Monday, January 16, 2006
A Great 3 Day Weekend............
Friday was the start of a three day weekend (aren't they the best?) and we kicked it off by not leaving the house at all on Saturday which was awesome. We stayed in our jammies most of the day, ok all day but there were baths and fresh pjs at a point in the day. Thank you to Stephanie for picking up a few things for me at Sam's Club while she was out or else we would not have had that whole day without leaving the house. We totally ran out of milk and bread, how does that happen so quickly anyway? We were just about to get in the van to go to the store when Stephanie called and said she was headed to Sam's and asked if I needed anything. Perfect timing and while she shopped I gave showers and baths to four dirty kids and put them in fresh pajamas..(told ya there were baths and fresh pjs)
Saturday was soon gone and then there was Sunday School. We were late as usual, but I did get into the nursery for dropping off before Lisa did. For those of you who go to Sunday school with me you know that there is a fine line between late and really late (AKA Lindhorst Late) You know I love ya Lisa, but the fact is that we are the two most time challenged people on the planet! Stephanie and I had nursery during the ten forty service and we were at a bit of a disadvantage due to the fact that neither of our husbands were there to take our oldest three (plus an extra that slept over with them) into the service. We went out on a limb and let Ezra, Andrew, Brianna, and John Michael sit alone. Ethan on the other hand I felt a need to seat with some adults and thankfully the Brownings were willing to let him sit with them. We did not hear anything about our loners and Leah said that Ethan was an angel the whole time. As for Stephanie and I it was a bit hectic, there were nine little ones for us to watch. We managed quite well though. We played with the toys, did some puzzles with them (until there were suddenly like fifteen or more puzzles dumped out at the same time that she and I never saw intact), fed them a snack of cookies and very stale marshmallows, and also had a few rounds of Ring Around the Rosey. Carter had a great time watching the toddlers/preschoolers and also exploring the room. He was our only infant, everyone else was a walker. Some how in the end we had total control and mostly all happy little kids. We even managed to get all those puzzles back together.
Monday afternoon I decided that we needed to take advantage of the day off from school. I simply told the boys that we were going to go out for a while. They thought that we were going to run errands I suppose and so they fussed about leaving. I drove them to Harrisburg and parked the van. Ethan thought that we were at the dentist for some crazy reason, but we of course were not. After a bit more fussing they realized that we were at the movie theatre. Yes that would be me who attemps to take four children to the movies. Really it went quite well. We saw Cheaper By the Dozen 2, and it was a great sequel. Ezra and Ethan loved the movie and Elliot loved the popcorn and the candy! Carter also enjoyed himself, he sampled some candy for the first time ever. I let him gnaw on a Twizzler in an attemt to keep him quiet at one point during the movie. This is a huge ordeal because I am quite anal about what I feed the baby, however desperate times call for desperate action when at the movies with a little one. LOL He has no teeth so he couldn't bite it. He basically just sucked on it and drooled red drool all over the two of us. It did keep him happy. Here is his messy face.
Saturday was soon gone and then there was Sunday School. We were late as usual, but I did get into the nursery for dropping off before Lisa did. For those of you who go to Sunday school with me you know that there is a fine line between late and really late (AKA Lindhorst Late) You know I love ya Lisa, but the fact is that we are the two most time challenged people on the planet! Stephanie and I had nursery during the ten forty service and we were at a bit of a disadvantage due to the fact that neither of our husbands were there to take our oldest three (plus an extra that slept over with them) into the service. We went out on a limb and let Ezra, Andrew, Brianna, and John Michael sit alone. Ethan on the other hand I felt a need to seat with some adults and thankfully the Brownings were willing to let him sit with them. We did not hear anything about our loners and Leah said that Ethan was an angel the whole time. As for Stephanie and I it was a bit hectic, there were nine little ones for us to watch. We managed quite well though. We played with the toys, did some puzzles with them (until there were suddenly like fifteen or more puzzles dumped out at the same time that she and I never saw intact), fed them a snack of cookies and very stale marshmallows, and also had a few rounds of Ring Around the Rosey. Carter had a great time watching the toddlers/preschoolers and also exploring the room. He was our only infant, everyone else was a walker. Some how in the end we had total control and mostly all happy little kids. We even managed to get all those puzzles back together.
Monday afternoon I decided that we needed to take advantage of the day off from school. I simply told the boys that we were going to go out for a while. They thought that we were going to run errands I suppose and so they fussed about leaving. I drove them to Harrisburg and parked the van. Ethan thought that we were at the dentist for some crazy reason, but we of course were not. After a bit more fussing they realized that we were at the movie theatre. Yes that would be me who attemps to take four children to the movies. Really it went quite well. We saw Cheaper By the Dozen 2, and it was a great sequel. Ezra and Ethan loved the movie and Elliot loved the popcorn and the candy! Carter also enjoyed himself, he sampled some candy for the first time ever. I let him gnaw on a Twizzler in an attemt to keep him quiet at one point during the movie. This is a huge ordeal because I am quite anal about what I feed the baby, however desperate times call for desperate action when at the movies with a little one. LOL He has no teeth so he couldn't bite it. He basically just sucked on it and drooled red drool all over the two of us. It did keep him happy. Here is his messy face.
# posted by jfrick78 @ 11:15 PM 
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Did I miss something here? Carter ate Twizzlers???? You must have been desperate to keep him quiet!! I am still laughing!!
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