September 24, 2012

Water gun wars!

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• I forgot to write on the blog last night, that on our way home from church I turned on some music and Keaton just sang and sang to it.  It was quite funny-especially because Reagan was practicing learning those songs for choir and was trying to sing along herself.
• This morning was school morning for Graham, Reagan and Anderson.  We did pretty well getting ready but for some reason I have plenty of slow pokes when it comes to the last few minutes in the house.  Reagan took forever to brush her teeth and then instead of getting socks to wear only found ones with holes to show me.  Graham just wanted to ask questions instead of putting on his socks.  Campbell was too busy following Reagan around and using up my toilet paper and that only left Anderson and Keaton to get in the car quickly.  And since Keaton can't get in the car by herself-it was only Anderson moving quickly. 
• We dropped of Keaton and Campbell-who continually asked me if I had her pajamas with me.  Then dropped off Graham and finally Reagan and Anderson.  I then ran and saw two kids for work and then back about 15 minutes early to pick Graham up.  I don't have enough extra time to run home or even stop at a store-maybe I can stop by the library or at least bring a book to read in the car.
• Graham had a good day at school and loved painting with the vegetables.  As soon as he climbed into the car, he asked when 6 was-he knew open house was tonight.
• We then went to lunch at Nonna's house and then played outside with Nonna's neighbors until it was time to head home.  Keaton and Campbell had their naps and Graham followed me from room to room as I tried to pick up a few things.  
• Soon Robby came home with Reagan and Anderson.  When I asked Anderson if he had a good day at school, he said "oh, real good day."  He did have a huge sticker on his shirt so maybe he did have a real good day.  
• After they emptied their back packs, someone found a water gun and they were all asking to go outside.  I consented knowing that we really didn't have enough time for them to get to messy.  We had 5 water guns and of course 2 didn't work.  Anderson was left with the broken ones but he patiently waited and kept telling me to be careful as I used a ladder and shuffled boxes in the top of the shed to find him another water gun for their 20 minutes of play.  
• Soon it was time to leave and our first stop was Nonna and Pops' house.  A few weeks ago Nonna asked if Campbell wanted to spend the night and she was adamant that she did not.  We tried to convince her for days but she was going to have none of it.  But yesterday, she told me that she wanted to spend the night with Nonna.  I told her that she couldn't because Nonna hadn't asked her yet.  Then she said that she wanted to spend the night with Grannymom.  
• I told Nonna this story and she asked if she would want to stay tonight.  We asked Campbell and she immediately started packing her bag.  At Nonna's house, she grabbed her 20 pound bag and hauled it to the door.  We could have dropped her off in the driveway and then left and she would have been fine.  We had to practically beg her to get a good bye hug.
• Next stop was church for Graham's open house.  We saw all of the pictures that he made and pictures that he was in.  Then we walked down the hall for the cookies and punch.  The boys were pretty happy about this part.  Once each kids gets a second cookie and a second helping of punch, I start worrying that we have eaten too much and people are silently frowning at us for getting more than we should.  Ha!  
• We had supper at Catina Laredo and it was fine-the kids were on their best behavior.  This is the restaurant that the hostess asked last time if we needed a booth to trap the kids in and Robby replied that they were able to sit in chairs.  They were all pretty hungry and ate more of their food but Robby and I cleaned up our dessert eating every bit.  Now Keaton actually wasn't on her best behavior.  She was pretty cute playing peek-a-boo with Robby's napkin while he took the others to the bathroom.  But she would bang her bottle, look at Robby and laugh.  At lunch at Nonna's house, she would stand up in her highchair and then giggle.  I am beginning to think that maybe she is going to be another Campbell after all.