Jack, Luke, Grace and Auntie Jen were in town last week. They arrived last Thursday and left Tuesday morning. Needless to say, our small house was a bit crazy with six children running around. Well, five children running around and one crying. No it wasn't Ryan crying, which may surprise some of you, it was Natalie. She continues to be one fussy baby.
It was great to have Jen's help soothing her and give me a little break. The two of them bounced on the exercise ball quite a bit.
The other five monkeys played, played and played some more. The boys were outside entertaining themselves in the dirt and being "downhill racers" most of the weekend. The two tomboy girls joined in as well. If they weren't playing with the boys they were usually tattling on them, or reading books! They also had fun in the pool and the slip and slide, and just using their imaginations.
On Friday, Jen and I took the kids downtown to tour one of the Navy ships in town for SeaFair weekend. I'm not sure why we thought this was a good idea. Why would children under the age of 12 appreciate such an experience? Jen and I enjoyed it, and the kids were troopers but it was not the ideal activity for 6 children under the age of 8. It was an experience though!
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| Loved this picture by Jen. The ship we toured was the USS Chafee. |
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| Jack and Luke |
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| Ryan |
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| Kendall and Grace |
Saturday we drove down to Lake Washington for a picnic and an awesome Blue Angel Jet show. It was a beautiful day, and we all enjoyed every minute of the show! Luke was a little obsessed with getting an ice cream treat from the ice cream truck, so the kids enjoyed a little treat on the walk back to the car. Even Natalie enjoyed the outing. She wasn't even bothered when I covered her ears to protect them from the loud jets.
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| All these great pictures were taken by Jen. |
Monday we ventured back down to the lake for some swimming. Kendall enjoyed this more than any of the kids by far. She was a little fish. One brave little fish. Jack was so good to help her when she ventured out a little too deep for such a small girl. She didn't think a thing of it, though! The lifeguard brought life jackets for all the kids, which was perfect. They had so much fun floating and playing. Again, it was great to have help. With Ryan's 3 trips to the bathroom, chasing Kendall into shallower water and Natalie's need of constant attention there is no way I could have done it alone!
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| Jack helping Kendall |
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| Natalie hanging out in her sling. |
It was a great long weekend with lots of fun memories made!
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