It's been a while since we posted. Things have been pretty busy and rather crazy. It's spring break at the University (unlike BYU, we not only get a spring break, but we get a whole week off). Normally that would mean some relaxing family time and a lot of time to get caught up on various school projects. However, some friends in the ward were going on a week-long cruise to celebrate their parents' anniversary (50th, I think). However, the cruise didn't include children; so we accepted a request to tend house and children while they took their trip. To say the least, it has been educational.
I've had to adjust my cooking habits to account for three more people. Actually, the teenager probably counts for two people, and Emily has also suddenly begun to eat like a horse. That may be correlated with her recent increase in mobility. Here I'm making pancakes. Their pet bird, Mango, pooped on my shirt. It is nice to have a full-sized kitchen (although we're rather particular chefs and we've brought a few of our own things from the apartment to help prepare meals).
Emily has really enjoyed having space to use her new crawling skills. She's also learning how to play with others. As our only child, sharing hasn't really been on her list of things to learn. It's nice for her to get a dose of siblings. They play together a lot. She gets mad because she doesn't get as much attention from Mom and Dad. That's probably good for her too.
The house is quite nice (especially compared to our own cinder-block cubbyhole) and life is very cushy for Emily. She has been trying out several new foods lately. She likes pancakes a lot. She doesn't eat whole grapes, but she's actually pretty good at biting off little pieces as long as her parents are careful. Her top teeth have come in to match the bottom and she loves to use them. She also seems partial to puree of prunes. Go figure.
She got crawling down pretty quickly and has decided that it's already time to move on to other things. The toy room is upstairs. She seems to know that. She also pulls herself up to a standing position beside the couch. Today at dinner time, she played the head-tilting game with me. She would tilt her head to one side and I would match her. She would laugh and then tilt her head the other way. It was fantastic.
Without a doubt, it has been a lot of work and I don't know how I'll ever get caught up in school, but we've had a lot of fun. Still, we're grateful that families usually get bigger a little bit at a time. Taking care of four kids takes some getting used to.
I've had to adjust my cooking habits to account for three more people. Actually, the teenager probably counts for two people, and Emily has also suddenly begun to eat like a horse. That may be correlated with her recent increase in mobility. Here I'm making pancakes. Their pet bird, Mango, pooped on my shirt. It is nice to have a full-sized kitchen (although we're rather particular chefs and we've brought a few of our own things from the apartment to help prepare meals).
Emily has really enjoyed having space to use her new crawling skills. She's also learning how to play with others. As our only child, sharing hasn't really been on her list of things to learn. It's nice for her to get a dose of siblings. They play together a lot. She gets mad because she doesn't get as much attention from Mom and Dad. That's probably good for her too.
The house is quite nice (especially compared to our own cinder-block cubbyhole) and life is very cushy for Emily. She has been trying out several new foods lately. She likes pancakes a lot. She doesn't eat whole grapes, but she's actually pretty good at biting off little pieces as long as her parents are careful. Her top teeth have come in to match the bottom and she loves to use them. She also seems partial to puree of prunes. Go figure.
She got crawling down pretty quickly and has decided that it's already time to move on to other things. The toy room is upstairs. She seems to know that. She also pulls herself up to a standing position beside the couch. Today at dinner time, she played the head-tilting game with me. She would tilt her head to one side and I would match her. She would laugh and then tilt her head the other way. It was fantastic.
Without a doubt, it has been a lot of work and I don't know how I'll ever get caught up in school, but we've had a lot of fun. Still, we're grateful that families usually get bigger a little bit at a time. Taking care of four kids takes some getting used to.
2 comments:
We used to live in a cinder block cubby at the U of U. It's not so bad...wait, well, yes it is. Sorry. It's so cool that Emily is growing up. They get funner as they get older, hungrier too. Tyler is pretty consistenly eating more than me at mealtimes. See you in May!
It was nice that you could help them out while they were away. I know I would have felt comfortable leaving my kids in your hands, and that's not an easy decision when parents want to go out of town, and it's not appropriate to bring the entire family.
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