Life with Our Magnificent 7: WEEK 8

Welcome to the chaos we call our life & family!

My DH often says this is the chaos we like to call our family, or something to that effect. To answer the basic questions we here often: Yes! With 7 children we are busy! Yes! It often gets hectic, chaotic, crazy, & overwhelming, we love it anyway! No! We do not wish we had a smaller family we can't imagine our lives with less children, we love them all! Yes! It's tricky co-ordinating everyones schedules thank goodness for the FLYlady calendar (if you haven't heard of FLYlady I really recommend looking up her site!). Yes! We do cook a LOT of food, and we eat all or most of it in one sitting! No! You probably do not want to see our grocery bill, or how much we spend on clothes, footwear, sports, etc. each year! ;-) UPDATE 2019: We now have 1 of the original 7 that lives at home. We have added a 3 wonderful daughter-in-laws and an awesome son-in law, as well as 3 beautiful granddaughters and 3 handsome grandsons with our oldest 4. We have 2 adult daughters who have also moved to their own places.

Chaos, maybe, boring, NEVER! There is almost always something going on in our home, never a dull moment from the adult perspective anyway... you know kids, if it gets "too quiet" they are sure it's a sign of being bored! LOL

In 2008 we moved into a new "project home" I have posted some of the fun & craziness that has happened while replacing flooring, adding a furnace, roof, pantry, texture to the walls redoing a kitchen and much more.

2019 UPDATE: WE NOW have purchased a new "prject home = rehab home" that we hope to move into by the end of September 2019! Again feel free to join us for the ride as we continue our new adventure to upgrade get our home ready for move in! It has been interesting to say the very least!

Sunday, October 20, 2013

WEEK 8 - Holiday Planning

Time to get ready for Halloween, are you having any parties? One for Adults, Teenagers, or Kids? I have a 1st grader that is planning on a party & Middle Schooler also, waiting to hear on the High Schoolers still. Thinking this weekend is good, Friday after school sometime for the youngest, Friday evening so Saturday for the High Schoolers? Gotta make invitations, & plan a menu!

Holiday Planning- Week 8-Family Spaces- Week 1 Get Organized

OCTOBER 20-26

DEEP CLEAN:

Annelyse's Bedroom

Ashlyn's Bedroom

Aspen's Bedroom

Avery's Bedroom

Katelyn's Bedroom

ZONE 4- KID'S BEDROOMS:

Reorganize Closets

~~Clean Off Tops of Dressers~~

~~Reorganize Dresser Drawers~~

~~Clean Under Beds~~

Clean Carpets

MONDAY -

~~TUESDAY - Plan Halloween Party Foods~~

WEDNESDAY -

~~THURSDAY - Print Invitations~~

~~FRIDAY - Halloween Parties 2:30PM & 7PM~~

PLANNING AHEAD:

~~Decorate for Halloween & Bake up some fun!~~

Check Holiday Music Collection

~~Get Out Holiday Movies~~

~~Mix 9 Dozen Christmas Cookies. Freeze Dough in Freezer Bags~~ Peppermint White Chocolate Chip

Make 2 Loaves of Blueberry Bread. Wrap & Freeze.

~~Double one meal & freeze half for the holidays.~~ Taco Meat

~~Print Halloween Party Invitations~~

~~Freeze Hand Ice Cubes~~

~~Purchase Halloween Party Food & Supplies~~

~~Bake Halloween Cupcakes for Party~~

~~Make Halloween Party Treats~~

Wrap & Label Packages. Get Shipping Boxes if Needed

Finish Christmas Letter

Make Copies of Christmas Letter

This is the labels for Pumpkin Poop from the www.OrganizedChristmas.com site

Check & List Candy for This Years Poop Gifts, Finish Purchasing

Halloween Pumpkin Candy Corn or Mini-                                                      Pumpkins
Thanksgiving Turkey Raisinets, Reese's
                                                      Pieces, Malt Balls,
                                                      Milk Duds

Christmas Reindeer Junior Mints,
Malt Balls, Milk Duds,
Raisinets

                              Snowman White Chocolate
                                                      Covered Candy,
                                                      Marshmallows

Valentine's Cupid Something Red,
Hershey Kisses

St. Patrick's Leprechaun Jr. Mints,
Gold Coins,
Something Green

Sunday, October 20, 2013

WEEK 8 - Holiday Planning

This is the labels for Pumpkin Poop from the www.OrganizedChristmas.com site

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