Babysitting Weekend

This past weekend, Jan 28-30, we had Ryan's older sister's 4 kids stay with us here at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was their dad's 30th birthday, and Kristen had planned a big surprise party for him, so we got to have their fun kids all weekend!

They got here on Friday night, after Norm and Kim went to pick them up, we had pizza and sodas, and then watched Horton Hears a Who! Such a cute movie! I wish I would have gotten a picture of the boys watching, you could tell they were so tired, but didn't want to miss a minute!

Saturday morning, Grandma Kim made them all a yummy breakfast, and then Julie and her two kids Ty and Maddie came to meet us/pick us up to go to see Tangled at the theatre. Ryan had to study, and Kim stayed home with Navi. So it was me, Julie, and Norm with 5 little kids. Luckily we got to the theatre early enough to get them all settled in with their little bags of popcorn portioned out, and the root beer distributed to the right amount of sippy cups :) They loved the movie!

Daxon and Maddie

Griffin, Mason, and Ty

During the movie, we had a funny experience. Daxon asked me to take him to the bathroom, so we went. And he just stood there, and kept saying he didn't want to flush it cause it was too loud, and he wanted to go in his potty at home...I'm sad to say, I didn't know what to tell the poor little guy, and he ended up not going that round. About 20 minutes later, he REALLY had to go (about 4 sippy cups of root beer in him at this point) so Julie took him. I figured as a mom she might know what to say to help him feel more comfortable. It worked! He finally went, and as she was on her way back to the movie with him, I was on my way back out with Griffin and Mason. Haha! oh the joy of potty breaks!

After the movie, we decorated some Valentine sugar cookies, they all had a blast, and had fun picking out different colors and sprinkles for each cookie. Maddie loved to frost, lick off the frosting, then frost again...and lick the spoon! She is so funny!

The boys!

Daxon

Griffin

Mason (loved it so much he couldn't even look up for a picture, haha)

Maddie's cookies! (with a big lick through the middle one!

After cookies, Julie and Jaab packed up their kiddos and went skiing, and the three Dahl boys were getting worn out. We made a bunch of floor puzzles with them, then turned on Shrek, and Dax was a goner! He fell right asleep during the movie. Ryan and I went on a date that night.

building puzzles with Grandma Kim

Griff

Mason

Sunday morning, Norm had to speak in church, so Kim went with him. Ryan and I stayed home and watched the kids. He was in charge of the boys, and I was in charge of Navi. She is such a happy and easy baby! She hardly makes a sound besides giggles!

cute Navi!

Once Norm and Kim got home from church, they packed up the kiddos and took them all back home. We really had so much fun, and I don't know how Kristen does it every day! We were all so exhausted, and we had 4 adults here to 4 kids! She is an amazing woman that's all I know!