.

 She has got to be the most adorable one year old ever (at least one of five).

0 mishaps playing with the camera settings while throwing a baby in the air:

28 cream puffs

5 happy and dirty kids asleep in the car on the way home from Grandma's house