Sorry so late, I got a message from the international breastmilk project today saying they want to feature me and my story, so that's what I've been busy doing since I put the kids to bed today.

Great day, I texted you all some pics, hope you got them. We played outside for 2 hours this morning! I thought it was going to be too hot, but there was a nice breeze and the kids had a blast in the sprinkler. We swang and mostly got wet today. We had a mid morning snack to hold off lunch (because Mr. Ian was a sleepy head) he was looking for his bink at 9:00am already! Outside got it off his mind though. We had marshmallows and fishies and cups of ice water for snack. I've never seen Lilly drink so much, she loved it that she could walk around outside with her big girl cup (lots of practice today)

We then came inside (stripped down into undies and diapers) and watched a little pbs while I got lunch ready. They ate sandwhiches, mac n cheese, watermellown/blueberries, and yogurt with juice. Then off to bed by 12:30

Monday

It's been a great day, we are staying inside and keeping cool! The boys were artists today and painted up a storm (Kyle wait unti lyou see Landon's cars!) This kept them busy for quite some time. They also played cars, zippity, and now are playing with the train set down in the basement.

I can't believe it's already 12:30! I'm going to put my big boys to bed around 1:30 and then Matt and Luke can chill and watch a little tv before mommy gets here (they haven't watched any today because they've been so busy)

Everyone ate great today too! Chicken nuggets, tator tots, yogurt, watermellon, and cookies for a treat.

Marshmallows and fishies for snack. I had to cut Luke off, does he ever get full???!! I'm in trouble when my crew get older!

Tuesday

It's definately a day after a holiday here! I should say today wasn't as bad as I thought though so that's good. Landon slept in until 9am so I think that's why. Bryce actually didn't melt down and act out either. Tristan and Ian were very well behaved and played great. It was Miss Lillian who was a total mess today! I knew it was going to be bad when as soon as daddy left she seriously cried and fussed for an hour straight about EVERYTHING. Finally I just held her and snuggled and she settled for a bit.

I warned Miss jen about Lilly and sure enough she wasn't herself with her either. She kept saying, "I can't do it" and her tongue kept coming out showing how sleepy she was. Jen said she wasn't bad though. She was kind to Ian today though so that was good.

The kids had cereal and bananas for breakfast and didn't eat much until about an hour after breakfast was offered then they ate. They had lunch at 11 sharp (chicken nuggets, tator tots, blueberries, pb and marsh for Tristan, mac n cheese for Lilly, yogurts, and donuts for dessert) They all ate sooooooooo well, even Landon finally ate after not eating for 3 days. Ian packed away his food too.

I put Ian to bed at 11:30 when he was asking to "go bed" and everyone else went down at noon. I'm praying they all sleep and catch up. I have a feeling Tristan isn't though.

It really was a relaxing morning. Lilly went outside with the pt and got wet and walked up and down our hill. The boys all went out early this morning for a bit, Bryce had to show off his new remote car he got yesterday from his cousins. We were given a ton of new books yesterday so I let the boys go through them and me, Tristan and Bryce read like 20 books together.

Ian's bug bite is no worse and I'm so sorry I worried you! I really think it's just a "no big deal" bug bite!

Monday

Here's the boys playing Disney Jr. Zippety (it's a leapfrog thing like the wii) They had so much fun this morning and just played, played, played. They were up in Bryce's room for a good bit of the morning. They played dress up with boy costumes of course, then with the race track and Luke found the leapster and was going to town on that.

I asked if they wanted to go outside to play, nope. So I took Landon and Kobe out to swing for a bit while they played inside. We were out only for about 10 minutes and Landon ended up getting stung but I think a wasp? So back in we went.

The McKinley boys ate great, wish I could say the same for my two. We had pizza, grapes, strawberries, yogurt, chips, pretzels, and your kids begged for gummie snacks so of course we had those as a treat. Luke has reminded me that he loves lemonade (I will have to remember that for next time!)

They are down in the basement now playing tag, I'm off to round up a Landon for nap time (he's not going to be very happy with me.) hoping to do some coloring when he gets down for a nap

Tuesday

The flower sniffing pic of Ian is from yesterday!
It's been a great morning with the 6 kiddos. We played inside all day due to the rain showers. The kids played cars (of course) and trains. We also did school time and talked about where coffee comes from (this was part of my rainforest curriculum) they smelled and touched coffee beans and described them. We read aloud a book about the animals in a rainforest. Then in the book we pulled out the letters of the day S, L, and A. We practiced drawing those letters and writing our names. Landon and Lilly were being stubborn about tracing letters. However I did catch Landon trying to make letters on paper later on. Lilly got the letter L and A but was guessing about S. The big boys of course did great with the letters and little Ian came and went while we were doing the lesson (he's a bit young yet) Bryce and Tristan did very well with the story and I would ask them questions about it and have them guess words and they loved it.

WE also sang songs, danced, and played a game (they rolled a 6 sided die and then we would act out that animal. We also did the weather today.

Landon was a bit emotional this morning (plenty of melt downs!) Baby was great and slept from 9:30-12. Ian is in a great mood and him and Landon have been copying each other all day (sometimes not in a good way like when they tell Lilly, no that's mine!) Tristan and Bryce have been great and have been pretending and playing together very well all morning. No tv today until Lunch time. Lilly became a diva at lunch and just started getting crazy! She was having one of those 2 year old moments when they like to hear themselves scream and cry and whine.

Everyone ate very well today (except Lilly at lunch) she did drink and eat her yogurt though. Everyone went down for a nap at noon (Ian went happily to bed today) I don't think he likes sleeping in the basement, he's in my room today and Lilly is in the pack n play in the basement.

Tristan is laying on the couch in the playroom watching sprout and hopefully falling asleep soon!

Monday

I did take pics today (cute too) of the boys smelling the flowers outside but I have tons to upload from the weekend and didn't get around to it yet, maybe tomorrow I'll post them.

This was a great morning! The rain held off so we were outside from 9-11:30. We staying in our yard today because I wanted my gang to get back on schedule after a crazy weekend. Kobe took a nap from 9-11:30!!! The boys ran around, swang, played with moon dough, played cars, slid down the slide, I even attempted to paint the club house since we were out all morning. It actually went well considering Bryce helped me :-) While we painted Landon and Ian played with trucks right beside us. I'm hoping... if Kobe falls asleep soon.... to finish painting, but we'll see (it a lot more work than I thought it would be.

Ian ate breakfast well and then asked for a snack around 10. The kids had some crackers outside and then they all played very well. We had lunch around 11:45 but Ian wanted nothing to do with it and just drank. He kept saying " I go to bed bye" "nuk" so finally I gave in and put him to bed. He actually fussed today (don't know if he was beyond tired at that point because of being outside all morning or what) but as soon as I left the room he passed out. My two big boys were put to bed around 12:30 too because they were tired. I hope everyone sleeps long and hard today!

Bryce's Birthday Tuesday

Fabulous morning! Everyone is in a great mood and the weather is fantastic!

Everyone ate well for both meals today! Lilly loves her some grilled ham and cheese sandwich. She was a hungry girl today and asked for more dinner please.

Of course we had to have cupcakes for the birthday boy! We played outside a good bit of the morning, then the boys have been playing so nicely today inside. A dream come true type of day with no tv and just lots of sharing and pretending. Lilly has been hanging with me and Kobe most of the day and singing songs, I'm thoroughly enjoying her singing, but of course I"m not allowed to join in.