The day started off with a birthday party we were to attend at 10 a.m., and getting anywhere by 10 a.m. is a challenge in itself. I suppose it wouldn't be so hard if all I had to do was load the kids in the car and go but no...we all have to wake up, Tristan needs milk first thing, Parker has to nurse, I have to get myself showered and dressed, feed both kids and myself breakfast, clean up from breakfast, do the dishes, get them both dressed, pack my diaper bag, get everyone and the gift in the car, etc. Miracuously, we were able to get all this done and leave the house a little before ten.
We headed over to Eli's house (the two year old whose birthday it was) and were only a few minutes late. Tristan had a blast playing with the other kids, but had the most fun during cake time. He is REALLY into birthdays now...he loves hearing the "happy birthday" song and blowing out candles, even though it's not his cake. He blew out Eli's candles for him and the weekend before he blew out his friend Emma's candles! I felt horrible! I didn't feel too awfully bad when he blew out Emma's because I had no idea he was going to do that since it took us some coaxing to get him to blow his out on his birthday but I guess he has the hang of it now.
So, when I saw him get near Eli's candles and the song finished up I knew exactly what he was going to do. Unfortunatley, I couldn't get to him in time to stop it. I don't think Eli really cared all too much since he was just ready to dig into the cake. And Tristan decided to help him out with that too...blue icing all over his hands and face, but amazingly he kept it off his clothes and came over to me to get cleaned up in between going back for more. It was hilarious!
My very own smurf!
Getting cleaned up
I finally got Tristan away from the cake and we headed home because I had told my friend Melanie I would watch her two girls, Ashley (9 years old) and Addison (1 year old), for the day. Parker fell asleep on the way home so I let him stay asleep in his car seat once we got home and I put Tristan in his bed for a nap. A few minutes after he went to sleep, the girls arrived.
So it was just me and two girls for awhile until the boys woke up. Parker woke up first and came out to play. I don't think he and Addison hit it off....she didn't take to him too well, maybe it was because first thing he did was crawl over to her and knock out her pacifier! After that she wouldn't let him get within 5 feet of her. So funny!
Tristan woke up a little later and I had 4 children to watch. It actually wasn't as bad as it sounds since Tristan just loves Ashley and she is so good to play with him nonstop so that I don't really have to watch him at all. We spent the rest of the afternoon playing outside, making brownies, smothies, eating pizza and I spent some time feeding two infants and putting them down for afternoon naps.
I think Victor was hoping that this experience would derail me from my hopes for one more child, but no such luck since it all went so well! Here's a few pics from the afternoon.
Ready to make some brownies...cheeseballs!
Ashley craking the egg all by herself
Look at that perfect egg!
Tristan watching intently
Looking up with admiration
Helping Ashley stir
What a great team
Here comes the brownie mix...look at Tristan's face
He couldn't wait to get his spatula in there
Probably so he could do this
Ashley had to give it a try herself
Tristan covered in sweets for the second time that day
What a face
Addison, Tristan and Ashley enjoying a snack
Checking Miss Addison out
Something sure was funny
Addison still laughing
2 comments:
You're so great with kids! Hope you get your 3rd one soon!! ~Amy
what great pictures..thanks again for watching the girls...i know ashley really enjoys hanging out with you and tristan....wow but 4 kids that's a lot!!! :)
-melanie
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