A quiet end to a long weekend

Well we had lots of kids all weekend. My middle nephew Ben had surgery today, so we got James and Lilienne Sunday after church. We also babysat Seth and Cassie Sunday night, then again Monday morning so they just stayed all night along with James and Lilienne.

Sierra and Mackenzie were over a lot, they are so adorable little girls. We played in the sand box as last post shows. I buried them all Sunday so today, they all buried me up to my chin, no there aren't any pictures of this, but we had a lot of fun. But it is nice Monday night and all the kids went to their own homes and I can now sleep in my own bed. Last night Seth, Cassie, and James started out in my tent that I set up in the living room. Then they ended up in my bed with me. Even though I have a king sized bed, I had very little room so I moved to the couch out in the family room. Lilienne slept in "Gamma's" room on her bed so "Gamma" slept on the recliner. Then bright and early it was time to go outside ride bikes and play in the sandbox... it was a very long day. Tomorrow we are planning on not babysitting anyone, kids might come over, but we will not be "Donna's Daycare" for the day.

I have thought about putting up a sign cuz all the kids in the neighborhood seem to really like me. I think one of the biggest thing that helps is I love to play with them, my inner kid likes to come out, and though I can be the "grown up" when needed, I more or less just play with them and be their friend. Sometimes is a bad thing but most of the time we have a blast and that's what really counts, (along with no one getting hurt... *looks at Boo Boo 1 and Boo Boo 2 and giggles*).

Well, I really should say goodnight, I have 2 appointments tomorrow.

I think I am going to start writing in this every night or more than I did for awhile, use this time to vent what's on my mind and stuff. I take lots of pictures so every once in awhile post a few pictures.

Babysitting at it's finest

This was my day today, we had loads of fun. "Lydia" got to be out for a little while playing in the sandbox and going down the slide with the kids. It was a blast. All them got burried in the sand and we played house, and the princess game that the kids made up.. still not sure of all the rules, but I will have to get back to you on that next time I play and got more of the "rules" down pat. *giggles*

Other than that, things are going much better than last week, hopefully things will keep lookin up!

Long Overdue..

Well let's see. A lot has happened since my last post obviously. My neice is now 5.5 months old and is totally adorable *as shown below*. Ben my nephew is closer to his 2nd bday and he is the cutest little pouter I have ever seen. I will have to get a video of it sometime its soo adorable. and James is well... James. *giggles* He has his parents personality, stubborn, and knows everything *LAUGHS* ah just kidding I love ya Jamesy. The bottom picture is the 3 of them on my bed watching Ice Age 2. Lilienne loves Sid the sloth, everytime she heard his voice she giggled or smiled. it is great fun having them over, we had them over for a whole weekend, SO MUCH FUN!

Say Cheese Lilienne

BENNY WHAT ARE YOU DOING???

WUTTT?!?!?!? YOU GOTTA PROBLEM?

(Lilienne) Ben Ben, why do you always have that "B" upside down?

(Ben Ben) my favorite's Diego..

(James) Shut up Im trying to watch this movie and ignore Aunt Donna with that DANG camera

Yeah I love those little kids, they really are a huge part of my life, and I can have the worst day and think of them and they really turn my grey skies blue... what else has been happening. well I been basically a free nanny for my neighbors which definately has its moments where my patience and stuff is tested, every single day. Not completely the kids fault, but I would rather not get into that. They are gone til this comming friday or saturday. They went to colorado to see grand canyon and believe it or not I am missing them. They are like my kids..

Cassie-4 and Seth-6

And then there is my little Angel, she is the newest addiction to my family. I love her to death even though she can drive me nuts, like get right in my face and sneeze, she must have it timed or something. But despite that, she has a great personality and very friendly.