UBC- Day 4 (Problem Solving)

 Yes, I skipped Day 3. Still Sick. :(

Day 4 is......

 Problem Solving

Pick a problem and tell your blog readers how you solved it. 

I had great plans of taking a picture for you, but it just didn't happen. So you will have to visualize a bit. 

THE PROBLEM: Having multiple kids means having multiple towels in the bathroom. I have tried assigning each child a certain color of towel. That is all well and good except when said child is wet and the certain color of towel is not available. And that doesn't address the question of where all of these towels are going to hang to dry. 

I have put command hooks on the back of the door. The towels fall and/or make the door where it wont open all the way. 

I bought an expensive over the door drying rack that broke after about 4 months of heavy, wet towels hanging. 

Then one day I was visiting a bloggy friend, when I saw the perfect solution. 

Parents of a Dozen

She's brilliant!! 

So I went to Hobby Lobby and found a similar system. I bought two racks that have three hooks on each and put them side by side, right outside of the shower. There's room to put their names on their hook if I get around to it. For now I have told them it's oldest to youngest and it seems to be working well. We have room for two more. ;) 

Day 1 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge

I am on a quest to blog more so I am joining the Ultimate Blog Challenge.

Every day in the month of April, they will give me something to blog about. Easy Enough!

April 1

Tell your readers why you blog and what you enjoy most about blogging.  You could share what prompted you to start your blog, too.

Well, the first thing I want to say is that it's funny to me that I have "readers." I know you're there, because I track my readers, but it's hysterical to me that anyone cares what I have to say!

I started the blog to show pictures of the kids to out of town family. Simple as that.

But what I found was that I like to write. It's a good outlet for me. Let's face it. I have four daughters, so you can imagine how many words my husband hears in a day. The last thing he wants to hear is me carrying on about something silly. Soooooo, I blog it. :)

It's also been a way to connect and encourage others. That's what the body of Christ does y'all. And I love that part about blogging. If my joy and tears can bring glory to the Lord, then blogging is worth it for me.

And hopefully when I turn this in to a book for my kids, they will find it amusing.

UBC Day 2- National PB&J day!!

April 2nd is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day!!!

(I am sick and waiting on adoption news, so humor me with this silly post.)

Now in our family, the PB&J is a big deal. We make homemade lunches 5 days a week for at least 4 people. Since the girls go to private school, we have the choice to make their lunch every day or pay about $5 a day, in advance for lunches. There is no, "I don't feel like making lunch today, so here's some money."
And then there's Tim, whose office is his truck, so he requires a lunch. And then on the days that Vivian and I are out of the house for lunch, we also require a lunch.

LOTS OF LUNCHES!!!!

PB&J is our go to sandwich.We do get creative with the jelly and buy different varieties. I believe black cherry is the fav at the moment.

Now, we do have one child who has thrown a wrench in the plan and doesn't like peanut butter. Seriously, what's not to like? So for her, we have to be more creative.

We also doll out peanut butter on a spoon occasionally for snacks. And we can't forget the PB&J crackers that I found last week. They were a big hit with the PB lovers.

We also recently made our own peanut butter with the Vita Mix. I will tell you more about our adventures with that in another post. It's AMAZING!!!!