Wednesday, March 13, 2013

5 kids



The is Johnathan, the smiliest happiest baby we've met to date.  He  was very easy going and I think understood his position well as kid #5.
The last 10 days of February Cory and I were sub parents for some friends of ours who went on a much needed get away trip.  We watched not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but 5 kids... for 10 days.  

It's possible we also learned a few good parenting tips along the way:
* Liz can sleep through kids crying and kids puking, Cory cannot.
* If you tell a kid they can watch a movie after they clean their room, you had better follow through on that promise.  Even if it's really late and you feel like you should do FHE because it's Monday night.
* Messes everywhere, all the time.
* Early bedtime = win
* When in doubt, mac and cheese
* Cory is quite good at keeping scripture study time interesting for little kids.  Sweet.

Life was much busier, noisier, and dirtier than our usual quiet evenings together.  Much.  But we were also much more entertained.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like an intense way to get some practice in! Glad you picked up some good tricks and had fun along the way.

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