They arrived Monday night just after 7. Some of their old friends (one of which is now our favorite babysitter) came over to visit just after 8:00. It was late, but the kids were on cloud nine to play and have such fun. :)
James loves Addison.... he has since birth! The first thing he did on Tuesday morning was crawl up on the couch and snuggle right up next to him!
Tuesday was so wonderful. It was warm and sunny with only a slight little breeze. I kept Jemma home from school to spend the day at the beach! The kids had so much fun. I was exhausted because James kept going in the water. He got knocked down several times and I had to catch him/hold him, but he just kept wanting more. He was giggling and saying "Fun, fun" and "More, more!" Thankfully, Jemma was content to play in the sand and go in just to get her feet barely wet! We even saw the dolphins frolicking in the ocean not too far away.
Jemma did go back to school on Wednesday. Amy and I loaded the four kids and took a trip to Kid-to-Kid (my favorite second hand store). I bought a few things for dress up and I'll post pictures as soon as I get some good ones. At 3:30 Lauren and Gabriella came over and we took all seven kids to the Bounce house. I forgot my camera, but Amy's friend, Kathy, was there with her two kids and she took some pictures... as soon as she emails them to me, I'll post them. Then, we took the kids to Chick-fil-A for dinner... 3 Moms and 9 kids. Plus, Merin met us with Mya and Scout. Scout was having a rough afternoon, so Merin left Mya with me.... 3 Moms and 10 kids! And everyone had a good time and ate their dinner. Did I mention that it was "Kids Night" at Chick-fil-A? The cow was there and all the kids loved it... it was so nice because the cow came over and distracted the kids while the Moms ordered and got food on the table! There was a raffle and James won a Veggie Tales DVD. As soon as we returned home, the kids wanted to watch the movie. So, while Amy took Lauren and Gabriella home, I put on the movie. This was as quiet as they were the whole day!
Before beginning bath and bedtime, we gave Claire her birthday present. She was so cute... she put on the tights as soon as she opened the gift! I know it is hard to see from this picture, but Claire has on one of Jemma's dress up outfits... Ariel. Claire discovered it on Monday night and wore it every time we were in the house! Little girls are just so gosh darn cute...
Our visitors left Thursday morning at 7:30. It is so quiet now... we need more visitors soon!! :)
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Jemma has been sleeping in our sitting room so our guests could have her room. I asked her at breakfast if she was excited to sleep in her bed tonight and she wrinkled up her nose and said, "But it will smell like Brady!" I had to laugh... I promised she would have clean sheets before she returned from school.
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