Too Many Kids?!?

Tonight my sister's kids are staying the night. So we have 5 kids under the age of 6. Everything had been going great and then it was bed time. I was bathing Katelyn when my nephew came in the house to tell me that Ben had fallen off his scooter. So John went and got him. John had to get some work done before a 9:00 PM conference call with his boss so I was on my own.

Once Ben was bandaged up I started getting kids ready for bed. When I told the kids it was time for bed my 2 year old niece immediately started getting undressed. Before I had her pjs out of the suitcase she was naked and running around the house. While I was getting her dressed the older boys were asking for their stuff so they could get in their pjs and were asking how long it was going to take me to get their sleeping bags out. Finally I got to Jake and they were all in pjs. Now on to brushing teeth. It is quite the process when there are 4 of them. By this time Katelyn is crying because she wants to eat and the kids are running around screaming. John takes pity on me and comes and gets the baby. So I get the 2 year olds in bed and read them books. Then I get the older boys settle and read them books. Finally I get Katelyn her bottle and get her to bed.

This is when the real fun started. The boys were laughing and yelling in the living room. The 2 years keep running in and out of they room. Luckily they never woke up the baby. After about an hour and half of telling them to settle down and go to sleep I gave up and came down stairs. It is now 10:15 and Jake is the only one who has finally fallen asleep. My sister said that when my kids stayed the night last week her and her husband finally went to bed at 10:30 and all the kids were still awake. Lets just hope they sleep in tomorrow.

Potty Training

Well today Jake decided that he wanted to start using the potty. I wasn't planning on potty training him for several months since he is only 2 1/2. He was really excited to sit on the potty but he never actually went. After he pied his pants once I put a diaper back on him. Then about 2 hours later he decided he need to go to the bathroom. To make a long story short he has now gone potty a few times on his own.

I told him he could have a Hershey Kiss if he did go potty. About 15 minutes after the kids had gone to bed Ben and Jake came downstairs. Ben tells me, "Jake went poopy in the potty so I got him a Hershey Kiss, when you are done with your show you need to come clean out the potty." I got a good laugh out of that. Maybe Ben can potty train him for me.

Well if this works I will be excited to have it done. If not then hopefully it will make it easier when we actually do it.

Knock Out

My boys have entered the realm of physical fighting and I am at a loss of what to do. What is a good punishment when they hit someone? Jacob is the one to usually start it, but Ben always finishes it. I keep telling Ben to come tell me if Jacob hits him but he just can't keep his cool. Any suggestions will be appreciated. I am about to start keeping them in separate parts of the house.

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Monday we flew kites for family home evening. It was the perfect weather and the kids had a blast. Jacob loved holding the string. Ben loved running out to throw the kite back up when it had fallen.

This was actually the first time I have ever flown a kite. We just never did it as a kid. Of course on Monday all I did was hold the baby and take pictures so I guess I still have never flown a kite.

Blog Readability Test

So on one of my friend's blog she had this blog readability test. You basically put in your blog address and it tells you what level of education you readers need to understand your blog. So I typed in my address and got the following.



This was the same score she got. I was wondering how high it went up so I thought I would check my brother's blog. I figured he would get a higher score since he tends to use a lot of fancy words and talk about politics and such. So here is what he got.



I still can not stop laughing.

Sunday Morning

Well this is us all in bed on Sunday morning. Well except me because I am taking the picture and John because he said he wasn't decent. Anyways on weekends (and sometimes at night but that is a different topic) our kids loved to climb in bed with us. Amazingly all 5 of us can fit. Of course we have to be careful not to let the boys lay next to each other because they kick each other. Also we have to make sure one of the adults is next to Katelyn so she is not being poked and prodded. But over all this is one of my favorite things. I remember doing it as a kid and there was 9 of us. I hope it is a fond memory for my kids like it has been for me.

Happy April Fools

For once in my life I decided to do something fun on this random holiday. So for dinner Ben and I made colorful cupcakes for John. Ben really got a kick out of it and John was definitely confused at first. Of course before John could sit down and take a bite Ben started yelling it is meatloaf not a cupcake. We also had the neighbor girl over who wanted to try one even though I had told the kids it was meatloaf. So I gave her one and once she unwrapped it and saw it was meatloaf she no longer wanted it. I guess they were pretty convincing.

Also we had Faux French Fries for dinner which I thought was pretty tasty.