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!