A House For My Kids

Approximately 42 hours ago, Diane got on a plane to go to Tampa/ St. Pete. Fl. for a friends wedding. This is the first time that Diane has been away from all 4 kids ever! Lord knows the couple of days off from her routine will give her a much needed and deserved break. A break from the 23 dirty diapers that occurs within this time period. The meal preparation every 2 and a half hours. Dressing the little ones more than once a day. Socks! Where are the socks?There is also this whole treatment thing. Oh, there’s albuterol, flovent, flonase, saline that has to be mixed to the exact specification, another meal in the midst of this, a new dose of enzymes with each meal. And with each snack. And with each cracker that I see Grace has found and is walking through the house with. Nevermind where she found it, I just gotta get her some new enzymes. (Katie give that back to your sister) Medications that have to be measured out for the right one at the right time, (excuse me, gotta take the clothes out of the washer real quick…..OK I’m back) There is also vest time each day for the boys. This is the device that helps keep the mucus shaken from the walls of the lungs. Thank God for the vest. Grace is too small for the vest so there is 20 minutes of percussions for her twice a day. This is where we lightly pound on her chest and back to break up the mucus. DISHES! oh my word are there dishes to do. I’ll get to them later. Bath time. No not at a set time each day but as needed. My sweet babies are in bed asleep right now but Katie and Grace are covered in lipstick. Thank you Irene and Justyna for the very nice assortment of makeup that you gave to my girls earlier in the day. Did you know that lipstick is hard to get out of hair? And automotive upholstery? Grace looks as though she has a sunburn.  As I type this right now, I am in awe of the very creative design that decorates the computer monitor. Gateway should have thought of using “Sharpie’ to install their logo. Very durable.  Diane will be so be so impressed that all the sheets for all the beds in the house have been changed and washed. Twice.

All of you moms are hopefully laughing hysterically right now. Honestly, I am not brand new to what has to go on each day to make it work around here, but I kinda wanted to pay a humerous tribute to my incredible wife and all that she does to make a house a home. Here’s the kicker, she has all this that she does in a very matter of fact way and then I come home and suddenly she has 5 children instead of 4. We knew we would miss her terribly this weekend, but it is worst than we thought. Not because of the logistics of dishes, diapers and dinner, but because of the sweet softness that only she can provide. The hugs and kisses that come when you fall and bruise your knee and ego. The extra measure of love that the meals are served with. (This weekend, my kids have declared that they never want another bowl of cereal as long as they live)The details that she cares enough to attend to each day. ( Katie wore mismatched shoes to the store today because I pronounced that I didn’t care what she wore, just put SOMETHING on and let’s go) The gifts and strengths that God gave her that He didn’t give me. I am blessed with a lovely, unselfish, incredible wife/friend/ mother of our children, who tirelessly sets out each day to do what needs to be done. Work time, schooltime, playtime. Doesn’t matter, she gracefully fits it all in. She shows us real love every day! I pray that she has a great time and gets some rest, because she really works hard. I am certainly gulty of taking her for granted. Shame on me if I didn’t take this opportunity to say so. Now if you’ll excuse me, now that the kids are in bed I can finally take my shower.