Babysitting the Sever Boys

Today I had the opportunity to watch 4 little boys under the age of 4. Granted, one of them was mine, but it was still a crazy day. My friend/neighbor has twin boys, Garrett and Eli, that are a few months younger than Brayden, plus a 10-month-old baby boy. We all had a lot of fun. It wasn't nearly as bad as I had been fearing.

The older boys had a blast playing with all the available toys and games. I really think Brayden enjoyed spending the day with other little kids. I know he will love it when he can finally go to preschool.

After a yummy lunch, we all bundled up and headed outside to play.

We started in the backyard, but the front yard had the swing, so it wasn't long before we made it out there. Next was nap time and it wasn't long after that both dads came home.

I don't know how I would handle that if I had to do that every day, but it was a great break from the norm.

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

Brayden and I were having a wonderfully lazy day today - thus the PJ's still on after lunch - and we had a lot of fun playing together. At one point, he decided to become a little performer and sing for me. "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" now has a soft spot in my heart.

Thanksgiving Shooting

Craig has started a new Thanksgiving tradition this year; rather than playing football, he gathered friends and family to go shooting. I wanted to come, but I wasn't sure if it was the best idea with me being pregnant and all. So I stayed home and had a wonderfully relaxing morning while my boys drove down to the west side of Utah Lake to go play with their guns.

 

Brayden had a ton of fun using Craig's old BB gun. Last time he went, he was a little too young to understand what he was allowed to touch, but he had no problem this time. And he had Dad's and Grandma's help all morning.

Meanwhile, the rest of the adults got to play with the big guns. Here are my dad, Dean, and Tori shooting at clay pigeons. Charles and Joe are off to the left with their own little hand gun set up.

Finally it was time to come home so we could get to Craig's mom's house for Thanksgiving, but it looks like the boys were ready for the morning to end. Hopefully next year I'll be able to go with them.