Here are a few stories and highlights...
I took the 3 youngest kids to the park. We stayed for about an hour. Wyatt started fussing so I was anxious to get them home, as I could tell my favorite part of the day was near. Nap time. The boys were already cranky, and hearing it was time to go home did not help. I picked up a boy in each arm. Will and the blanket in the left. Wyatt and the bag in the right, and off to the car, which was not close. My arms were burning as they both kicked and screamed to get down. I surrendered and let Will down hoping he would walk to the car. He walked part of the way then decided to wander. Switch. Wyatt walked while I held Will. Switch. On and off the whole way to the car. We made it! Put Wyatt in the car first, buckled him in then went to get Will. I couldn't find him. I looked through the front window and saw a little blonde head bobbing up and down, about the size of a nickel as he had crawled under the bushes that separated the park and the parking lot and made a run for it. Of course I jumped out and chased after him, by the end of the second run of carrying this little monster to the car kicking and screaming I was so ready for nap time.
Another day I took oldest 4 to mall to play on the toys- Jeremiah (friend from NJ) came with to give a hand. They totally looked like ours seeing how they all have blonde hair blue eyes and so does he, so I told the girls to give him a hard time and play along with it. While we were walking Caroline said "daddy pick me up" he just laughed and kept walking. She stopped. threw a "fit" and yelled "DADDY! DADDY PICK ME UP!" It was hilarious and he was SO embarrassed! So he picked her up. That went on till we got to the toys. I sat down for 5 minutes tops. Wyatt the 1yr came over to me to pick him up. Picked him up and I felt something warm. I knew it! He had peed on my me. The whole left side of my leg was SOAKING wet. So we headed back to the car. On the way there Isabel (the 8yr old) thought it would be funny to give me a hard time. So she said really loudly "mommy, daddy, can I sleep with you tonight" OF COURSE she said it right when we walked past a group of guys in my ward. Yep. It was pretty funny though.
Will (2yr old) had a dirty diaper. While I was folding the diaper Will jumped up diaperless and made a run for it. Ran out the back door.. well the back yard combines with the neighbors without fences and of course everyone was out and saw me chasing this little nakey boy. Yes, the neighbor boy is my age. Home from college and had about 7 or 8 friends over for a bbq outside and Will ran right up to them and sat on one of their chairs then said "No Amba, i'm with my friends" haha. Wow.
Ya, this was a LONG week, and yet I'm sitting here with a huge smile on my face and missing those kids. Funny how that doesn't make sense to me, yet, it does.
