Aunt & Uncle

Brandon and I are lucky to have wonderful nieces and nephews. They truly enrich our lives and teach us so many things. Together we have 8 1/2 nieces and nephews. We have 5 nephew, 3 nieces and one that is yet to be determined and we're thrilled to find out the new addition. Last week we had the opportunity to watch Indy, Libby, and Milo (poor darling Ellie was sick and stayed at Grandma's house to rest up) while Jared and Carrilyne had a quick getaway to St. George. I'm glad they went and glad we got to have the kids. They're a hoot!
We had a huge chalkboard of things to do at our slumber party. We crossed them all off the list. We started out with lunch.

Then it was craft time. They decided to make book marks and get well cards for Ellie. I was very impressed with their creativity and kindess as they thought what Ellie would like on her cards.

 

 Lucky for us there was snow on the ground to play in. We bundled up and prepared for a snowball fight by building forts.

Fingers got cold from preparation and the fight was postponed.
We headed inside and played balloon ping pong. Breathless from running around to keep balloons in the air we settled down for the evening talent show. Indiana played a tune for us on her guitar-she's very good! Libby tickled the ivories of the piano and Milo was Batman. What talent!
We performed stories with puppets that traveled far away and performed exciting adventures. All the kids sat still while waiting for their turn during their siblings stories.
The kids sat still watching an episode of Phineas and Ferb while I prepped dinner.

They are great eaters-the favorite items of the night were the orange peel jello molds, chicken and strawberries. These kids could eat strawberries all day-I'm so happy they love fruit.

Following dinner we changed into pajamas, cuddled up and watched Cars 2, we read a pile of story books and they fell asleep one by one. I'll have to admit to being anxious that Milo would wake up and not recognize were he was, so every little move I sat up to see if he'd woken himself up and needed to use the bathroom. He slept soundly, we visited the bathroom once but he returned to the bedding on the floor and later told me I didn't need to lay by him and could go back to my bed. What a big boy!

By the end of our slumber party we'd crossed everything off our list of things to do. Our nieces and nephews have our hearts wrapped around their fingers and we'd do anything for them. All eight continually surprise us with their intellect, their thoughtfulness, and the funny things they say and think! They are all our favorites!