Christmas is coming!!

Post #4!! So, my life has been going pretty well today... It's been a little bit easier to take care of the little ones lately because we received our christmas presents on Saturday! (we're going to SD for a vacation, so we're going to be gone the actual day of christmas.) So everyone's been trying out all of their presents and such. :) We all (and by all I mean everyone over the age of Noah) got D.S.'s! We each got one game to go with ours (I got cooking mama- it's so much fun!) and some of the multiplayer games we all share. I also got leather Chucks, which I adore. ;) So, how's everyone's christmas season going so far? Christmas music is my favorite! I hope we get snow here in Illinois before we leave! I love snow. It makes the inside seem so much more cozy, as if you're bragging to winter that you can stay warm no matter how cold it is outside. (And I know that probably sounds crazy to you, right? Right? Yeah, being in the back of a store all day makes your mind wander. Maybe mine's been wandering a little too much? Could be possible..) So, yeah, christmas is my favorite time of year. What's your favorite tradition/thing about the christmas season? Tell me in the comments!



~Amanda

Crazyness

Hello! (my third post! YAY!) Well, how's everybody's days been going? Good? Good. My days been going pretty well. A few ups and downs, (bickering for instance, it's like every child's nature) but my day got better. I found out that we might possibly go see The Hobbit today with some of our friends, and I got a plate of cookies from the christmas party that our local M.O.M.S. group gave me (I work in the nursery there on Fridays) and got paid for dogsitting. :) But, something horrible happened in CN today. There was a shooting at an elementary school in Newton. 27 people were killed, and 18 of them were children. One of the people that got killed was the shooter himself. There isn't much details yet, and you should pray for the families that have lost children ages Kindergarten through 4th Grade. We are praying for them, too. Can you  imagine the grief these people are feeling for their lost children? So sad. Well, on a happier note, each of those children are safe in Jesus's arms as we speak. Well, I think that's all I can write today. More tomorrow!



~Amanda

It's hard to think of titles for these posts.....

Oh my goodness, I actually made it to the second post! I have multiple blogs that I created just for fun and only made one post before deciding that I couldn't keep it up. :) And WOW! 2 comments! Thanks you guys! Comments are my favorite... So anyway, how's everybody's day going? My day's been going pretty well. One of my favorite moments today was when I gave Theo some of my leftover eggs for breakfast. His eyes just LIT UP! Right now Theo's in what we call the 'parrot stage' where he starts to really pick up lots of words. He repeats just about anything, we think it's so cute! Mabel isn't talking yet (in fact, she's not even trying to walk yet, I think she's a bit of a late bloomer- but that's okay with us! One less baby to have running around underfoot I guess.) But we'll see. We really hope the new baby (Nicholas Cecil) will be Irish twins with Mabel, but we probably shouldn't get our hopes up, we're not sure yet! The boys are so excited because a new TV series they like is on Netflix. Lately, we've been watching more TV and playing games on the iPad and Kindle Fire, probably because we're at the store all day, and our schoolwork doesn't take so long. I really like a game called Minecraft, (and you probably know what that is) and that's a lot of fun, but it's probably not the best to play it to much. ;) I'm trying to think of a couple more games to get on my Kindle Fire, but they have to be free, because I'm not exactly the richest person on earth. Anybody have any suggestions? Tell me in the comments!



~Amanda

Welcome to the party!

Okay, so first off, let me welcome you to my blog. I know the title sounds a little weird, but if you find out more about me it sort of makes more sense. You see, (and this is no joke) I'm a big sister to 8 (almost 9) little brothers and sisters. So what seems like a daycare to some people is perfectly normal to us. My mom owns a resale shop, and we hang out it the back all day doing school (we homeschool) and messing around on computers. I've always wanted to be an author, and I do the NaNoWriMo program each year. (you can learn more about that here: www.ywp.nanowrimo.org ) I'm an aspiring author, and I figured a blog would increase my writing skills and make my typing faster. My dad also always is telling me that I should write about my family, because other people would find that very interesting. So, now that we got the introductions through, a little about my day. So first off, TODAY IS 12/12/12!! I've waited for this day for sooo long! It's the last day in one hundred years that all of the digits line up like that. ;) So today is a momentous day! According to what I've heard, If you make a wish at 12:12 pm today, it will come true. Did you make a wish? Tell me in the comments! 

~Amanda