What We Learned Yesterday: FarmWife Edition

1. Regardless of the fact that they've been hanging in the closet for 3 weeks, the clothes you plan on putting your kids in for family pictures will be dirty 2 hours before the photo appointment.
2. Watch out for rebar sticking out of the concrete slab at the front of your parking space when you back out. It may rip the front fascia off your HHR.
3. If it does, the town's local car dealership may be wonderfully helpful & fix it immediately.
4. It is possible to wash, iron, dress, & prime five kids in 2 short hours....even when one doesn't get there until 30 minutes before time to leave.
5. On the way to the studio, you will realize you never combed the boys' hair.
6. If you get there half an hour early, they will undoubtedly be running half an hour behind schedule.
7. That being said, the girls who work the photography studio at Wal-Mart make far to little money. Anyone who can make all my children hold a pose, look in one direction at the same time, and three of the four smile, deserves a raise. Throw HT in the mix, & she should get paid vacation too.
8. Show him half a dozen wonderful pictures of him & his grandbabies & Pa is likely to spend the entire retirement fund on portraits.
9. That same Pa will reach the level of Super Pa when he wears his new Super hero themed pajama bottoms for his grandsons to see.
10. A trip to Burger King is almost as much fun as the Fair.
11. Who ever decided to add Kraft Mac & Cheese, Apples cut in the shape of french fries, and plastic bottles of milk to the Kids Meal was a genius....and a math whiz...I didn't realize that was worth nearly four dollars!
12. Watching two babies share food with each other is the cutest thing ever.
13. HT has superpowers. Really. The boy has a super sonic scream. Just ask the folks who work at Burger King. When he gets excited, the boy can shatter glass!
14. Climbing up inside Kiddy Land to rescue said super nephew, does not get easier with age. I think we made Princess do it last time, so maybe she doesn't owe me one after all.
15. A new diamond in an "old" setting can take your breath away just as easily as the original diamond did the day you got it. And can do so repeatedly.
16. Kidney stones can make a FarmBoy more randomly affectionate. This is a good thing.
17. Coming home at 8:30 after dressing up, pictures, dressing down, Burger King's play land, two babies, & a quick trip around Wal-Mart can really knock a FarmWife (and her parents) flat on their butts.