This post will show my lack of Valentine's pictures! :) For dinner, we had pink heart pancakes! The girls got cute bears from us! And the Valentine's man came, left candy on our doorstep, rang the doorbell, and ran!
Here are 3 of the Fish kids...the other 2 little girls were sleeping. We kept them for a week while their parents went to Hawaii! They watched our girls last summer while we went on our anniversary getaway. When Cindy asked me if I could watch her kids while they went to Hawaii, my 1st thought was, "I can't watch your kids, cuz I'm going with you!!" lol ha ha ha. I wish. I was totally excited to have 7 kids for a week. After the 1st night when kids were sick and waking up, it was totally easy, but definitely an adventure. I went from going to the gym, the library, and doing whatever I wanted in the afternoons to being a taxi driver!! With sports, dance, and piano, their Mama is one busy lady! The younger kids are about the same age as my girls, so that was fun! My girls loved having the extra kids around to entertain them! I must say I'm glad I don't have 2 sets of twins though. Too many diapers and naps to worry about, lol. With the older kids heading to school, my girls got up earlier and also had to nap earlier cuz I had to leave at 2:45 to pick up the elementary kids from school. So, one by one, I'd wake a kid up & buckle them in their car seat. :) I could totally have 7 kid someday!! If I spread them out so the older ones could help! We shall see...who knows how many we'll have??? Older kids sure are fun though! It made me not quite so sad that my girls are growing so quickly... cuz pretty soon they'll be playin sports, doing aerobics with me, dancing their day away, etc. I cherish the stage we're in right now, but I also look forward to watching them grow up!
In case you're interested in my personal observation on the difference in having 2 kids and 7 kids... here are my thoughts...There is more smiling, more laughing, more talking, more things to keep track of, MORE milk to buy, & more dancing going on, but for the Mom there is less TIME (because you're spending it driving kids places)... and therefore less reading, less working out, less cooking, less chill time (for e-mail or a movie), less craft time, less sleeping, etc. And less sometimes means None! So basically, Moms with more kids sacrifice more of their personal time for their kids all day everyday just about. But that's just how life is and it sure was fun hearing about the kids' school day, watching 2 of the girls in their dance class, crimping Riley's hair for school pictures, and eating pizza and brownies on our Fri. night movie night! And who cares if there's a period of time when there's not much time for crafting or reading... enjoy your kids while they're still young! So, if you're considering 7 kids... I say go for it!! I think spreading them out is key! The older kids can be so helpful!
After the little kids were in bed, Jared and the older Fish kids made me a Valentine edible bouquet just like last year! So cute and delicious! Thanks babes! I got Jared some candy and a cute little teddy bear and was totally expecting him to sleep with it... yeah... that didn't happen :) he threw it off the bed and said I was his teddy bear! lol
It was such NICE weather last week. This is Kailee, Allie, and the younger Fish kids, Annalise & Ellie... taking a "nap" outside. Silly goosies! They played outside constantly. I can't wait for Spring and official warmer weather!
