The commenter is right in that I tricked 4 little kids, recorded me making the baby cry, then gave them candy with breakfast. Now I need to do something to be an awesome mom to counter it. (I was thinking playing LDS General Conference bingo with candy and craisins. Hm. I might rethink this...)
Now, I am nursing my almost 2 year old 
and checked my email and saw this article.
I had my 3 other kids come in so we could read it together. It was Eiring's home teaching message for the month. It prepped us to focus on doing homework and studying and finding our to do lists from this weekend's conference talks. Better-than-crappy-mom even though we slept in until 8:30 when Steven had been up helping his brother move. He later dropped off a car seat to his cousin. I did zero service for others today. I did clean the living room, Tyler/Julia's room, and the pool 
as well as made some bracelets for the Young Women. 
Steven went shopping for us AND got a card and gift for his nephew's birthday tomorrow. Then he sat with us and our whole family was calm for both general conferences today. (We did end up doing conference bingo with candy and Craisins.) Steven had of course but those for me also. Then Steven took the boys to the Rowdies Den for dinner and to a Rowdies game with all of the crews. He is awesome so maybe our kids will be all right despite their crappy mom. :)
(Is it sad that I feel accomplished because I read books with Julia and let her watch her Nemo and Diego a little bit and played Ring Sround the Rosies until I was literally dizzy and had to lay down and then let her play on my feet and gave her a bath and her medicine and brushed and floss her teeth and even used my scaler on her before getting her in bed by nine? Because I do :)
On Monday, I took the girls and Tyler to the beach since Liz Walke invited us. It was a quick trip, but fun. 
Julia did not nap long. The access just south of the public IRB access has a shower, has packed sand, and is a short treck to the water. Nice for a stroller. Liz had an umbrella set up. Bonus! 
Doe got Julia her outfit, the swimsuit and hat. 
Julia and Reese played some. Malia floated in the surf the whole time. Ivy and Peyton liked the water the most. Tyler went in with me and Julia but the waves crashed in his face too much so he stuck to collecting shells. 
I attempted a group picture but julia had not napped long and wanted me. Malia gave up and left the group. Eh. 
We got back a little early and saw Noah save a ball as the goalie. I saw bothteams score. Our 3 lost by one point. 
The kids had fun every day. On Friday, it rained the whole time. The kids loved it except for the lightning part. They had to do nothing then. 
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