Dinner at the Watson's

Monday morning I had to go out to the airport for a meeting in the morning and when I got back around 11, Lucy was at home playing with Haley.  Emily was sleeping, and there was some other baby in our room sleeping.  I'm not sure if its even legal to have that many babies in a house.  Anyway, as I walked up to the front door, I saw the fruit of Haley and Lucy's morning work, namely, all of Katelyn's parsley ripped up and stuffed in the cup holder of a camping chair.  Katelyn was so proud that she nourished that parsley through the winter and they totally ruined it. I played with them for some time as Katelyn continued to clean.  I presently made them some grilled cheese sandwiches at their request and made them sit at the picnic table to eat.  Actually, I only made one and gave them each half.  Haley must have been pretty hungry because at one point she took Lucy's and started eating it as well.  The baby who was sleeping in our room, in the mean time, had her mom come and pick her up.  After lunch, we waited for Emily to wake up.  As soon as we heard noises on the monitor I changed her diaper and we headed out to the splash pad.  Katelyn had heard it was open for the season and since she claimed this was the hottest day this week, we decided to take the kids.  Haley was pretty excited when we got there.  I wasn't so sure.  It was about 74 degrees and sunny.  However, there was absolutely nobody there and it looked like the water hadn't been turned on all day.  There are three systems running on push buttons.  About 25 jets are powered by each of these three buttons on a timer.  I ran over to test the buttons before we parked and got all the kids out.  Old faithful came to life.  We set up shop and put their bathing suits on and plenty of sun block.  Hey had fun filling buckets and running though the ice cold water.  Emily got one molecule on her big toe and cried.  The girls had fun but were shivering by the time we had to leave.  When we got home, they all went down for a nap.  I took the opportunity to mow the lawn and Katelyn kept cleaning.  When the girls woke up, Amanda came to get Lucy and Katelyn made a chocolate mousse while I played with Haley and Emily.  The Watson's invited us over to eat at their house.  Haley and Emily did pretty well while we were there.  They played nicely with Chloe, who is slightly older than Haley.  This was nice because really, they both say "MINE!" a lot and that can get ugly.  Ron, who stays home with baby Claire (trisominy 18 baby) is from New Orleans.  He made red beans and rice, which also includes sausage.  It was so good.  Chloe helped to feed Emily some pieces of homemade biscuits Ron had made.  Then we went in the living room and got to know them a little better.  The girls played dress up and watched some disney movie.  The mousse turned out spectacular and everyone loved it.  At about 9:20, we headed home.  Haley was hungry when we got home, so I made her a grilled cheese sandwich and she ate the whole thing!  Then we put their jammies on and read their Bible story and they went right to bed.

Haleyism: Haley used the potty so many times today and when she peed, it was a lot, not the usual squirt.  I know...TMI

Emilyism: I read their Bible story in the dark with a flashlight to help them relax.  As I glanced at Emily just before I left, I saw she was on her back with a huge smile on her face.  That baby is suspiciously happy.

Emily didn't care for the water, neither did I for that matter!

Haley and Lucy

sitting on a column of water

RUN AWAY!

I'm just waiting for them to get blasted in the face

This looks wierd.

Haley and Chloe

I like the bee behind Haley.  Its FAT!

Playing dress up. Note the shoes!

The armadillo we saw as we pulled into the driveway.  Also, somewhat related: today I was outside in the back yard and saw the ground moving where a mole was crawling around so I smashed it with my foot. At least, I think I smashed it.