Breakfast in Bed

Jason and I were reminded this morning how great our kids really are.  This morning Riley and Wyatt (with the supervision of Ben) brought us breakfast in bed.  Breakfast this morning was 2 pancakes each - pre-syrupped of course - brought to us on a cookie sheet - used as a tray.  After breakfast they cleared our laps.  Then I asked Riley to bring me a napkin because I really had to blow my nose.  She wrote this note on it.  You should have seen their faces when I ripped it in half and blew my nose.

Then Sir Wyatt came in and took our drink orders.  Water for Jason and milk for me.  Riley brought us our drinks.  I took a big sip of mine just to find out that she poured me a big ol' glass of Collin's Vanilla Almond milk.  Jason was kind enough to share his water with me.

We were told that this is going to be what they are going to do every morning for us.  yeahhhhh.....  We brought it to there attention that if they do this every morning for us it will no longer be a treat.

Let's Play Dress-Up.

Who needs dolls when you have younger brothers???  This is Riley's thought process at least.  Here are a few of the outfits she has picked for them.

When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play.

Now that I'm working from home I usually have someone here to help watch the kids while I'm working in my office, either Jason or Cherise.  Last week Friday Jason had to work 9-9, Cherise was on a youth trip in Canada, and I had to get some stuff done.  So I put the littles down for a nap and let the bigs go in the backyard and paint their picnic table with acrylic paint.  Washable paint wouldn't work because their beautiful artwork would wash off with the first rain.  They did an absolutely beautiful job on the table as you can see.

But this gets boring after a while.  So they think quickly about what else to paint.  "Hmmmmm.....  I know!  We'll paint Wyatt!!  Great idea!  Head to toe."  The only thing they left unpainted were the kid's eyeballs.  He came running into my office jumping up and down saying, "I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey!".

The extra pair of legs belong to Riley.  She painted herself too, but not nearly as much.  Just a little on her legs, face, and hair.

Just to let you know a nice, warm, soapy bath takes acrylic paint right off.  No paint thinner needed.