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Tomorrow, Tuesday, is Square Root Day.  Party hard, because the next one isn't until April 4, 2016.  So, cook up some Root vegetables, or make your rolls into a square root shape!  Woo Hoo, what fun, what fun.  

Wow!

Tomorrow, Tuesday that is, marks the beginning of my third trimester.  I can hardly believe how quickly this pregnancy is moving.  Please pray for us.

1. Strength for me

2. Faith in our Sovereign God--not worry or fear over what we think we can control

3. Endurance for all of us

4. Longsuffering with the children--my responses to their childishness/sinfulness would be grounded and rooted in Love only

Thank you from the whole of my heart!

Family, look to the left. Friends, no pressure

Scroll down to the Title Sites and there you'll find Reynolds Gallery.  You can view pictures of the kids and various happenings with the Reynolds household.  Enjoy!

Hula Hoop Lessons...

Louisa purchased a Hula Hoop with some money that she's been collecting.  Between the tooth fairy and what she has left from Christmas she was able to buy the thing from Target.  She was having a hard time figuring it out and none of the kids really know how to do it.  So, that only leaves one course of action.  Lessons from mom.  I attempted to hula... first under the belly and then over the belly..  It didn't work and Jackie said, "Mom, it looks like your dancing to some kind of psycho music!"  I give.

Kids at Play

Silas was feeling a touch better yesterday, so we went outside, with the camera, and had some play time.  The weather was so lovely and we enjoyed the sweet breeze moving through.  Of all the homes we've lived in the backyard in this one is the best.  There's so much room for the kids to run and play and there's no concern for them escaping as the fence wraps fully around.  Silas immediately will find a stick to hold onto or a ball.  He will stand beside the firepit and pretend to poke a fire.  The girls on the other hand swing, roll down the hill or have imaginary girly games.  It's so peaceful watching them play well together.  It's medicine to me to not have to correct them, but rather to watch them enjoy each other.  

Valley Girl Moment

I haven't seen this woman in a year...

I'm shopping for groceries for my sweet, sick family.  Libby is with me. (Silas is napping at home and Colby is in charge at the house while everyone moves along with lessons.) Headed down an aisle I see this kind lady from baseball.  I say hello and walk over to greet her and look at her little boy who's grown like a weed.  She exclaims, "OH, you're expecting again, does this make like 20 for you, he he!" Me, "No, actually it's 7." Her, "like 27 he, he."  Me, "huh." 

I wasn't offended because it reminded me of valley girls expressions... I don't know why.  The more I recount the quick conversation, the more I giggle...

What's been going on??

This week we've had a very interesting time..

1.) we really weren't through with the heaving bit.  Jackie had it on Monday and was really bad off.  She's recovered now and I think it's official that we can put away the Saltines.

2.) the blasted fire alarm went off Tuesday a.m. at exactly 1:34.  More fear and trembling for a weary eyed mother.  The school room alarm upstairs was triggered and set off the rest of them in the house.  All the kids slept through.  Salt went into howl mode.  I got online after I shut it off to figure out how it could be triggered, because the heat wasn't running upstairs.  It turns out that extreme cold can also trigger a fire alarm.  Last time that alarm went off it's because the heat was running and some settled dust was singed on a coil or something like that.

3.) my child.... left the silver cell phone in the pocket of his pants and i found it in the bottom of the wash after the cycle had run.. it's fried now... i think this happened last week actually.

4.) Louisa lost another tooth tonight.  It was the same as before, she looks at me and her tooth is pointed in my direction.  I flip out and tell her to hurry go pull it.  She tries, comes back to me and says it won't come out.  I look in her mouth and it's hanging against her bottom gum line. I had to pull it out.  It was so gross, I could feel the last bit of gum break off.  I nearly passed out.

5.) Silas is sick with what I believe is a croup infection. He had to have the steam treatment Wed. night.

6.) I've got some pregnancy issue in the lower extremities which are causing a great deal of discomfort..

7.) I really miss my honey

8.) I really miss my mommy

9.) That's it!