LFA: Adventures in Parenthood

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You should . . . you can see more than one if you look closely!

Sweet Little Hijas! Hanging out watching for Papi to come home!


Every day is certainly an adventure in the Armstrong household! The top picture makes me laugh because it totally typifies a day in the life of Mami at home with the kids! It is like a big juggling act! Dressing three kids alone is hard work, let alone feeding them, trying to keep the house clean, teaching them to make their beds and fold their pj's (girls) and clean up their toys. From the top picture, you can see what their idea of a "tidy" bookshelf looks like! Wowsers!

The kids are doing very well and have been praised over & over for their good behavior and good attitudes - especially for the past 3 days! We have only had one time-out necessary in this window of time which is a big change from the usual, and it was for Anji who is a extremely well-behaved and cooperative almost all of the time but told a lie to Papi. We are very thankful! Yesterday each the kids got to pick out an item as a reward and we ate lunch out as a treat as well! It was fun!

The kids room sure smelled funny this morning. I looked around and didn't see anything . . . hmmmmm? Shortly after, Andres woke up . . . Yes, Mami survived one of the worst diaper experiences known to humankind today. It was horrible! I will spare you the details but will tell you I had to bathe him (by myself - and he hates baths!) and I need to wash a bunch of clothes and blankets too.

We also went to Wally World to pick up needed items and some very basic groceries. It went okay. Of course, WW didn't have some of the things I was looking for (like size 3 nighttime diapers!!!) but I came home with most of my items crossed off. I bought a big box of refill wipes before we went to Colombia and had much wipe experience . . . well, to our horror, when I refilled our wipe box, the new ones didn't pop up! Aaaahh! Even Papi hates the wipes! So, today I bought the ones that are interlocked for ease of use - phew! Hey, when you are wrestling your kid to get him all cleaned up, you don't have time to try to pick up the next wipe that's stuck to the rest of the stack with your fingernails! Every second counts!

As we approach the end of week three at home, we are very pleased with how things are going! We all love each other so, so, so much and are very happy together! We are thankful to God for lavishing us with His grace, mercy and favor!