Saturdays with the kids are always busy. We get to sleep in to 8:00 a.m. because they are old enough to turn on the TV and have their IPads so they are entertained and Nathan is usually up by 5:00 a.m. so he is awake if they need anything.
Nathan is planning for two weeks recipes that he wants me to make with the kids. Then it can change on Saturday if he sees something that he likes that day. I went shopping earlier in the week and told him I would make three things this weekend and got the things that we needed but then this morning he saw two more recipes that he wanted to make and I needed to get some things for those.
Anyway after getting something for everyone for breakfast Larry and I read scriptures this morning for about an hour. At about 11:00 a.m. I decided I better get dressed because I have to take Maggie to gymnastics at noon. So I did that and then we fixed lunch for Maggie and I before we left.
Meanwhile Nathan was helping Isaac make brownies from his Thrive food storage mix that he wanted to cook in jars that can be saved for a while. When things were not working the way he wanted he would call me and ask me to help Isaac. Isaac made the brownies himself with just a little help from me. They were cooking before we left. I asked Isaac to help me get the things he used cleaned up and the counters washed but of course he forgot.
While Maggie went to class I went shopping at the HEB next to the dance studio. We were able to get the things to make the things Nathan discovered today and some fresh fruit and salsa and other things. Maggie was disappointed that I had already shopped because she wanted to help me. So I had her help me take in some groceries when we got home and the boys got some also.
Nathan and the boys had gone to the basketball court while we were gone. Maggie was disappointed that she didn't get to go and Nathan told her she could go over after we made cookies so she was happy with that but we never made it.
I put a roast in the crock pot to use for sandwiches or tortillas and Maggie, Sammy and I had some watermelon to eat. I told Nathan that I needed to rest for a half hour and then we would make the cookies so I went and got Larry's pills for him and then I sat down to look at Facebook on my phone. Two hours later and hurting because I forgot to take my own pills I realized that it was time to make cookies. Nathan has a cookie mix with his Thrive food storage that is pretty good and makes it easier to make the cookies but they are still work cooking. We made white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies. I didn't know if the kids would eat them but they ate a few along with the brownies.
After that I made a smoothie from Nathan's Thrive freeze dried fruits and some yogurt and orange and pineapple juice. I made the kids all try it but only David drank a 3 oz cup, Nathan and Larry and I drank the rest. At that point I checked the roast and shredded it because it was done. Nathan and Larry wanted some on a bun. I tried it and then started to talk to Nathan thinking I had swallowed it and it came back up and went into my windpipe and I coughed for about 15 minutes so I decided not to have anymore for a while. The kids were still full from eating cookies and brownies and fruit and a vegetable tray I bought for them at the store so they did not want any so once again I went into rest. At this point I had not finished the dishes and David had left a pan from cooking Pizza Bagels while I was gone and Isaac's dishes were not cleaned up yet.
Nathan decided that the kids could help him move all the books out of the bookshelves in our room and take them to his closet. They were not very happy about this and complained a lot. Sammy seemed to scream anytime anyone asked him to do anything that was not playing on the IPad or watching TV today. But the boys got them moved with lots of complaining while I was making cookies with Maggie.
Larry spent most of his time in the bedroom watching Fox news and some of the other programs he likes. I went in with him to rest. After a while all the kids started screaming again. Nathan wanted them to do the dishes and they were not happy about it. They also had to complain about what everyone else was doing and it got pretty loud. I stayed in my room most of the time because Nathan is the parent and I think that it is good that he is teaching them to work but I did come out one time when I thought David was going to kill Sammy but Nathan got them all calmed down by dividing up the jobs that they had to do and eventually they got most of the dishes finished.
We said prayer as a family and then Nathan told the kids to get their pajamas on and brush their teeth. Maggie wears pull ups here and she informed us that she didn't have any left so Maggie and I drove to Target across the street and got her some. She is quite the conversationalist. It is fun to go with her. She talks as much as I do. She told me all about how she doesn't wear pull ups at her moms because her mom says she doesn't need them but then her mom has to wash her sheets and put them on her bed. I wish I had the energy to do that but pull ups are fine for me and my dad used to say that by the time they are twenty you can't tell what age they were potty trained.
So I came home and read scriptures with Larry and Maggie played on her IPad. He wasn't feeling well tonight so he went to bed at about 8:30 p.m. Maggie came out and talked to me and helped me clean up the rest of the kitchen and now she has fallen asleep by me on the couch so unless she wakes up when I get up she will stay there because I cannot lift her into her top bunk bed.
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