Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

That’s about how I feel about last week, folks. I’m sure you’ll have noticed I missed Wednesday and Friday, so here’s a quick rundown of what our family did last week. For posterity. (Children referred to by number for simplicity’s sake.)

Monday–#3 had the eye doctor, #1 and #2 had the dentist, #2 and #3 had piano.

Tuesday–I had PTA stuff in the morning, #4 had therapy, and #1 and #2 had dance. Plus Tuesdays are library days.

Wednesday–I had a temple appointment and lunch date, #3 and #4 had Activity Days, and I had a PTA event at 5. #2 came with me to help at the event, while the Activity Day leader brought #3 and #4 over to the school once their activity was done.

Thursday–#3 had the pediatrician at 9, #1 had a med check at 2:30, it was #1’s birthday so I had to get chicken as well as prescriptions for her birthday dinner, #4 had dance, and then our whole family had tithing settlement. And then came presents!

Friday–I cross-stitched with my friend Linda, cleaned up at the school, took donated food to a food pantry, and picked up two casseroles to bake and bring back to the school at 1:30-ish. I had the dentist, along with #3 and #4, #1 had her dance TA job, #4 had piano, and then #2 had planned a surprise birthday party for #1 afterwards, which I had to leave unsupervised by 7 to go to my Relief Society service project.

Saturday–I had to deal with Mount Washmore, which had been building all week, plus #1 needed Cowboy Spaghetti sauce made and fitting in family scripture time was tricky.

Sunday–My hubby and I taught Sunday School. And then crashed.

Yep, last week was a doozy. And while this week will be holiday-busy, I did manage to do our Pie Night shopping plus laundry today. It’s almost 6:30 now, and I’m usually lacking in enough brain power to post by then, but I finished reading Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America to my 14-year-old last night, and if I review it now, it can leave my house tomorrow. (And that’s motivation.)

For some reason, when I checked Because They Marched out of the library, I was thinking it involved a march on D.C. Nope! It does involve a march to the capitol, but the Alabama state capitol–Montgomery, to be exact. The march started in Selma and involved supporters from all over the country and beyond; it was one of the most famous civil rights marches in American history. Russell Freedman balances individual experiences along with the bigger picture with his usual deftness, and while my sensitive girlie struggled with the horror of what the marchers experienced, I was profoundly moved by the whole story of that 1965 march. Packed with photographs of the events, this is a book we all should be reading with our kiddos.

In other news, I don’t see a Wednesday post happening (because Pie Night), and Friday’s going to be anybody’s guess. Happy Thanksgiving, folks!