Random Rantings

I know I have been a total slacker of the blog lately. Here is a brief story of why:
I have 5 kids!

And here is the longer version.
I have found myself to be a mother of five kids. The oldest is my 7 year old daughter - C who thinks she is the 'other Mama' to the children. Sometimes this is very helpful, sometimes this causes major drama. The rest of the time she is busy sneaking. Sneaking should be understood to mean anything from pudding cups to flowers and grasshoppers. She keeps these things under couch cushions, in pillows, in her dollhouse, under the bathroom counters, inside of her art desk and any other place she deems fit. One time I found 3 heart suckers and a ring pop in the seat of her desk. When I pulled them out she wasn't in the room, but her 3 year old brother, Little D, was. He informed me that the three, what appeared to me to be heart shaped suckers, were in fact his sisters medicine, "That's sissy's medicine, and that's sissy's medicine and that is sissy's medicine." He then pointed to the ring pop and said "And THAT is a lollipop." Smart thinking there Princess. Tell Little D that it's your medicine. Two birds with one stone: He won't eat it AND he won't tell Mom.
She hid flowers in her backpack at the bus stop to take to her teacher after the bus driver told them they weren't allowed to bring flowers onto the bus. She hid grasshoppers in her backpack on the way home from the bus stop, which Mom found while checking for homework. Mom unzipped the bag and grasshoppers 1 through 4 started jumping, which caused Mom to scream at the top of her lungs! "Get down here and get these out of the house NOW!" Only to later find that there were more grasshoppers in the other zipper pocket.

The next of the bunch is my 6 year old son - J. He is always on the go. By 'on the go' I mean doing something he is not supposed to be doing. Over the years this has included climbing a laundry rack to get the bleach to pour on my carpet, dumping full cans of formula out onto the floor, coloring with brown marker on my walls, emptying a bottle of chocolate syrup on the floor (with above mention daughter, C), and so on. The more average daily 'on the go' list includes things like holding objects above a smaller child's head to see how loud they can scream, punching someone because they were bothering him by being in the same room, talking back to Mama just to see if he can get away with it and all kinds of other fun adventures.
The middle man in our crew is Little D. He is a tiny little 3 year old. He wars glasses. That alone is a giant adventure. He hides his patch. Under the couch cushion, in the toy box, in the dresser, under the couch itself, basically anywhere he can think of. he has gone through 3 pairs of glasses in 18 months and needs a new pair now actually. He is a busy little guy and loves spending time with his Mommy. He also loves his big Sissy and he will play anything she wants him to.
Our littlest man is 2 year old T. He is the busiest of the bunch, running everywhere he goes. He loves to hide in the pantry and eat everything he can reach. Today he managed to 'reach' some frozen RAW bacon and suck on half a piece before I could get it away from him. AHHH! He loves to dance and play the 'bam buh buh bam bam' (guitar controller). He is a baby lover and if he can't be holding baby sissy then he finds himself a proxy i.e. Elmo, a doll, whatever is close. We have fights over the baby swing to see who's baby gets to use it, mine or his. I usually win ;-)
And the big reason for my blog neglect: Baby Londyn! She's new, she cries and she eats - A LOT! We love her dearly and Mom rarely ever puts her down which is why I don't post much these days.

The moral of the story is: I am BUSY! But I promise to try and be a better blogger.