Well...

So all the craziness resulting from the car accident is still not finished. I've spent the past few weeks on the phone with insurance adjusters trying to get everything settled. It is so hard to give a statement of events when you've got four littles running around. Haha. I must have said "sorry, hold on - we don't lick doors. Sorry, one second - don't sit on the dog, please," a million times. I swear having a phone conversation with kids is like having Turret's. lol 

I ended up developing mastitis from where the seatbelt hit. I cannot tell you how fun that was. Having to rush to urgent care before Bible quizzing practice and have a liberal doctor scoff at being young with so many kids - even though there only three of them. Having to explain to a male insurance adjuster your injuries and what it is. Not to mention the pain.

We're still in the rental car because the van isn't fixed yet. It makes me so thankful for my van - our little rental feels like a clown car with all three in the back. Drum kicks Tony, so Tony hits Drum so they scream and fight. Good times. Haha

But we're trucking along. Auds is having a ball in ballet and Bible quizzing. I'm trying to be more flexible in my schooling by discussing things with the kids as they ask questions and if we don't get to the scheduled lessons not freaking out. They're not in college yet so I don't need to be so focused, but I still feel they're getting a better foundation than they would at a local school. 

B and I also treated ourselves to an early Christmas  present. We haven't given presents to each other in years. We got a beautiful 1930s Duncan Phyfe revival couch. The best part - I found it for only $150!! And we prayed for wisdom in purchasing it so that we wouldn't be splurging more than we should and our pastor heard we were thinking about it (his wife and I are very close and I showed her pictures) and walkedup and  unexpectedly   gave us money to put towards the purchase of it. We tried to refuse, but he said if we didn't take it that he would go and buy it himself and show up at our house with it. 

It'll look great once I paint the red one day! It's in near mint condition and will be our forever couch. We're thinking of reupholstering it in a tufted leather when the kids grow up and move away. 

We've also been enjoying cooler weather.  We took a yogurt date at a nearby fountain on our way to make groceries one night and have been playing in the back yard a lot. 

Drum is now about 30 pounds and is a climber. He gets in to everything!! I can't even keep the chairs by the table anymore coz he climbs up and tries to jump off. He also has a habit of getting on the rocking chair (I have an antique wooden slat one) and sliding out the side and getting stuck and walking the rocking chair around. Never a dull moment! 

In other big news - Auds is getting her big kid teeth. She actually has lingually erupting incisors, or shark teeth, where the big teeth come in behind the baby teeth because they haven't fallen out yet. Generally it takes care of itself, but if it doesn't correct itself within a few weeks, the dentist will have to take the baby teeth out. 

There's two big ones right there. It is hypothesized that it happens when a mouth is too little and the teeth can't fit in where they're supposed to so the teeth take the path of least resistance. Looking at her teeth, the dentist may need to take all four bottom ones out. How is my little girl big enough for big kid teeth?!!