Historical Harvest Party

You know you have a large family when...

...your children feel sorry for families with only six or seven children.
...people ask if you're competing with the Duggars.
...even your friends aren't sure how many children you have.
...your family no longer fits in a 15 passenger van.
..complete strangers feel welcome to comment on your fertility and contraceptive methods.
...two of your daughters go for a walk...and get asked by a neighbor if they're foster kids.
...you have to carry three health insurance cards in your wallet- because that's how many it takes to fit everyone's name.
...you take the wrong child to the dentist...simply because your handwriting on the calendar was messy and both started with a "j".
...grocery shopping for 30 children and 12 adults for a two day camp constitutes a "small" shopping trip for you.
You find yourself relating some small incident to your husband and starting with the words, "Well, I only boiled twenty-six eggs for breakfast..."
...you buy a 40 pound box of bananas intending to make banana bread and freeze a bunch for smoothies...but your children eat them all first.
...you find an afternoon root canal relaxing.
...it takes you twenty-three minutes on the phone to schedule your children's dental appointments.
...you've given up on using your toaster entirely and make all of your toast under the broiler in you oven.
...you are seriously tempted by the stacking cribs you see at Goodwill for $19.99.
...you find yourself thinking, "Wow, the house is so quiet and peaceful with only nine children".
...you have enough children to constitute not one, but TWO large families.
...you have a laundry basket devoted entirely to lonely socks seeking their mate.
...when you got to buy your children those cool "spin toothbrushes" because you think they get their teeth so much cleaner...but the store doesn't carry enough styles/colors for your children to each have a different toothbrush.
...when you can't take all of your children to the doctor's office at the same time because the waiting room has only 10 seats.
...when you still have seven children that are required by law to sit in a carseat or booster seat.
...you call the doctor to get your children tetnus shots, and they tell you they don't have enough in the office and need to order more from the health department.
...you take up more than one entire pew in church.
...you take only half of your children to the library, and STILL get asked if they're all yours.
...you go to fill your children's flouride prescription at the phamacy and you clean them out of every pill they have...and it's still not enough.
...you spend sixty dollars on socks...and not everyone gets new socks.
...you go shopping at Costco and the cashier asks if you're having a soccer barbecue.

October 19, 2009

Saturday we attended a Historical Harvest Party hosted by friends. Each child researched someone from history and presented what they learned. Our family's character's spanned the 1500's to the 1940's, which made a lot of work for this Mama.

Tilly chose Mary Jemison, a girl who was kidnapped by Indians and her entire family massacred. Mary Jemison eventually chose to spend her life with the Indians rather than return to the white people. It's quite a story, one that I guarantee you will find fascinating.

Hezekiah was of course, Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. I'm not quite sure what Hezekiah's fascination with Buzz it, but it's always Buzz he pretends to be. Hezekiah insisted on making his poster himself, which included lush illustrations, complete with aliens on the moon saying "Thank You". He even got up in front of everyone and shared his poster!

Kalina was Eleanor Roosevelt.

Mordecai was Sitting Bull. It wasn't until after I had given him the mohawk that it suddenly occurred to me that some parents might pause and consider before shaving off three fourths of their son's hair. Mordecai said he wanted to be an Indian and have a mohawk, so off went his hair. I think it suits him.

Judah chose Ulysses S. Grant. He would have loved to dress up, but we just couldn't pull together a Civil War costume. Judah had a great attitude though, and approached his research with gusto.

Enoch was William the Silent, also known as William of Orange.

Jubilee was Queen Elizabeth I. Jubilee wrote her paper all by herself (I typed it up for her). Her favorite fact was: Elizabeth ate so many sweets that her teeth were rotten. We must have heard that statement a hundred times last week.

Avi (as an Indian) with her two best friends, Sacagewea and Annie Oakley. Avi is very into being Indian lately, and says every day "I'm half Indian". Well, she's not quite half, but she is part Choctaw.

I was so proud of all the children who stood up in front of everyone and presented what they had learned. They did a wonderful job, and obviously took pride in their work. For more photo's check out Small Wonders and Syndiluhu .

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Kalina was Eleanor Roosevelt.

Judah chose Ulysses S. Grant. He would have loved to dress up, but we just couldn't pull together a Civil War costume. Judah had a great attitude though, and approached his research with gusto.

Enoch was William the Silent, also known as William of Orange.