Time flies

I can't believe we've been here in Washington for two weeks already. One more week to go and then we head t Utah for two weeks. I haven't been very good about blogging since I've been here but I did take some pictures that should give you guys a good chuckle.



The girls have been having tons of fun dressing up and running around the house after the dog. I think if they could get a dress on the dog, they would put it on her.


Here's the girls in their favorite dress up wings, glasses and crowns. They each have purse the carry around with a brush, mirror and whatever else they can put in it.

Indi was so insistant that Abby (the dog) was going to wear these glasses around. But the dog wouldn't leave them on for more than about 3 seconds. Indi was yelling at her to not touch them or leave them on, but Abby would swipe at them with her paw or shake her head to get them off. Thank goodness, Indi finally gave up and left Abby alone.

I think I mentioned in my last post that Josie has been reading Abby books. The last time she did it I grabbed my camera and took a couple of pictures. She would read the book and then show Abby the pictures and ask the dog, "Do you like it, Abby?".

On Vacation

We've been here at my sister's house for a week now and we're having tons of fun but missing Thayne a whole bunch. My sister has four boys so Jaed is feeling pretty good with the new boy/girl ratio. He is constantly counting how many boys there are verses how many girls there are. My sister's family has a dog, name Abby, that Josie and Indi are in love with. They are constantly laying on Abby, reading to her, singing to her, and (of course) dancing to her. One time, Josie was trying to read Abby a book and the dog was not looking at the pictures. Josie got so frustrated with her that she tried to make Abby turn her head and face the book, but Abby never did. Josie finally gave up and said, "You just naughty, Abby!".

All of my sister's boys are great with my kids. They are kind and very helpful which makes it easier on me. I really feel like I am on vacation! Indi and Josie have been pretty good about keeping their clothes on (well at least their panties). I have found them streaking a couple of times but the majority of the time they have something on.

We have cleaning parties about every other day and each of my sister's older three boys are assigned one of my kids as a partner to help them clean. I had forgotten how nice it is to clean without kids messing stuff up right behind you or cleaning without stopping to find the kids, change a diaper, feed a baby....etc.. I actually enjoyed cleaning and felt very productive!

It's been raining a lot since we got here so we haven't been doing a whole lot outside. The kids have been busy playing video games, playing star wars, playing dress up, and even have taken the time to color and draw a lot of pictures. Jaed has been in to drawing pictures and giving them to people so after he finished a picture he was drawing he dissappeared for a bit. I finally went looking for him and noticed the front door open. I walked out on the front porch and noticed Jaed running back from the next door neighbors house. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I took some mail over the the neighbors house. You know, the picture I just drew.". We caught him two more times after that taking "mail" over to the same neighbor's house. He's so funny and so thoughtful!