Here we go!

So I finally decided to start blogging about the ins and outs of living with four three-year-olds, a four year-old and a six year-old. I was encouraged by many who have listened to my stories over the past year or so and in particular by my Mom. Yesterday I was talking to her and telling her what was going on play-by-play in the moment, and she insisted it was worth sharing. So there you go. I am not attempting to make it too colorful or wordy, but simply going to state what my life is like. 

Yesterday morning was beautiful so I thought it would be a great day to play outside and forget the TV (the babes are allowed to watch a "movie" while Jenny Kate goes to the gym and that's pretty much it for the day.) So they were all playing in the backyard and eating their lollipops they earned from doing their catechism earlier that morning. I had to switch the laundry. As I was doing so, all of the sudden I heard all four come running in screaming "a bad bug!!." Now I have been trying to explain that bugs live outside and that when we are outside it is okay if we see bugs. Anyway being the kind and loving nanny that I am, I ventured out to investigate. I hurried out to the deck and followed them to where the "bad bug" was. I looked to discover that this bug was in reality an acorn... again and I went inside briefly to refill my water glass and when I returned, our deck which normally looks like this:  

Was transformed into this:

And then the babes were playing on it all like this:

All this in a matter of minutes... One of the many benefits of having four little ones to do a task instead of one. We sure had a lot of fun playing outside... :)