Multiple Nelsons

Uncle Brad cutting the turkey.  Four of the kids at the countertop, Crazy A (4) Missa (8), cousin Lily (7) and big D (2). The other four kids at the table, Owen (5), Jackie (6), Jared (6), Graham (2.5). Aunt Britney My makeover. After thanksgiving dinner we headed over to my parents home for dessert with cousins.  I did not get any pictures of my cousins but I at leasted got these. 

The craft mess that 5 kids made. Kids playing a gymnastics game.  With Missa being the "judge". The boys with their youngest boy. :)

Interesting perspective of the kids from Crazy A.  I asked her who the other baby was... "It is Jacolena," she said.  I asked her why, "Cause she acts like a baby."  Hum someone is too observant.

Outside on a very cold day.  BUT he still wanted to play. Inside in a very cold day... this is how she "rolls". Often I see these two sneak Pedisure Juices. The boys playing together with some old screws and gadgets.

This was typical of Crazy A on the field - talking to her new friends! Last Saturday our team put in all four girls and then the other team followed suit.   At Missa's game playing with other younger siblings of a boy on her team.  At times it takes desperate measures to keep this 26 month old in for naps.   FRIENDS Over the past 2.5 months (since school started) I have watched two little girls (for service), 6 yr old Esmeralda and 9 yr old Julianna, 2 days a week after school and till bedtime.  Their mom (single) needed help for her last semester of grad school.  This week was their last week with us because they moved closer to her work and school.   We will miss them.  I I have never been one to nanny other people's kids but I do love children (hence I have 5).  My patience has already been stretched VERY thin. BUT we prayed about this and felt good.  Having these girls I have learned a lot a...

It has been a few months since I have done a health status update.   Carving pumpkins Missa: She has been doing very well in school, no worries there.  But over the past few months she has become more "spacey".  Missa has been a sleep walker and had some weird sleep issues in the past.  There are questions, especially in the mornings that sometimes she just doesn't get, she spaces out and doesn't know what she has just done.  A couple of times when getting on the bus she went 'blank" on me and didn't want to get on b/c "it wasn't her bus".   This week she started slurring her speech and kept falling back asleep.  When I took her to school, she didn't know where she was and couldn't answer basic questions.   After that episode, we zoomed over to the Pediatrician's office, then the ER and didn't figure out anything other than concern.  We have an appointment with the Neurologist to help us figure it out. ...