Aschermanns: October 2017

Life is busy. I feel like I start every blog that way. I asked Scott the other day if everyone feels as under water as we are. We are blessed with three active kiddos, who are great, funny, loving, sweet and lots of other good adjectives, but they are also time consuming, challenging, and exhausting. Outside of family there is work which non-stop. People always say that “busy” is better than the alternative, but I would take the alternative for a week, maybe even two. On top of this, Scott and I, who must be insane, decided to grow our farm family. We now have two goats (Lucy and Ethel), six ducks (Blueberry, Sunshine, Rosy, Daffodil, Aurora, and Maximus), twenty-five chickens (not named), three cows (black cow, red cow, and white cow) and a barn cat named Lilly. Not only does October include two birthdays and Halloween, but this year October has proven to be extra chaotic. Scott is scheduled to be out of town every week. So the kids, work, and farm duties fall on me along with the help of my awesome support. Thank you, Nana, Grammy, Papa, and Miss Jan. Like most of the moms I know, my mornings are beastly: breakfast, dress kids, pack backpacks, and get myself presentable, all while working through my children’s wicked negotiations skills and inability to get along with each other any time before 8am. Oh yes and to top this off I also need to milk the goat. Oh this life of mine.

I am getting though this month one day at a time. I am getting through and trying to enjoy the kids and not sweat the small stuff. I am getting through knowing it is no easier for Scott than it is for me. I am getting through though maybe not gracefully or without fails. I have had some epic fails this month. This mama straight up ran out of diapers one morning. This mom scheduled an adult only party on November 4^th only to realize that November 4^th is her youngest son’s birthday. I didn’t even figure that one out on my own. My mother in law brought it to my attention after I asked her if she could babysit that night. Who remembers their 3^rd birthday anyway….third child problems.

So I how did I find time to blog….Let me tell you. Tonight I found it by accident. During one of the very few dinners Scott was able to have with us this month he started to have a look in his eye. At first I thought he wasn't acclimated to the noise of a family dinner with three kids anymore, but then I realized he was in physical pain. He was passing a kidney stone. Well we have been there before so we called Nana to see if we could drop of the kiddos with her for the night. After dropping them off I took Scott to the hospital. Good news I remembered my computer and the hospital has awesome wifi which means I was able to get some work done and work on my blog. Oh yeah, Scott is doing fine.

Onto some things I don’t want to forget:

Maddox has taken to telling everyone he sees (strangers included) that his name is “Mac or Macky, but my dad calls me Mac Mac.”

Milo has developed a habit that I can only describe as an over the head hair sweep. About every 45 seconds he reached over his forhead with his right hand and sweeps his hair to the side.

Liesel’s teacher mentioned that last week during center time Liesel had 6 kids sitting in front of her and was role playing. They were all her kids and she was the mom. They were all paying very close attention to her and she kept saying “You guys need to help me out because my husband travels for work.”