My Crazy Life

I wanted to start this blog as a way to remember life.  My days are always so full of chaos that by the time I get the kids to bed, the last thing I want to do is take out 6 different memory books and write.  I find myself forgetting simple things that I want to remember forever.  Dominic is already 6 years old and it's so hard to remember what life was like when he was a baby.  I want to remember each child's unique preferences, faces, personality, and every funny thing they say and do.  I figure if I have one place that I can come and document our life that I would have no excuse not to. I'm sure that by the time all of my kids leave the house I will probably have no memory left, if I haven't already been locked up for losing my mind, which feels like it could happen at any moment some days.  Raising 6 kids, which were born within 6 1/2 years of each other, is no joke! I feel like all I do is pick up toys, wash dishes/laundry, change diapers, and yell at kids.  Sometimes I think that all my kids are going to remember is me saying no, "no we don't jump on the furniture, or knock down the lamp, or pull down the blinds. no we don't dig in the litter box, or open and close the door 5 million times, or throw toys at each other. no we don't pet the fish, or take off our seatbelt, or play with Daddy's Playstation."  It hasn't helped that we have been stuck inside for months on end.  This winter was so cold that we could hardly ever leave the house let alone go outside and play. Now it's supposed to be Spring, but it's been way colder than usual and has rained for almost a week straight.  My kids need some nice, warm, dry weather so we can get outside.  I have also been looking into a lot of different indoor activities, but it is so overwhelming taking them anywhere alone.  There is a play group that meets at the community center right next to our apartment complex, but I haven't been brave enough to try it. We have done story time at the library a couple times with my mom and there is no way I could do it by myself.  I am hoping to get the girls in dance this summer or fall and Dominic is really excited to start karate.  Josh and I have just been discussing where to send him and if he is old enough, or if we should wait a year or two.  This probably won't be the most interesting blog to read and I'm not setting out to be a blogger.  I just want a place to document life and a place where our family can come and see what we are up to. I'm looking forward to having this place to come back to and remember forgotten memories.