My day with my boys

My grandma called me last night and asked if Aliya and Zaynah could spend the night tonight. They love to stay over there so of course it was okay with me. I have cousins that are the same age as my girls and they were over there staying too. So before school started they needed on last summer thing. So that gave me a whole day with my boys. We went to Target and Michaels, jsut hung out together. They had a nap and I just sat in the silence. Having four kids I get so caught up in taking care of them, that I think I miss out on the one on one time with them. Joshua talks like a grown up, it is something. I can carry on a conversation with him without breaking down the words. He is growing so big, so fast. I was sitting at dinner last night with all the kids and Nate. My mind was somewhere else, but I was thinking at how wonderful it would be to have just more day of them being newborns, to craddle them, smell them, nurse them. Oh how fast it goes by!! Wyatt has cut four more teeth at once, he claps his hands, and waves bye-bye. When did this happen??? I go back regularly and read the blog of his birth, just to live in that moment again. All of it seems like a lifetime ago. Well, enough of the emotional mumbo-jumbo.

**One more thing about babies...my sister-in-law looks FABULOUS carrying twins. Her pregnancy totally agrees with her. Love you Jackie!!

Okay, anyway, back to the day with the boys. Nate and I decided to take them to McDonalds tonight, it was so fun. Josh was a clown the whole time. He loves to meet new kids and show them his stunts. Then it was home to mow the lawn, Josh's favorite thing in the world. He got dirty enough for a bath with Wyatt. After his bath I wrapped a towel around him and bundled Wyatt in a towel and we went in the garage with Nate. Josh dropped his towel and streaked in the front yard. That boy has no shame, he thought he was funny. Before long him and Wyatt were in bed. The day may seem pretty dull and boring, but it was such a special time for me. Now to prepare myself for my girls to leave me and start school. I have already been down this road with Aliya, but Zaynah is such a homebody. She told me yesterday that she thinks that she can walk in school alone, without me. That made me so sad, but I need to encourage her and assure her that she can. So that was my day, with a few sidenotes.