Bailey Family

Week 5 - finishing... July 4th, Wednesday -  The tie dye went just fine - no pictures still :( & Fireworks -    should have skipped it - even patient Will & Hannah had just about had it with a few of my teenagers  (I mean, children) by the end of the night! Thursday - well, we do have to clean up sometimes. Friday - movie afternoon w/ Mom   (skip quiet time) - Percy Jackson, Lightning Thief (Seth had recently finished the book and wanted to see the movie version)   1st Weekend - I have no weekend activities this month, but the kids each take a turn going to visit Rob's parents for 1-on-1 time with them. Seth got his weekend alone with Grandpa and Memere first - they went to Legoland Discovery and by the LDS bookstore in Atlanta. no sisters - how nice! Week 6: Mommy got a 2nd wind... Monday night - Sleepovers-  for a total of 8 children in the house. Tuesday - Library - a magic show - how fun! ...

The first two weeks' activities couldn't have been more perfect. The third week's activities couldn't have been more aggravating. Fortunately, it went up from there. Week 3 Most of the outside game day (which was only about an hour) was spent fighting...oh, well, everything can't be perfect. But the pictures can make it look like it was! (I included one Alee being a pain picture in case you can't imagine my children being aggravating.)  We're still library-going. I nearly cancelled the zoo day for their aggravating-ness and fighting! (Check out Carolyn's face for a glimpse into the attitudes I was working with.) No pictures of experiments...I'd had it by then and was fighting with them.  I was concerned about taking them to a drive in movie, knowing it wouldn't start til probably 9 or 9:30, the double feature ending after 1 AM, then the drive home....but much to my surprise it was a lot of fun, the kids slept throu...