Dennie Kids: August 28, 2010

Highlights from today: (click here for pictures)

  • We finished the blog before we were able to finish the story of last night:  The kids were all trying to go to sleep upstairs when Mom heard the familiar “Mom, can you hear me?” from Graham.  Then he came down the stairs and opened to door to see Zach’s dog laying on its mat.  He quickly backed up and so then Mom took him back to his sleeping bag
  • A few minutes later, Mom again heard “Mom, can you hear me? can you hear me” but since Graham didn’t appear Mom soon forgot about it.  But when she opened the door to walk up the stair, Graham was sitting on the landing just waiting on Mom.  He must have been there at least 15 minutes!
  • Campbell knew she was sleeping in a different bathroom and did wake up for a midnight bottle.  And Graham woke up in the middle of the night and he was just plain mad!  He finally calmed down after laying with Dad for a few minutes and then finished the night between Mom and Dad
  • Anderson was the first one up and was ready to go downstairs and play with Zach.  Soon we were all downstairs eating Aunt Shelley’s casserole and Uncle Les’ donuts.  The next activity was the pool and it was still chilly.  Graham wasn’t too big on swimming today but he did get in a few times.  Anderson and Reagan really enjoyed jumping to Aunt Shelley and letting her catch them. 
  • We had leftovers for lunch and then the kids headed back upstairs to play with the train some more.  Before they had completely dried off, Dad asked if they wanted to swim one more time before we left.  They had to really think about it but did decide to swim before heading home.
  • The kids had a blast and could have stayed and played with Zach and Joshua (or Graham’s “Zach”) all week long (hmm, that is a good idea!)  As we were leaving, Mom read an email from Dad which mentioned the best ice cream parlor in each state and since the Mississippi one was in Hernando, we thought we better try it out!
  • Mom and Dad’s tummys were full with milkshakes, Anderson and Reagan’s tummys were full with ring pops, juice boxes and m and ms, Campbell’s tummy was full with her milk and Graham pretty much missed the whole eating thing since he was sleeping.  We stopped long enough for Mom and Dad to switch spots (Anderson was very worried about Mom knowing the way home)
  • We picked up Dad’s car which we left at his work.  Anderson had to potty so that ran inside to do that while Mom was already on the way home with the other 3.  Luckily Mom hadn’t gotten too far when Dad called saying he didn’t have his keys-they were still in the van!
  • Once everyone was finally home, we had about 1 hour to make a dessert, unload the car, start a load of laundry, empty and reload the dishes, unpack the bags, feed the dog, look at the mail, take a shower (Dad) and take a little rest (kids).  Graham went to sleep immediately but Reagan and Anderson didn’t-Dad told them to just rest.  The second time they called him upstairs, he told them that he would get them in 5 minutes.  Well, in 5 minutes they were sound asleep and we had to wake everyone up.  Anderson isn’t too friendly when you have to wake him up.
  • Eating supper at Kennedy and Camryn’s house and playing with Jacob and Ethan too.  All the kids loved jumping on the trampoline (jumpolene as Reagan calls it), swinging and sliding on the swing set and playing in Kennedy and Camryn’s room.  We were celebrating Todd and Amber’s birthdays and there was even a belated birthday present for Graham to open!
  • Once we finally made it home, all of the kids just crashed and we haven’t heard a peep out of them

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