Canche Chronicles: Play Day

This morning Katelyn went early to help some ladies from church clean someone's house. The people from our church with the Trisominy 18 baby had to run down to Houston to take Claire back. They have just been back and forth so much. Anyway, some ladies from church volunteered to clean their house while they were gone so Mrs. Mason picked Katelyn up around 8:45. Usually, Katelyn watches Lucy on Monday mornings. Today it was my turn. Amanda doesn't usually drop her off till 9:30, so when I had Emily still sleeping, and Haley dozing off in our bed around 9, I thought I was safe to take a shower. Sure enough, as I was about to hop in there was a knock at the door. I had to run and put clothes on and then get it and pretend that everyone wasn't still planning on doing their own thing for another 30 minutes. Haley helped by getting up and coming out to the dining room. Lucy has developed a weird habit of eating her lunch as soon as she gets here. She always gets a lunchable and her and Haley eat the cheese for breakfast and save the rest for lunch I guess. I don't know if there is that much thought put into it from them but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Today Lucy also ate some pieces of ham... Amanda left and I had the two kids for a while before Emily woke up. We hadn't really totally cleaned up after the party so all the toys were still out. They pretty much entertained themselves and I went around the house emptying the trash and taking it out to the street. It took me a couple trips till I finally got it all out. Every time I came back though, they were still alive. Eventually they wanted to open up the little people house from mimi so I had to do that for them. Within two seconds they were fighting. They fought over a couple things. Then Emily woke up and we just played around with her for a while. She got fussy pretty quick though so I fed her some applesauce. After a while, I put her down for a nap in the swing and Katelyn came home. I can't imagine her disgust at having to come home from just cleaning someone else's house and have to start on our own house! She had a pretty good attitude about it though. We ate lunch quick and fed the girls. There was the leftover lunchable along with some leftover pizza from the party. Once the girls finished eating they went back to playing. They love that tent we got Haley for her birthday. They just stand in there and stomp their feet. Then I left to go back to the Watson's house. They had left some towels and sheets in the dryer and washer so I went to go switch them and wait for the next load to come out. I read while I was there. Katelyn says the girls basically just went down for a nap and they were still sleeping when I got home. Evelyn was at our house though. A lot of times Amanda will drop her off after school so she can get a few last minute things done. Emily woke up first and Katelyn wasn't done with her devo's so I got her. Evelyn wanted to sit next to me on the recliner and hold Emily so we did that for a while. Then Lucy woke up. She cried very softly so we hardly heard her. That was kinda cool. Then she came out and they both took turns holding Emily until Haley woke up. Then they all played until they got sick of it. We then went in the guest room and sang some songs until Amanda came back to pick them up. Then Haley just played for a while and Emily was in her exersaucer. Then we skyped the Brusts while dinner was in the oven cooking. We ate dinner quick, Haley had another slice of pizza, and played for a little while. Katelyn had Bible Study tonight so Haley, Emily and I went to the gym. I did part of a yoga class. Haley really does like the gym now. Even when we just drive by it she says TOYS! or JUGETES! The ladies said that Haley tried to go to the potty by herself and they just heard screaming in the bathroom. By the time they got there she had already peed because she couldn't get her panties down by herself. After we got home, I fed Emily some sweet potatoes while Haley played with part of the baby pack n play we got her (this just means that she beats two poles together to make noise). At one point she thought it would be cool to use them as drumsticks on the table, my knee, and Emily's hand. In the greatest miracle since that one dude running and leaping and praising God, Emily did not cry. Then Emily sat in the bumbo while Haley ate some goldfish and a juicebox before bed. The next hour and a half were pretty frustrating for me and required a lot of prayer as I attempted to put two crying babies to sleep. By the time Katelyn got home though, it was lights out.

Haleyism: Haley puts her babies to sleep with blankets over their heads. At first I thought this was a simple overlooking on her part, but now I believe it is intentionally modeled after the way Katelyn puts Emily to sleep in the swing to "block out the light".

Emilyism: Emily got two servings of peaches today because I thought I was giving her squash one time till I licked a piece of my finger and realized why she liked it so much.