Surviving twins

No, we don't have twins, but our good friends J&A just brought home a boy and girl (see previous post), and I've been helping J out this week while A's been at work. I arrive with my brood at 7:30am (ok, 7:30ish. I try to be on time, but sometimes it's hard). The kids go crazy for a bit, then we settle down the older boys while Z takes a nap. Then we're off to the races again, after Z gets up. We're working on teaching the older kids their letters and numbers, and it's going pretty well.

Today, for a change of pace, I brought Z, A, and AM to my house to give Z a nap in his bed, plus a change of scenery for the older kids. Everyone had fun, and we were able to use my Aqua-doodle (a gift from my nephew and his wife). I hung it by thumb tacks on the wall and let the boys go to town. I'll post pics of this later. They had a great time, but after spilling a few glasses of water, I decided I was done with cleaning up water, plus both boys were stripped down to their diapers and shirts while I quickly threw their socks and pants in the dryer. Oh well. It could've been worse.

So, anyway, we all went back to J&A's for nap time for the two older boys after a lunch of PB&J and grapes. AM even asked for more sandwich (this NEVER happens, so I totally jumped to make the sandwich), but before I could get it made, he changed his mind and wanted a cookie. Baby steps, I suppose. It seemed like all afternoon was a juggling act of holding one baby or another, or working with the older boys to keep them out of trouble. Tonight, I've earned my sleep, which I fully intend to enjoy shortly. But first, a bit of quality time with the hubby while he plays a video game for a few minutes. Then off to quick shower and long (I hope) sleep.