The past week I watched my sisters 4 girls. They went to Ukraine to adopt one maybe two boys that they hosted through a program last October. I love these girls. I would take them as my own if anything happened to Steph and Tyler. I have been to the hospital within an hour of each one of their births and held them and fell in love with them. I use to go up every friday when I had that day off and wasn't married and hang out with my sister and play with the girls. It prepared me to be a step mom/mom. It was insane with 5 kids and on Saturday with 6 when Syd finally came for the summer but we had a blast. There was never a dull moment. At the bottom I will list all the things we did. 
At West Jordan park have a picnic and playing on the toys.
T licking the brownie bowl clean
Gage hanging out while I get the girls ready for school
Tyler Grace
T-This girl has sass. She can pout like no other. I started to mimic her towards the end when she would pout. She was always asking for treats. She tries so hard to keep up with the older girls. She told me I embrassed her. I asked her what I did and she just said that I embrassed her. Ok. She loved my necklas and kept on trying to have me take it off and put it on the counter. I think so she could take it. She totally has youngest child syndrom, she wants everything done for her. I would walk by Gage and say "Hello mister" and by the end when she would see Gage that is what she would say. I think she thinks that is his name. She had a nightmare and was scared. I felt so bad for her. She has an imaginary friend Kenny that is a girl. She always needs something scratched or tickled.
Savanna-She was the first. I have loved seeing her grow and learn and turning into a young women. I can't believe how grown up she is getting and it only seemed like yesterday she was born. She tried so hard to convience me to let them have one of the baby kittens. I told her no and she wanted to text her parents in UKRAINE to see if they could take it. I told her that they were going to tell her no, but she didn't believe me. I told her, her dad would kill me if I let them take the cat home. She said that they could hide it. She is so adorable with T. They are little buddies. She is so helpful and loves to cook and do crafts and be active. She is so smart.
Elise (with onyx)-She is the third. She is high maintence. She is going to be a man eater. If you have ever read the Fancy Nancy books, that is Elise. Emery's hair touched her because they were sitting next to each other and she freaked out. But she is a cuddler. Her best friend is Uncle Dave. She was really dissappointed when she found out that he was married to me, because she wanted to marry him. She was the biggest help with Gage when we were in the car. She would put his binkie in his mouth or feed him his bottle or just hold his hand. She kept on saying "Oh Crap"
Emery(#2)- She is the only one with brown hair. She has big brown eyes. She fell off the tramp and I thought that she had broken her arm. She loves everyone and everything. She is very forgiving and moves on from anyone that does her wrong. She worries about others and other peoples feelings. She is sensitive. She loved the last week of school but only because they didn't do any work. When she was at our house she loved the little black kitten. They were buddies.
She loves to be tickled.
They all loved Gage. Even by the end T did. ( She asked me when he was going home at one point) They were a huge help with him. They loved to hold him and play with him . They all loved his toys also.
List of the things that they/we did:
At West Jordan park have a picnic and playing on the toys.
T licking the brownie bowl clean
Gage hanging out while I get the girls ready for school
Tyler Grace
T-This girl has sass. She can pout like no other. I started to mimic her towards the end when she would pout. She was always asking for treats. She tries so hard to keep up with the older girls. She told me I embrassed her. I asked her what I did and she just said that I embrassed her. Ok. She loved my necklas and kept on trying to have me take it off and put it on the counter. I think so she could take it. She totally has youngest child syndrom, she wants everything done for her. I would walk by Gage and say "Hello mister" and by the end when she would see Gage that is what she would say. I think she thinks that is his name. She had a nightmare and was scared. I felt so bad for her. She has an imaginary friend Kenny that is a girl. She always needs something scratched or tickled.
Savanna-She was the first. I have loved seeing her grow and learn and turning into a young women. I can't believe how grown up she is getting and it only seemed like yesterday she was born. She tried so hard to convience me to let them have one of the baby kittens. I told her no and she wanted to text her parents in UKRAINE to see if they could take it. I told her that they were going to tell her no, but she didn't believe me. I told her, her dad would kill me if I let them take the cat home. She said that they could hide it. She is so adorable with T. They are little buddies. She is so helpful and loves to cook and do crafts and be active. She is so smart. 
Elise (with onyx)-She is the third. She is high maintence. She is going to be a man eater. If you have ever read the Fancy Nancy books, that is Elise. Emery's hair touched her because they were sitting next to each other and she freaked out. But she is a cuddler. Her best friend is Uncle Dave. She was really dissappointed when she found out that he was married to me, because she wanted to marry him. She was the biggest help with Gage when we were in the car. She would put his binkie in his mouth or feed him his bottle or just hold his hand. She kept on saying "Oh Crap"
Emery(#2)- She is the only one with brown hair. She has big brown eyes. She fell off the tramp and I thought that she had broken her arm. She loves everyone and everything. She is very forgiving and moves on from anyone that does her wrong. She worries about others and other peoples feelings. She is sensitive. She loved the last week of school but only because they didn't do any work. When she was at our house she loved the little black kitten. They were buddies.She loves to be tickled.
They all loved Gage. Even by the end T did. ( She asked me when he was going home at one point) They were a huge help with him. They loved to hold him and play with him . They all loved his toys also.
List of the things that they/we did:
Made up dances, played dress up, games, played outside on tramp/swing set, put head bands and jewelery on Gage, bikes, Wii, movies ( I would be totally ok if I never saw a barbie movie ever again), held Gage, nail polish/make-up (thanks aunt liz for coming up! I took a shower while she was there.) Did hair/my hair, colored, painted rocks, played with friends, school, chalk, played with kittens, fort by the creek, went exploring, played with aunt liz, park, picnic, read books, opened the daily little presents their parents left for them (one day it was a little calender for each of the to count off the days, fruit snack, gum, ect....)Dance, driving to my house, driving back up to their house and having a Cop glare at me as he clocked me going over the speed limit a little. :) Skyped with mom and dad, calling the bus depot to find Savanna's bus driver and her home # to call to see if she had Savanna's year book and meeting her to get it, grochery store, brownies, donuts, home made blizzards, cleaned up, eat regular good for them meals ( i didn't just feed them sugar) and some where in there sleeped (well they slept). I am sure there is more but that is all I can think of.
I don't know how steph does it. I only did two loads of laundry, kept up on the dishes and feed the animals. Techology is amazing. Their parents are clear across the world and with a few clicks they could see their parents. They could text them and chat with them that way. We were lucky we got a phone call every couple of days.
With all the fighting, crying, laughing, pouting, wildness, goofyness it was a good week. Within a few hours of being home I missed them.
With all the fighting, crying, laughing, pouting, wildness, goofyness it was a good week. Within a few hours of being home I missed them.
