Have I ever mentioned how much I love having my sister Jenna live in Utah? I love it more than I can even say. She lived in Idaho for several years and I had almost no hope of them ever ever ever moving closer. But they've been in Salt Lake for the last year or so while Kevin goes to school and I looooooooove it! Jenna went out of town for a few days, and I was able to watch her kids and I loved it. Mostly, Jenna really really really deserved the break and I love her kids and I like being to help with things like this. I thought that I would have everything under control - and honestly... I would have survived just fine. But my mom came down and ended up staying the entire time that Camille and Jason were here and it was just. so. nice. A lot of that was because I just love my mom and love having her here. Some of that (okay, a lot of that, too) is that having so many littles (plus all the kids I babysit) is exhausting and having my mom here made a huge huge difference. Especially at night. I've not been sleeping the best, and my kids have been struggling, too - and so it was SO nice to have my mom here to help with Camille and Jason. She pretty much took care of them at night and it was such a blessing.
We had a great time together. We went to Krispy Kreme (which we like to call "The Donut Factory"), went to the library, played around the house, ate lots of food, and even had a "movie night" where we pushed the couch up really close to the TV and let the kids watch a movie and eat treats. It was pretty much the best week ever. (Plus my mom watched the kids while I went to my Dr. appointment, so that was awesome!)
The day that Jenna came to pick them up, we weren't ready to let them go - so we convinced them to come to Lydia's "Field Trip" with us. Every day that she does her computer preschool, she gets a sticker - and then every few weeks or so she earns a field trip, which I had intended to be semi-educational but mostly has just turned into doing something fun together, which I am a-ok with. This time she had picked going to the Dinosaur Park at the City Creek Mall and eating food at one of the "restaurants". Pizza for the kids (minus Jason), Chinese food for the adults. I felt pretty good about it!
We sure love those Haderlie kids and are so happy we were able to watch them. I envision a great future where we take turns watching each other's kids while the parents get to sneak away for a few days. It's going to be good, especially because these kids love their cousins!
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