Spring Break Babysitting

First of all, I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We came downstate to visit with family and enjoyed a wonderful church service and great dinner with all the family. The only thing missing was my hubby. That would have made for a perfect day! We enjoyed visiting with family as it has been months since we have seen anyone. Another reason for coming downstate for spring break was so I could watch my sisters children while they went on a much needed cruise. This is their first cruise in 10 yrs and they were looking forward to getting away for a few days and reconnecting. They left Sunday afternoon and the kids and I are enjoying our time together. I have her 4 kids, ages 8, 5, and twin boys who are 3, plus my 4 and so far we are all getting along nicely. Any disagreements have been worked out peacefully. We will see how that continues as the week goes on. :) The great thing is that they are all so close in age that they tend to pair up and play together. I cannot post any pics as I do have my camera but no way to upload to my blog so I will post them next week upon our return home. Today we enjoyed the nice weather and spent time outdoors creating a marble run out of paper towel holders. This was a big hit with the 9 and 10 yr old. They created it while the others watched. Then everyone got to take turns dropping the marble down the chute. Later in the day we played an outside game called "Guard" which I will not go into details on but it was a big hit. I think the most fun was had when we pulled out the water balloons. Needless to say they had a messy muddy wet fun time. My sister was worried about us since we have no way to go anywhere since we have too many people to fit in a vehicle, but I am perfectly content to stay at the house and occupy the little ones. So we are staying busy and I hope the weather stays nice so we can continue to enjoy the great sunshine. My oldest is spending a few days with a friend and will be back in a day or so. She is enjoying catching up with her long lost bff.

I got good news that my hubby put in for time off in a few weeks so I am already planning for his time home. Now if only I could get US some alone time sans children......hmmm. That would be perfect. Either way, I have some surprises in store for him when he comes home. Just a little something to look forward to! Love ya honey~