I know how much you all love seeing these cute little faces on your computer. I also know how much enjoyment you all get out of Pickle terrorizing me. Unfortunately, you can’t have both for the next week or so. Yesterday, Pickle picked up my camera, why I have no idea, and when Hunter attempted to retrieve it, she pitched it at him…… and he didn’t catch it. I was upstairs feeding Sailor and I not only heard the crash, I felt it. I ran downstairs to see Hunter holding my camera like a baby, sadly shaking his head. The camera is dead.
Damn Damn Damn
I’ll replace it. I have to. If I didn’t have a camera in my face all the time, my kids wouldn’t know who I was.
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Hunter spent the day filling out applications for boarding school. Words do not exist….. I am so proud I feel I may burst at any moment. He is applying for admission for next fall. Boarding school applications are almost identical to college applications, except you have to be interviewed in person at boarding schools. These apps are due January 30th. Admission decision letters are sent Mid- March.
He will fill out two applications per week and apply to about six schools. He takes the SSAT test in December. He is moving at his own pace and applying to the schools he chooses to. I jokingly asked him, yesterday, if he wanted to apply to Andover. It’s one of the biggest and most prestigious college-prep schools in America. He said, "What can you tell me about it?"
and because I knew I Andover wasn’t a good fit for Hunter, I said the one thing I knew he wouldn’t like. "President Bush one and two are alumni."
"You want me to go to a school for Idiots? Clearly it’s not a good school mom."
Yesterday Hunter applied to Dunn and to Baylor. When Shay called last night I told her that Hunter man had applied to her school and she squealed so loud, with delight, she almost broke my eardrum.
Brandon isn’t as excited about Hunter’s decision as the majority of us are, but he is supportive and proud nonetheless.
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Brandon is rolling out of here on Wednesday and prayers were answered for me this time around. My baby sister, Ali, is currently unemployed, so I hired her for the ten days that Brandon is gone. I am excited to have her down and to have her help. Hadley worried last night that Ali would just think we went to the beach all the time and she wouldn’t be happy once she found out that taxiing kids and changing poopy butts was all she had in store. Gear up Ali. Beach time is OVER!
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I feel like we are back in the swing of things since Sailor has arrived. I am adjusting to less sleep and even weathered a nasty bout of PMS without blogging about it or killing anyone. Life is good!
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Happy Monday Friends. Come back later for a quiz. I will have it up this afternoon.
So sorry about the camera!! You should get the Nikon d5000 or Nikon d90!! Really good cameras!!
I hope you still love me when I confess I’m a die hard Conservative…
Isn’t it rewarding when kids take the reigns and move towards their own goals? Awesome!
Hi Sandi, I’ve been reading your site for about a month now. I can’t even remember how I found it, but it was so fascinating I went back and read all through your archives, and all the other sections — about me, and The Cast. It’s The Cast I have a question about. You have adoption stories for all your special needs kids, but not the others : Jace, Jasmine, Kate, Parker and Ellie. I’m sure part of it has to do with explaining how you chose to raise children other people couldn’t imagine managing, and also because you must have next to NO TIME on your hands, but I’m curious how you found the other kids too. I think you’re doing an amazing thing, and I’m very happy for you and your family’s new addition. I’m looking forward to the rest of the stories.
Talented writers are evocative. There are so many great writing styles. What makes them great is the subtlety and variety of emotions that reveal themselves behind the main themes. In your writing, since Sailor is home and doing well, there is a contentment, a certain happy peacefulness coming through. I’m enjoying it immensely. Thanks for sharing. steve
so happy Hunter is not applying to Andover!!! now, is he considering Exeter? the creator of facebook went to Exeter, Mark Zuckerberg. facebook was the name of what we called the phone directory b/c it had headshots of everyone. we have many influential alums, just thought that the facebook creator would be an easily recognizable one.
I am sure your sister will be thrilled to be in the company of all those gorgeous, smart, well rounded kids!
Hunter: you’re obviously a genius. You’ll teach your instructors a great deal wherever you choose to go.