Our Lives

The Logan kids, yes, all five!, came to spend the weekend with Sean and I. Following a swim meet and a few other activities they arrived at our house around 5 o’clock Saturday evening. For all but Bettie this was the first time they had been to the house since we moved in, and they made themselves right at home.

We started by making dinner. I had to make 2 pizzas instead of the usual 1!

While the pizza was in the oven, there was quite a bit of concentration over a game of Jenga.

It was a good time!

After dinner we got out Apples to Apples. We had to edit some of the cards down to make sure that everyone understood but once the boys got the hang of it, there was a lot of laughter!

Maggie and Mollie knew how the game worked and were able to put down some pretty hysterical cards. Bettie was very literal and only picked the one that matched the adjective. There was no thinking out of the box!

Austin on the other hand was so excited to go out of the box with his cards! So much so that on many occasions he blurted out “That was mine” as the cards were being read because he was just so proud of his obscure selection. The best hand was when Sean laid down “Weird” and Austin laid down “Canadians”. Needless to say, Sean and the rest of us died laughing and Austin won that hand.

Even Wyatt had fun – he and I were on a team. I was in charge of reading the cards and he was the card-chooser. He cracked up the most when he drew the card “Being in Love”. Apparently 6 year-olds find that to be extrememly hysterical. He could barely contain himself!

There was some snacking during the game. These kids demolished an entire bag of grapes in one night!

Next up was Kerplunk. This was a little bit of a let-down. It took longer to set up than it did to play but we stuck with it.

The most exciting part of the night was opening presents! As soon as the boys saw their names on the packages it was all they could think about- “Can we open them now?” “When are we going to open presents?” “Are we opening presents yet?”

To please Stephanie, each kid opened their presents one at a time and I took pictures. Every Christmas, their mom, Stephanie, makes them sit on the couch with all of their presents laid out around them to take pictures. It can be a painful experience so I did not make them do that but I did what I could!

If you coulnd’t tell from the pictures, we got them new pajames! Everyone needs Christmas jammies!

The last part of the evening was spent watching Up and drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows. It was so incredibly wonderful to snuggle up with all of these kids. When I babysat them, my favorite part of the day was at night after they were bathed and in clean pajamas. I would sit in the big green chair and one by one they would come sit with me. One on my lap, one squeezed in beside me, one on the ottoman in between my legs. It was wonderful!

However back then there was none of this:

Caught ya!

Phew! I am worn out just recapping all that! And that was only half of a day. I will be back with the rest soon!

Veronica