New Home in Numbers

13: Nights spent all together in our new house.

20: Inches of snow that have fallen on our yard.

233: Number of laundry chute deposits Samuel and Jude have made.

50: Percentage of those deposits that were actually dirty laundry. “I’m going to pretend this is dirty laundry, Mama!”

2, 5: Number of people in our family when we moved to our first and second homes, respectively.

52, 72: Composite age, in years, of all family members when we moved into our first and second homes, respectively.

82,887: Population of Manitowoc County.

915,097: Population of Milwaukee County.

5: Times I’ve consulted a map to run an errand.

5: Times I've gotten a little (or a lot) lost.

3: Visits to the doctor.

400: Kleenex used.

12: Mama & Daddy Emergency Response Team (MDERT) baths given, due to illness and mischief.

7: Toys discarded after Daddy found Samuel and Jude “shooting baskets” in the toilet.

11: Mirrors in the house on move-in day.

8: Mirrors available to a good home.

3: Children who REALLY like to look at themselves.

1,000,000: Times I have been glad to be with all four of my boys every day.