A Weekend of Kids

This past weekend Tony and I got a taste of what it would be like to be parents. Not only parents to one but parents to SIX! (Thank goodness they usually only come one at a time!) Tony’s brother Jeff and his wife Jenn live about 45 minutes away from us. Because it was Jenn birthday and their anniversary this month, we kicked them off the island to the island of Kauai for a relaxing weekend while we watched their kids.

We adore their kids so we weren’t too worried about it. Needless to say, it was fun to play with them for a weekend but we were both very tired come Sunday night when they came back. I have so much more respect for mothers now! Especially those of six kids! Here’s some fun tidbits about the weekend:

Friday:

On Friday Tony picked up Jenn and Jeff’s three kids, Noah, Leah and Ezra, and their friends, Skylar, Sage, and McKaide, from school and headed down to Laie where I was finishing up my classes. We spent a beautiful afternoon at the beach where the kids played and I constantly counted. You know how you see those mom’s with a million kids and you see them counting them all and they look kinda crazy? Ya that was me, except I counted in my head! I was up to 7 by the end counting Tony too! With only one broken boogie board, we succeeded. We went to Taco Bell for dinner and then the BYU-Hawaii basketball game on campus. The kids loved when the cheerleaders threw candy into the stands! We drove back to Kailua and the kids were tired. Bedtime was easy!

Saturday:

On Saturday we only had the three kids. (That seems like a better number for Tony and I). We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast and Tony took the boys to the skate park in the morning and Leah and I went to the grocery store to get the baking goods to make Jenn a cake. We all met up at home after and had lunch and headed to their local beach and spent the afternoon in the sun! It was much easier only watching three in the ocean! We went out to dinner, Leah and I made snicker doodles for dessert, played Rook, which Noah won, and watched Buzz Lightyear fly! Aka Ezra wearing his Buzz wings and jumping off the table! Woohoo…Two days with no tears and still three kids alive!

Sunday:

Sunday morning we decorated the house for Jenn’s birthday with banners and pictures and homemade cards. We got the kids all ready for church and got there at what we thought was fifteen minutes late. As we were walking in Noah asked if we were early. I told him it was 12:15 so we were fifteen minutes late to which he informed me that church did not start at noon. It started at one! Dang it!  When I told Ezra that we were too early for church his reply was “DUH!!” haha such funny kid! So thirty minutes later we drove back to church and made it there on time. We spent the evening making a carrot cake for Jenn, making things for her birthday and watching a movie. It was nice to just relax! Jenn and Jeff came home that night and the kids were very excited to see them!

So here are some things Tony and I learned from this weekend:

1. We might not have six kids. Three sounds like a better number

2. When we have kids Tony will be the one that wakes up early with them while I sleep in.

3. I will handle the cooking and Tony will handle wiping the kids butts

4. I will count the kids, he will let them roam free

5. One day Tony will be the best dad…just not yet!