What a fun day!

I wish that I had some pictures to post here to prove the fun we had, but unfortunately our hands were a little full to remember the camera. We had such a wonderful day today, filled with lots of fun. Our wonderful friends, Sammy and Renee, had a short retreat to attend this morning, so we kept their children, Ellie and Patrick.

They arrived around 9:00ish. After we had a light breakfast, we headed out to the Fairfax County park (over by the Water Mine) to see a very cute puppet show. It was so cute!!! We all really enjoyed ourselves.

Once we were finished there, we headed to Starbucks for a very quick stop - Gavin needed some caffeine before it got any later. Then, back to the Water Mine we went. The kids were so great, and we had a wonderful time. Patrick stuck with Gavin most of the time but really came out of his shell toward the end. Ellie and Roo stuck together the whole time. They are very cute buddies. Rae was a great mother hen to all of them and also ventured out on her own to explore the bigger, more challenging slides (while Gavin and Patrick stood close by) I had Elle in my arms and stayed within arms length of Ellie and Roo. They all did an amazing job!

The time flew by! Before we knew it, it was almost 2:00, when Renee was due to pick up the kids. We grabbed a quick bite to eat (the kids had been snacking the whole time we were at the park), and then headed to home. Renee was there waiting on us.

We had a wonderful time together and all the kids did such a great job listening and being respectful and looking out for each other. Gavin and I couldn't help but look around at how well we were handling five children....wasn't bad at all....completely do-able.......maybe.....who knows?:)

The rest of the day was spent cleaning the house, a Saturday tradition to prepare for Sabbath, which is very enjoyable. I know that sounds crazy, to enjoy cleaning, but we all have our individual chores and work together, even the girls, and that makes it fun. Next, we all take baths and get dressed up for dinner. We had a super yummy Sabbath dinner and enjoyed being together as a family. What a fun day!!

Oh, and Roo got her ears pierced yesterday! I can't believe it! She's such a big girl. Reece is very proud of herself and her newly transformed ears. I'll try to get a picture of that soon.