June 3rd-9th

(6/3) Work day for Dad and me, & Kathy had the kiddos.  C was in a mood today and we were all told what mean adults we were, and how nothing was fair, and everything was UNFUN. Drama!  Sometimes you just have to laugh at almost 7 year old antics. 

(6/4)  Work day for Dad, and I had the kiddos.  After C had gone to school, and I had enough caffeine in my system to get me going, I took the littles to the park to meet up with Sarah, Kathy, & some friends.  They were doing construction at the park, and there was a field trip happening, so it was crowded and LOUD.   The littles were having a great time until I lost track of J for a few minutes.  Found him under a climber sobbing.  He had a crowd of kids around saying they thought he lost his mommy.  I assured them I was his mom and tried to calm J down.  We even went out to the car to get snack... which, now that I look back, went right by the loud construction vehicles and sent J further over the edge.  He kept covering his ears and eyes, and I wasn't sure what was going on. I think he's just super sound sensitive and that all scared him.  Anyway, we went back and tried to have snack but nothing was making J happier.  I finally called it and took them back to the car, and as soon as the doors closed, he was totally fine.  Alrighty then!  We went home for lunch and nap, and then picked up C from school.  The littles crashed hard, so they might have been tired too.  After school, they "watered the plants" for me, which involves taking cup after cup of water outside and dumping it on the plants/in the pool/on themselves, etc.  C did his last bit of homework, played his allotted screen time, and then joined them.  Fun day!


(6/5)  Work day for me, and Dad had the kiddos.  C left for hockey as soon as I got home, and the littles and I got to sit down to watch some Chuck.  It's funny that J is so in to that show (all about construction vehicles), when he does NOT like loud noises.  Somebody is just like his older brother at that age!   

(6/6)  Work day for Dad & me, and Kathy had the kids.  Dad and I have started playing the "when will Placement call?" game.  I guessed 3p and Dad guessed 4p.  Both wrong.  Got a call at 2p.  Had an extra boy this weekend!  C was so excited!  Even though there was a significant age gap, it really didn't matter.  They're both 7 yr olds at heart.  The evening went pretty smoothly, all things considered.  Should be a fun weekend!

(6/7) This morning started at 6:30a and the whole house was up!  Weeee!  I was at Fred Meyer just about as soon as it opened to replenish my Nerf supplies.  There were video games, a Nerf fight, breakfast served with a big side of chaos, all before C left for a planned sleepover at 9am.  Our foster kiddo was super bummed, but I told him we'd still get to have some fun, and that C would return early the next day.  He played video games, interspersed with playing with all of our toys until after nap when we all packed in the car to head to the spray park.  He found a group of kids his own age to run with, and I kept about 3 eyes on everyone. That extra one comes in handy.  I treated us to ice cream on the way home, and then we built a pizza for dinner.  The littles played some more out on the deck, and our foster kiddo headed back to the video games.  We were told he'd be in heaven with what we have available. After the littles went to bed, we broke out the board games and had a heated game of Trouble and checkers.  He kept coming up with some crafty checkers rules, which made me laugh.  Hit the hay around 11p and was so.very.done.


And D is done.

(6/8) Yay!  Everyone slept in and the house was just getting up when I got back from my run.  We made breakfast, and our foster kiddo played some video games while we waited for C to come home.  After that, it was madness.  More games and activity!  D was in true D-saster form, and everything was frustrating and worth crying over.  Just try to imagine the noise level.  I packed up the oldest two and we went swimming.  So very nice to have a cheap and NICE resource close by!  Came home for lunch, and the littles had already gone down for a nap.  Bigs played mostly quietly while they were sleeping.  After nap, everyone went to the spray park.  D was focused on the playground, so I tailed him while Dad stayed with the other three in the water area.  Rounded everyone up after an hour or so & went home to change for dinner.  Ended up at a buffet with a little bit of everything.  There were squawks of "MORE YELLOW!" (Jello) and "YAY STRAWBERRIES!"  I think the littles liked it.  The bigs played outside when we got home, and I got the littles bathed, and turned a little TV on that they enjoy.  J had a fit when we tried to watch the Lego movie, so I gave in and put on Chuck when nobody was watching Legos.  We resumed watching the Lego Movie when it was time for the bigs to settle in.  Dad played some chess with our foster kiddo, and kiddo did really well!  And I have to say.... EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!! 


(6/9) Shew, I'm tired.  I'm rather glad to be going to work today.  Dad has the boys, C has school, and our foster kiddo goes to school and then back.  Wishing him well!


This weekend was exhausting for us. All that boy energy. And it is exhausting being so very *on* as a parent all of the time.  Is it nap time yet?