We have been working so hard on school for the past three weeks or so. While it does feel good to be accomplishing so much, it is a bit exhausting and I feel like some days I never stop moving.

Miguel has started the learning-to-read program, but that takes very little time in his school day, so the rest of the day he is left to occupy himself while I care for his younger siblens and listen to his older brothers and sisters read and help them with their Math.

This morning Miguel started working on a project on the white board. I was amazed at his ability to sit for a long period of time making little dots in his design. He kept changing colors of markers and made quite a decoration of dots before finally losing interest.

Our days are so filled with many little things, it would be impossible to record all of them. But I will share two little Lilly stories with you.

This afternoon Lilly was trying to be content while I was busy in the kitchen. She had been fed and she had spent some time in the walker, and now it was time for her to sit in Isaac’s lap. As much as she loves Isaac, she just could not be happy any longer sitting with him. So I finished up what I was doing and rescued her. I carried her off to check her diaper. As I was removing her clothing to get to her diaper, I discovered a significant clue to her uneasiness. A toy train car had been deposited down the front of her overalls and was now down where the poor girl tries to sit. No wonder she couldn’t sit happily! It also turned out that she had a dirty diaper, so I took care of that, tossed the train car to one side, snapped her britches up, and walked back to the living room with a fresh baby.

Just a short time ago the children were all enjoying a cookie for a snack, and I was suprrised to see Lilly had chocolate on her face. Now, how does a 4-month-old baby get chocolate on her face? It’s NOT because she was eating a cookie. While I don’t know exactly what happened, some fingers were pointed to Miguel who claimed, “It was an accident.” Hmmmm. I wiped off poor Lilly and declared there were to be no more accidents. Thanks to Miguel, there is yet another rule on the books, and it reads, “Do not feed the baby or smear food products on said baby.”