Day 106

What a weekend! The girls had sooooo much fun with Christopher, Daniel and Kaleigh that they didn't even fight over toys (a minor miracle in toddlerland here). Everyone got along fine (well - the toddlers did anyway - I can't say the same for Daniel and Kaleigh...lol -they fight like brother/sister even though they're cousins).

The night started off pretty smooth. The girls went to bed around 6:45 and they were so tired from playing all day that they went down without a tear. Christopher went to bed shortly after and then it was GAME ON for Jen, Kaleigh, Daniel and myself. We played 2 games of Clue and a game of Yahtzee! I absolutely LOVE playing board games.

When I went to bed Hannah woke up (she's such a light sleeper and I was sleeping in the same room as the girls). I picked her up and put her in bed with me. It wasn't long before I realized it was a bit chilly in the room. I had turned the heat up before they went to bed but it wasn't working. Hmmmm....I got up to check on Emily & Hailey (they still don't sleep with blankets) and their little noses were pretty cold. So I woke them both up (yes - I'm putting this in writing but I know that it will be hard to fathom) - I did in fact wake them both up and put them in bed with me as well. Luckily - Daniel has a huge king size bed (maybe a CA King size bed?) so we all fit no problem! There were some mattresses propped up against one side of the bed between the wall and the bed so there was no space for the girls to fall out there - and I was on the other side of them. Cover up ladies...it's gonna be a long night! And it was. For me anyway. Even though one side of the bed was blocked - the top of the bed had space between the bed and wall so of course that's where Hannah and Emily kept creeping to in their sleep. Hailey sleeps like a rock - she doesn't move. Emily is ALL OVER THE PLACE and Hannah...well she moves AND talks in her sleep. So I kept waking up (if I even really slept) and kept moving them down and covering them up. It was soooo funny too because we were all so full of static for some reason that every time I pulled the covers over us it looked like a bunch of fireflies were under the covers! Haha...I'm laughing just thinking about how it looked. It was pretty funny.

About 4:30 or 5:00 I put the girls in their pack-n-plays so I could get a solid hour of sleep. I knew they would be fine and they were. They went to sleep and so did I! When we did get up at about 6:30...I opened the door and looking right at me was Kaleigh. She must have heard us and was right there with arm wide open looking for a baby! Haha...they were sleeping when she got there last night so she hadn't seen them yet. They love Kaleigh and she loves them so the morning was pretty smooth. Christopher didn't wake up until 7:30! Sleepyhead.

Jen had been up and out of the house with Daniel by 5:40 this morning for Daniel's hockey game. No way - no how - no thank you. Girls...when you read this - Momma's NOT get up that early to bring you to a game. Catch a ride. ;-)

Jen got home - tried to fix the heat (I still don't even know what was wrong) and Kate showed up to pick up Kaleigh for her soccer game. (Do we see a trend here?) Lol...I'm in trouble!

Christopher did amazingly well with accepting 3 little toddlers into his house and letting them play with ALL of his toys (they did in fact get their little fingers on every toy I'm sure). He had so much patience with them and even gave them some things to play with. Nothing was off limits.

It was a fantastic weekend. The trip up and back was great - the girls slept most of the way for both ways. We came home to Pete, Uncle Joey, Kristin AND a clean house! Whooooo hoooo!

We're definitely making more of these trips (we already made Jen promise not to freeze us next time). And the funny thing is that last time we stayed up there - it was boiling hot! Haha...that can only mean next time it will be just right. Well temperature wise anyway - because everything else was perfect!

The girls were so tired that we ate dinner, took baths and did the whole bedtime routine and they were sleeping by 5:30 tonight. Now Pete and I are Wii'ing (is that a word?) LOL