Weekend Visitors

Heidi and Aaron went to New York last week, so we watched their boys over the weekend (Friday morning to Sunday night . . . Heidi’s mom had them the other days). It was fun to get to know their personalities better. None of our kids went through a “why?” stage, so it was a whole new experience to hear “why?” in stereo from Zack and Austin every 3 ½ minutes. In Ben’s words “Zack and Austin are really curious. Abby isn’t curious; she’s just bossy.” =) Gavin was a dove. He was honestly never grumpy and he took quality four hour naps every day. (We’ve never had a kid that did that either.)

My kids were super helpers and kept the boys well entertained. The only times that I really felt the load of having seven kids in the house were things like mealtimes or getting everyone ready for the day or getting everyone into/out of the car. Still, it was amazing how quiet the house seemed when we were back to just four kids again.