SuMmER begins...

I spent the first week of summer entertaining two 4 year olds and two 3 year olds. Ayden spent the week with us and Dannah's best friend, Hannah Claire, spent some time with us also. (Anyone that has more than one kid knows that you can't have an odd number of kids and expect play to go well, which is why I have always said if I have 3 kids, I will have a fourth. Which is also probably why we still have just the two...)

It was an eventful week. I am proud to say that I attempted and conquered Wal-mart with Dannah, Jameson, and Ayden without bribing them with toys. woohoo!

Jameson and Ayden apparently spent some time being boys. When my mom asked Ayden what he did all week, his response was, "Me and Jameson played a lot and said a lot of bad words. I can't tell you what they are because they are bad." Come to find out their bad words are butthole, kill, booger, poot, and well, you get the idea. Needless to say they both have gotten in trouble; Jameson has even gotten soap in his mouth several times. I asked Jameson if he even knew what a butthole was and since he didn't he shouldn't go around saying words he doesn't know. So now instead of butthole he says mommyhole, Aydenhole, horsehole and so on. Oh, the things kids come up with!

Dannah of course was the 'leader'. She told me that she wanted to be a teacher when she grows up - she's getting a lot of practice with her little brother now! She cannot stand when Ayden and Jameson don't 'mind'. She crackes me up! One of her best friends is Hannah Claire. They met at daycare 2 1/2 years ago. They love to play dress up together and usually end up as princesses! I hope that they remain friends even though they will be going to different schools next year.

The kids had a blast spending time together and I got to bond with my nephew. There were a few times the first couple of days that Ayden would start to whine for his mommy and daddy. Then I figured out is was mainly when he thought he was in trouble with Aunt Jill. I don't think he ever really got in trouble - after all, it's my job to be fun not discipline! I wish I could spend that kind of time with all my nieces and nephews. We love them all and miss them so much!