Anyway, a long time ago I watched my brother-in-law's 8 children and my 3. OK, most of his kids are older and don't require a whole lot of sitting. It was a wonderful and amazing time. Minus the flu that out of 13 of us total, 11 had it. Including me. NOT FUN! And also they have this horrible curse that something happens every time they are out of town. I have demanded that curse be lifted. So when the garbage disposal broke I was not too worried. But when the leaking happened in the girl's downstairs basement, that was where I wanted to draw the line. Lucky there were some calls made and a nice man in the ward fixed the garbage disposal that was also causing the leaking.
This is how I spent one of the days. Me, Butterball, and my 6 year old nephew all woke up with the flu. Not fun taking turns using the bathroom and cleaning up when you are also very sick. It was horrible.
My sons LOVED the older boys. It was so precious.
This is one of my Mother's Day presents that I received. So nice.
And this is the cutie I got it from. Yes those are hot pads on his hands. He played with those for quite awhile.
My 6 year old nephew and Butterball doing their fighting poses.
On Mother's Day the older boys made me and one of their Mom's breakfast. Eggs, toast, sausage, and a quiche. It was amazing. I had to share mine with the little someone in the picture. Darn it. :)
This is how Appleseed was 95% of the time there. I swear. It was not easy at all. I even took him to the doctor after several days of this sure that he was really sick or something. Guess what? He isn't. He is just unhappy. What? Are you serious? The doctor said, "You have him on a new allergy medicine, you stopped nursing, and you are in a new environment. He just isn't happy." Oh joy! But guess what? He was better the minute we got home. Sooooo not funny.Appleseed went upstairs and found some of the kid's gum. A LOT of gum.Appleseed loved the older boys. OK....this older boy. He has loved him since he met him. It is adorable.I love taking care of this family. They are truly some amazing kids. And the spirit is so strong in their home that it was amazing to feel. Thank you again for the opportunity and I look forward to doing it agian.....minus the flu and curses of course.
