What a Week

• Visited the land we hope to buy in Marble Falls to see where a house would go
• Arrived home from an almost two-week vacation
• Did gobs and gobs of laundry (I actually just oversaw this work, as it is Ruth's job)
• Took Weston to the dentist to have his "appliance" installed
• Wrestled with an icky head cold
• Watched the middle child prance around in winter clothes in the 100+ degree Houston heat
• Finalized the school schedule
• Bought school supplies
• Ordered CC materials
• Visited the library--for story time and school books
• Organized the homeschool room
• Celebrated a birthday at The Downtown Aquarium
• Scrubbed orange crayon off the walls and carpet at the top of the stairs
• Made homemade lasagna
• Explained to the 4-year-old why it's a bad idea to cut huge holes in the clothes you are wearing (or ANY clothes) with scissors
• Double-paid the car payment (accidentally)
• Worked on some rough draft house plans (Jeff did all the drawing and calculating, I just added my two cents every once in a while)
• Signed a contract for the land, which we plan to close on before the end of September
• Researched flooring and appliance options
• Observed the youngest child learn a powerful lesson about how spicy cinnamon can be when poured with gusto directly from the jar into the mouth
• Searched for recipes that will best use up all the food we brought back from Campmeeting
• Experimented with a chai apple cake
• Found our youngest child running around COMPLETELY naked, covered in *stuff* after attempting to change his own diaper, and of course, not even trying to go to the potty
• Facilitated a treasure box decorating session
• More-or-less finished an essay for a magazine contest