Ok, so I’m just going to say it… January is the worst month out of the year. Just is. For those of us not living in the tropics, it’s cold. Really cold. And long. Yeah, and boring. And all seems sleepy and tired. Even the snow outside looks like it can’t wait for the spring melt. Sigh.
But the good news is that it’s almost February (an equally dull month) and that means one more month closer to rising temperatures and more daylight. Yay.
Anyway, just a little update as to what I’ve been doing…
My oldest brother lives about 25 minutes away from me with his wife, Mary, and 6 children (ages 5-15). He and Mary were lucky enough to head out on a little vacay to the Mexican Riviera so I told him I would baby sit if he needed me to. 2 years ago, I had watched all 6 by myself for a full weekend and we had a blast.
So, he took me up on it. I was going to watch them Saturday and Sunday and then Mary’s mom was going to come into town on Monday to watch them until the next Saturday morning.
My mom came over to hang out with us and we played Sorry and Monopoly, went bowling, watched some movie named Flubber, spent some serious time on the Dance Dance Revolution, and had a great time. On Sunday, they had stake conference which I was totally nervous about…. The 2 youngest are 5 and 7 and the thoughts of keeping them entertained for 2 hours instead of just 1 sounded exhausting, but it worked out. The last time I had watched them, they had 9:00 am church and I wasn’t sure how we were going to get everyone up and ready. But when I got up, got mostly ready, and came out to check on everyone at 8:15, they were almost finished getting ready and eating breakfast. As it turned out, we were 10 minutes early to church. Me and 6 kids. And I had nothing to do with it… those kids are a well-oiled machine. Loved it.
This time was no different, we were again early to church (not because of anything I did) and ready to sit and listen for 2 straight hours. Who are we kidding, sometimes it’s hard for ME to sit and listen for 2 straight hours, but I went ahead and armed myself with coloring books and fruit snacks and it turned out to be ok. I sat and took notes so that I wouldn’t be temped to take the coloring book away from my nephew. Sweet.
All in all, it was great to spend some time with the kids. It’s fun to watch them grow up and be ‘people’. And they amaze me with what they observe and what they know…
So thanks, kids, for the good times and for the little bright spot in January…
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6 comments:
Glad you had a great time with your family! It is great that they are close by. We are also sick of January. Anja is has been telling us for a few weeks now that she is sick of the snow and would like to take a trip to St. George. We are starting to see things her way....
dude your brother is WAY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU!
holy crap!
and i call stake conference free sunday. and any other excuse free sunday. like half my family leaving to disneyland. we ditched today. SWEET!
way to go! you are a super aunt.
So, could your sister-n-law be persuaded to come and train my crew into an equally well-oiled machine with good behavior even in Stake Conference?
Maybe the only temptation would be that we have GREAT weather here! Supposed to be almost 80 today! I actually LOVE January! No holiday stress, no yard work, no scorching heat, and I'm 100% on keeping my new year's resolutions. What's not to love?
WOW. It sounds like I need parenting lessons from your bro and his wife...
we only have 4 kids and we are RARELY 10 minutes early to church. I'm impressed!!
You are an awesome Aunt! And I too am impressed with the skillz getting to church early! We are almost never on time let alone early! Are you coming here anytime soon, I can lend you my kids for a bit!
What a gem you are. And very impressive---those kids must get beatings every night...
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