Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: Dec 07 2012 at 10:27am | IP Logged Quote Barb.b
Disappearing things: socks, flashlights, hair ties, the kitchen scissors. . .

things I find: used bandaids (see my previous post!) and guitar picks - my oldest in away at college and I STILL find guitar picks (which is good - cause I miss him! Find a guitar pick - it reminds me to say a little prayer!

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I still haven't figured out how long it takes to get out the door. I always think I have enough time, and almost never do, resulting in a hurried, "Come on! Let's go! We're going to be late!" I apparently say that often enough, that the other day we were headed somewhere and one of my kids asked, "So, how late are we?"


I actually do better with this when it's just me and the kids than when my husband is there. When it's just me, I start early because I know I have to do it all, but when he's there, I overestimate how much help I'll get.

After the zillionth time of sighing over only having time to quickly yank a comb through my hair on the way out the door (no real hairstyle, makeup, etc.), it occurred to me that I should ask my husband to factor 5-10 minutes of baby-wrangling into his getting-ready time so that I could do these things. What a revelation! Why did it take so long for me to articulate this? I asked for the same at bedtime, so that he doesn't collapse into bed leaving me to brush my teeth and throw that last load in the dryer with a baby on my hip. I seriously only thought to ask him for this last week!

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thank you this was good to hear.

Laughing continues...

I think socks and hair rubber bands hide in the same place at my house. And I never find them.

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Obviously pony tails and socks - with 4 girls - go missing, but what really surprised me was the fighting over 2 IDENTICAL skirts by 2 IDENTICAL girls. How can they tell the difference between the 2 skirts?
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All the hairbands in the world are on the floor of my house (and any other horizontal surface).

booksnbabes wrote:
And I am constantly amazed at how quickly the routine is forgotten--we do the same things in essentially the same order every morning, why do I have to remind children of what has to be done--especially when it is written in a list on the refrigerator?!?!


THIS!!! Um, kid you are X years old, must I *still* tell you the routine of every morning, afternoon, and night? (this goes for all of them)

The rest of the things that I never realized are too crabby for this lighthearted thread so I am keeping them to myself!

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Thought of another -kids asking multiple times per day what is for dinner! I think I shouldn't have to repeat it 5 times per day to the same kids!

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