It has been a crazy week. Sidney is out of town so I offered to watch her two kids each afternoon (Monday – wednesday). I was also supposed to watch another friend’s two kids on Wednesday, along with Sidney’s, but thankfully they ended up not coming over. I love my other friend’s children but I think that seven kids and one adult may have been too many….even for a Super Mom like me.
The days may have been busier than usual, but they were fun. Believe it or not, but sometimes it is easier to have five kids instead of the usual three. They entertain each other. At one point I actually sat down and read my Time magazine while the five kids played downstairs. I decided to brave it and take all of the kids to the pool by myself. The first pool day was a bit harried because it was just me and five kids, but the second day my parents were there to help. They met us there with Gabriel and Shepherd, whom they hadn’t seen in six weeks since the move. It took a while for them to get used to each other again, but then it was all back to normal.
The pool trip was especially exciting because Gabriel and Robin each decided to take the swim test. Gabriel warned a yellow necklace and Robin got the green. Robin had been asking me for two days if he could take the test. I worked with him a bit, he practiced a few times and then took the test. I felt bad doing it without his parents there but it had to be done. :).
Now that Robin and Faith both have a green necklace they could go on the slides together. It took Faith a while to work up the nerve to go down the slides, but she finally did it. This is Faith splashing into the water…
Robin and his green necklace…
Gabriel and his yellow necklace…
My kids are very excited to have their cousins back in Charlotte with them this week. They will be together off and on for the rest of the week. They are even having a sleep over at my mom’s house on Friday night. 
We will all be sad to see the boys leave again, but they are enjoying their new home and we will be in Maryland to visit them in August.
Here are Shepherd, Wilson and Miller….
