Our First Solo Week

This week we were solo. Daddy was at work, Gram went home, so our weekdays were just the five of us. Mom outnumbered by four kids. It actually went really well. We kept busy and I kept everyone alive. Success.

We started the week at Wilton Wildlife for their animal tracking nature hour. Not such a hit...

But sledding afterwards, though treacherous, was fun. No opportunity for photos when sledding with three kids and a baby...

The weather was so nice Tuesday I took the kids to the playground. A little too nice... very wet and slushy. At first at least one kid wasn't happy to be there, but they all ended up having a good time.

Later in the day Baby got his first bath.

It wore him out!

Before music class we took a walk downtown.

Wednesday SlimJim decided to eat his oatmeal all by himself.

Thursday I made the kids play outside. In hindsight, not the smartest idea, since they ended up swimming in the puddles...

And Friday our big excitement was taking Baby to his doctor's appointment.

Roller Skating and Meeting Friends

Today was the monthly homeschool day at a nearby roller rink and activity center. For the first time, SlimJim wanted to try skating too. It was pretty adorable.

And in other news, being the fourth baby, Baby4 has totally been out to all the germ infested play places and loves meeting MiniM.E.'s friends. He's going to have a stellar immune system.

Billy Beez

Today we ventured down to Albany to try out Billy Beez. We've been wanting to go for a while, but I heard it was very busy on the weekends (confirmed by the lady that worked there) and it's super expensive. But we needed a get out of the house day and the kids needed to burn off some steam.

It was AMAZING. Totally worth the money, if we had been able to stay all day. And awesome because it was a weekday so it was almost empty.

We had a great time and wore the kids out!

Winter Fun

Since it will be hard to get all the kids out to go sledding this winter, Daddy made a mini sledding hill in the yard with the snowblower. Even though it's not too big, it's pretty fun, and definitely gives the kids something else to do when they play in the yard. 

It's also fun to walk down to the cul de sac down the street and play on the giant piles left by the snowplow.

Setting ln

Finally Home

It is certainly going to take some time to adjust to being a family of six, but so far Baby4 fits right in and everyone is so happy he's finally here. He's quiet and easy going. He likes to be held (which is good, because everyone wants to hold him) and cat naps most of the day and eats most of the night. We'll have to work on that... 

Baby4 Meets the Family

Yesterday the girls came to see Baby4... twice! Because they couldn't get enough. All they wanted to do was take turns holding him and it is beyond adorable how much they love him already.

Today we got to come home. It was the first time SlimJim came to the hospital because we all thought it would be too hard on him to see me and have to go home without me. I was a bit disappointed he didn't seem to miss me at all, but the best surprise was how excited he was to meet his baby!

We are so glad to be home!