Erin and Sonia made the long drive down from Illinois to see us for a long weekend, and mayhem ensued. Charlotte is only 14 months older than Sonia, and Sonia is only 7 months older than Peter, but it was interesting to see how those small differences played out in maturity and leadership (or lack thereof). It's amazing how much time and energy it takes to keep those three fed, clothed, bathed, and picked up after, not to mention mediating toy tussles and supervising playtime in general. Erin and I stay home with our respective kids every day and are used to doing these things for the smaller groups, but with all three together it sometimes felt like we were caring for at least 12 howler monkeys. It's like their energy exponentially increases and they take over the entire house in an explosion of toys and snot.
That being said, we had a wonderful time and I can't wait for us all to get together again! Here are a couple of highlights from the first 24 hours:
Erin and Rocky are now bestest friends. I had to extract Rocky from Erin's suitcase this morning as she tried to kidnap him on her way out of town.
We played outside on Friday afternoon and Peter showed Sonia how to scoot around with a bucket to fill with treasures.
The kids formed a biker gang and rode around the neighborhood with their trusty sidekick, Connie.
ZOOM! Connie kept running at full tilt and buzzing by frighteningly close to Sonia. She thought is was hilarious, luckily.
Charlotte showed Sonia how to find little rock treasures in the back yard. Note how green everything still is around here! We have had very warm temperatures so far this winter, and our daffodils (not pictured) are completely confused about when they are supposed to bloom.
More of the weekend fun to come!
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