Kid Duty

This weekend Chris and I are on kid duty. We're keeping these little guys overnight:

Photo courtesy of Brianne Howard and Studio B Photography

Aren't they precious!! My sister's birthday is on the 30th so of course her husband is treating her to a weekend of fun! It's always really funny when the boys get dropped off because they can't say bye to their parents fast enough. They absolutely love spending time and having sleepovers with Chris and I, and when it comes time for them to leave they get rather down. They'd say I don't want to go home! I'm certain they would stay forever if they could, well maybe not forever but quite a while.

So needless to say Chris and I are in for a lot of fun this weekend. Feel free to check out a couple of our past kid visits here.

Have a great day! I know we will.

Tatum

Fun Kid Weekend

These little feet:

And these:

 

were the beginning of a fun weekend. Chris and I were missing the boys dearly so we set forth to spend some quality time with:

Camden

And Jamison:

 

These little guys are our angels. When they came over Friday evening we played, watched movies and ordered pizza! They get so excited on Friday pizza nights, they say Yay Pizza!! However, their parents get even more excited with the fact that they get a free weekend. It's fun when they are over because since we have done absolutely nothing to the guest rooms upstairs we have an empty room to play in. 

An empty room is the perfect place to play ATTACKER!! (one of Camden's favorite games)

 

The next day was even more exciting because we added an additional little bundle of fun:

That little guy in the middle is my little cousin Jaliek. He and Camden are exactly 5 days apart. With his arrival we discovered that we could fit one car seat and two booster seats in our car! It was perfect! Heeeyyyy what is it about 2 and 5 year olds? Why is it so difficult to get a photo that shows all three of them looking at the camera and smiling?

Well maybe we'll get that perfect photo at the park:

 

They're all perfect! I love these beautiful boys. They climbed on top of the ropes:

And even UNDER the ropes:

 

 They went down the slide the right way:

 

 And the NOT so right way:

 

And then after climbing:

 

And bouncing:

 

It was time for one final perfect picture at the park:

LOL, ABSOLUTELY PICTURE PERFECT :-)

And since I'm such an awesome auntie, when we went back for lunch I gave them each exactly what they requested:

 

Peanut butter and Jelly for Jaliek

Grilled Cheese for Camden

 

And Micky D's for Jamison.

And to make myself feel a little better for succumbing to their requests, instead of filling their growing bellies with high protein meats and leafy green veggies...I added grapes and apples...to make it a little bit healthier.

After their lunch, we played with paper airplanes, giant balloons, and tinker toys. The five of us had a blast together this weekend. And just so that you don't think that I completely left out the veggies, we made sure to include mixed vegetables with their late afternoon snack before we took them home.

Chris and I have so much fun with the kids. We want them to always enjoy themselves so that they keep wanting to come back. We work really well together, Chris will be up bright and early to get the boys (mainly Camden) who wakes up around 7am. I get to sleep later and wake up to a pot of coffee, oh, and a dirty diaper which is a treat from Jamison who is doing fabulous with daytime potty training! Chris still has diaper-phobia lol!

There was one super special little boy missing from our fun weekend.

This is my darling 7 year old nephew Xavier. Unfortunately he was unable to make it for this particular weekend, but he'll be there next time!

Hope you enjoyed hanging out with us and our boys! I sure had fun!

Tatum

My Little Guys

On Friday evening Chris and I got to watch my two youngest nephews Camden (5) and Jamison (2) while my sister Vonetta and her husband went out for a night with friends.  We went out for pizza, and dairy queen that night.

Going out with the boys is always a ton of fun but it requires a bit of homework because our precious Cam has an allergy and can't eat everything. You'll occasionally find us reading the box or bag of ingredients which is what I had to do before we ordered a hamburger from dairy queen.

The next morning began at 6am for Chris when Camden apparently entered our room because he was itchy and snotty.  I woke up at 7 completely shocked to see a little 5 year old curly headed boy sleeping right next to me. Soon thereafter, he was whispering "auntie when are you going to wake up?" and like a good auntie I was up!

Jamison is completely opposite from Camden. When he wakes up, he pretty much does not want to be bothered. He will stay quiet in his room and when you come to get him he might either smile and bounce around a bit, or he will look at you with annoyance because you had the audacity to come into the room without his morning coffee.

Now normally, when the boys spend the weekend Chris is up bright and early with them. I am not much of a morning person at all so Chris will get up, get them fed and have my coffee brewing by the time that I roll out of bed. However, this particular morning I was already kind of awake, so up I went.

We went downstairs and had cookie crisp! My house isn't necessarily kid proof. My sofa is a suede material and my dining room chairs are fabric, a light cream fabric at that. Now I am not anal when it comes to feeding time and I always want to boys to feel comfortable. Normally I will drape the sofa with towel or something when they are eating pizza or spaghetti but other than that, I pretty much let them do their thing. Sooner or later the house will be to a point where they will have their special little spot for messy meals.

About an hour or so later, Chris was up and at em, and the monster came out to attack them!

After baths and getting dressed...several hours later off to the park we went.

That tiny kid was awakened from a deep slumber in the car. Can't you just see the lack of interested on his face? He was in a fog for quite a while completely disinterested in the park:

Cammy on the other hand jumped right in:

So after climbing:

Sliding:

Swinging:

And watching the ducks

It was time to take the little guys home. They hate this part, and always want to stay longer, but I'll spare you the sad faces filled with tears. To make matters easier on all 4 of us, we hung out with them for a lot longer once we got them home. By the time we left they were headed to bed and happy to see their parents again.

It was a great weekend!

Tatum