Sunday, June 15, 2008

Musical Chairs

I hope I didn't cause too much distraction for the families sitting behind us. I lost track of the number of times I moved seats today in Sacrament Meeting, after 10. The reason? I've got 4 extra kids this week. Ethan (9), Hailee (7), Jaron (4) and Kallise (2). Ryan's brother and his wife are on a cruise to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Last year they did watch Roderic and Sabrina while we went to Russia, so we're returning the favor. I did tell them as I dropped them off at the airport that Ryan and I think they owe us a few more days when the week is up.


I've got high hopes for a fun-filled week of swimming, playing at the park, going to the zoo, storytime at the Library!, perhaps a free movie at Edwards.

So far, Hyrum and Kallise have had multiple tiffs; who gets to be held by Ryan, who gets to swing in the 'right' swing, who gets to sit in which chair at meals, who gets to play with which toy, etc.

Roderic and Jaron are a little better, but only because they have larger vocabularies.

Sabrina, Ethan and Hailee are having a blast. Did I mention that Sabrina is in school this week?

We'll just take it one day at a time, I guess. Breathe. Naptime is good.

Ryan was asking me to take his picture of these two kids, but I was working on making lunch, so he took the picture of himself in the mirror.

Happy Father's Day! We got him Fresh Aire albums 6, 7 & 8. Ryan is so pleased and surprised!

5 comments:

Shanda said...

Happy full house!! And perhaps a taste of things to come???

Malauna said...

I hope to never have 7 children aged 9 and younger of my own. Or is this your creative way of asking me to watch your kids while you go on a trip?

Shanda said...

Funny. I was more commenting on your own growing family. I know the ages of the children do make a difference, but regardless of the age, 7 children would be more challenging than three! We don't have any trips planned for just the two of us. Oh well. And thanks for reminding me to check Milaka's blog. It had been so long since she posted that I stopped checking at all! Thanks for the reminder.

Malauna said...

I forgot to write that our choir sang in Sacrament meeting yesterday, so we ALL were at church shortly after 8:30 a.m., pressed, dressed and hair done.

I asked one of our favorite babysitters to sit with the kids while I directed the choir and Ryan sang. Unfortnately Kallise and Hyrum were not cooperating, so Ryan took them out to the foyer and didn't get to sing with us.

Steph said...

Wow, Malauna. You have a busy time ahead. It makes me sleepy just thinking about it! Good luck! We'll see you at the pool, I'm sure!