I Survived!

For those that do not know I just spent a week in Minnesota. For five days I watched two kids so that my cousin and her husband could go on a kids free vacation. Trust me they needed it! It was everything I expected and more.

I heard the, "my mom lets me..." or the "my mom does this..." and some of them sure put a smile on my face. On Tuesday I was told that "My mom buys me a toy everywhere we go and I always get a toy when we go to McDonalds". I learned to start saying "Well I am not your mom, sorry".

One night I met a bunch of moms at a local community center to let the kids run around and play with some friends. I saw what my life may look like in 6-10 years. It was great to meet up with other adults and have adult conversation even though I always found it referring to the kids anyway. It was also great to get help from those that already have kids and how they deal with certain situations.

I also got very sick one night and was almost tempted to call Josh at midnight and tell him to drive out there because I did not have a clue on how to take care of two kids while being sick. Thank goodness we all needed a day of relaxing so we just played around the house and watched movies. I did get some help later in the afternoon!

Mornings came early and bedtimes for me came even earlier. I loved snuggling and reading books. Doing some special art projects. Having play dates. And yes I did deal with the occasional fit here and there. But I am not their mom and their schedule was crazy busy and lack of sleep sure did not help. So I hope you had a great vacation Samara and Jeff and yes same time next year works for me :)

Evelyn and I

So proud of his superhero undies! 

Thought I would have gotten to take more pictures then this, but my hands were way to full try to keep track of these two bundles of joy and excitement!