Life in the Republic

A republic, as defined by wikipedia, "is a form of government in which the people thereof retain some control of the government." For our purposes here, the republic that we are talking about is my family. My role - the government. The people retaining control - my children. Notice that I did not say retaining "some" control, as in the original definition, because at this point it is fairly obvious that I no longer have any control of the republic. While I don't think we have reached a state of anarchy yet, with 3 teenage boys and a baby, we are definitely heading in that direction. I would like to say that we are still a direct democracy, although, I am probably just fooling myself.

As it turns out, this blog will be about the state of our republic (better known as the mommy blog) and I believe, today, our state is partly cloudy. We may even have some thunderstorms later today when the teens get home from school.

Our current state consists of 1 boy age 14, 2 boys age 11, 1 girl age 14 months, my fiance, my father, 1 large black dog, 4 cats and 1 (since last night) house gecko on the loose - escaped from glass cage at approximately 8:15pm. Thankfully, I did not wake up in the middle of the night screaming as a lizard scurried over my leg. Whereabouts are still currently unknown. Praying the cats have not yet sniffed him out. We already encountered an hour of sobbing from my son; god only knows what would ensue if I found the gecko in the mouth of one of our cats. I rue the day.

So, now, you have met our clan - picture coming soon - welcome and hope you enjoy the ride.