It turns out the last month's 16-day sleepover with the cousins was such a success that we all (me included) ended up missing them. Who knew? Our family was talking about this last week and decided we needed to have the girls over for a couple days and nights, so here they are. It would be nice if Landon had a boy cousin to play with, (since his only boy cousin Austin lives in Australia), but so far he seems to be enjoying himself. (The neighbor kids are in California this week so he has been really friend-hungry.)It cracks me up watching and listening to the girls play because they get so involved with their pretending. This morning they've already been panthers, and have gathered up all of Whitney's stuffed animals and tinker toys to create some other sort of game. I try to keep them fed and outside, but other than that I'm good to go.
I actually slept last night (apparently I'm on an every other night schedule) so I'm hoping to feel good today. I still feel a bit weary, but I am several steps above just functioning so I'm optimistic. I have book club tonight at Amy's house (Water for Elephants) so that should be fun.
**Do you have an even number of
boy or girl cousins in your family?
What are you doing today?**
boy or girl cousins in your family?
What are you doing today?**
32 comments:
glad to hear you got some sleep! you are an amazing aunt and mom! My poor kids don't have any cousins that live near them. I am an only child and my husband has 1 sister that has no kids. So, the kids cousins are 2nd cousins and they live pretty far away.
We are off to Cali for 8 days! Yeah, I think we have achieved THAT level of crazy!
yay for sleep! i actually got some last night and feel like a different person today.
my christian is the only boy on my side of the family ) : of course, 3 of the 4 "cousins" on my side of the family are my own kids! so when thomas is a bit older he'll have a buddy i guess.
so good of you to take the girls. they are so very "missable." hope you all have a great time!
Oh, I wish we lived by Landon - he could hang at my all boy house. My Chandler would LOVE that!
I have extra 2 littles today that are little (5&7) - their Mom is at Girls Camp.
Ah, cousins - we have more girls than boys...but they all play pretty well together since we only see them once or twice a year. Sob. Sob.
Enjoy! Yahoo for a good nights sleep AND....book club tonight!
Luci is the oldest cousin so she ends up being the boss of everyone, boy or girl! And she likes it just fine like that.
I had to go to New Orleans today because we have a patient waiting to be admitted to the hospital - she has been waiting over 24 hours for a bed - plus she has a baby with AIDS and Down Syndrome. It was not a pretty morning, but all in all I'm glad I went to check in on her. I also got my car back from the shop today. I have been without Glenda (that is what I named my Camry) for 4 days now and am glad to have her back in my driveway!!
Impressed that you got sleep with all the kiddos. We are lucky in that in Doug's family everyone has a playmate except for Weston. Which really doesn't matter he tags with Luke anyways. Enjoy book club :)
Love that you got the cousins together again. We are so spread out in our family, but there are four girl cousins (including my girls) and 7 boy cousins. They all love playing together when we get the chance. We are enjoying a huge rain storm and being inside alot. Hope your having beautiful sunshine!
You are amazing! I wish I was brave enough for a sleepover with the cousins. Maybe when K's a bit older. But a good night's sleep is always a great restoartive, and helps bolster up the courage. We'll have to talk about our sleep woes tonight. I've been having a terrible time as well.
I wish I had grown up close to cousin it sounds so fun. There is actually a girl cousin on each side of the family, one slightly older on one side, and one slightly younger on the other side, we only had one reunion each growing up so aren't really that close but we do email each other now.
what fun for all of the cousins! I don't have kids (obviously) but if I did, they'd have an equal number of girl and boy cousins, although I guess having my own would throw off that balance now wouldn't it?? I am lucky to have grown up with 3 girl cousins all my age. It was the best!
You are such a nice aunt. taking on 3 additional children is something that I don't think I'd enjoy too much, maybe when the kids are older.
Both sides of our family are about even amount of boys and girls so it's pretty nice and when the kids get older and care about playing with their cousins it'll be great, now if we can all live near each other that would be even nicer.
That is so great for the kids to hang with their cousins like that! Memories they'll have forever...especially now that we have this wonderful blog thing to document it all! :)
No sleep makes for a HARD day! Glad you were able to get some, at least for one night! My Kate screamed for an hour and a half in the middle of the night last night until she finally gave up and went to sleep (stinker) and then I was at physical therapy at 6:45am. Yuck! Hope your night repeats last nights snoozaliciousness (I think I made up a word)!
We are so predominately boys in our families! I have 6 brothers, no sisters. My hubby has 4 brothers, no sisters. We had three boys before we got our girl. Anyway, I think it's interesting how families tend to take on a gender predominance.
How nice are you to have them over again!? I am sure their mom LOVES you!! Now that I am having a boy I have evened out the cousins...3 boys and 3 girls, unfortunatley we don't live near 2 of them, but still so fun when we get together!!
I think it's so sweet that you all missed the 3 girls so much that you had to have them back. So nice.
On my side of the family there are 5 girls (4 mine), and on Keith's side, 10 of 13 are girls. So, it's pretty girl dominant.
So glad you got some sleep, even with your baby spider and cousin house guests! Enjoy book club tonight!
I miss cousin sleepovers so much. Nothing more fun. At least for them.
**Do you have an even number of
boy or girl cousins in your family? yep pretty even!
What are you doing today?**wishing i was sleeping and hoping for a girls nite out!! haha
What an aunt! You must have missed them. It hasn't been more than a few weeks since they got home. How fun for all the kids to have so much time with their cousins!
Kelly already gave you the cousin count on our shared side of the family. Steven doesn't mind all the girl cousins as much as he used to. In fact, Brynlee is one of the only girls I've ever seen him happy to be around.
Wish you were my SIL and would take my kids for me!
On my hubby's side we have 6 boys, 2 girls in the area of cousins (my daughter is one and then she has an 11 year old cousin so there is a big gap)...and my sis is finally having a baby in Sept. on my side so we will have one boy on the other (which works out nice for my 14 mo old boy). I wish we were closer with the cousins...
have fun (will we be seeing any more shirts to say that you survived?)
I loved having cousin sleepover when I was young. I want my kids to be close to their cousins but so far they are too young to not end it in crying. Maybe in a couple years. We are definitely not even either. 5 boys 2 girls. 4 babies are due by the time next Feb rolls around so we'll have to wait and see what the tally is then.
Have fun with the crowd! Can't wait to hear if there are any Megan funnies!
how nice that you got some sleep! that makes all the difference. :)
you are awesome to be so brave to bring them all back together again. :)
our family is pretty lop-sided. there are 3 cousins- all boys. it's quite the rambunctious time when they get together.
stinky about the no sleep.
again you are aunt of the year.
sorry for my lame comments so fast, i am such a procrastinator...so much to do so little time
I feel your pain for Landon-my 2 boys are the only boys on either side. At least when Henry gets a bit bigger they'll have each other to play pirates with and chase the girls!
On my family side there are 13 grandchildren. Only 3 boys, and two of them are my own. Their cousin is 7 years older. He is really good to humour and play with Carter, which we appreciate. Other than that we have 10 little princesses.
On Dirk's side there are 5 grandchilren. My three, and then a boy and a girl who are around the same ages as my kids, so that always works out great.
Have fun with your clan!
Do you have an even number of
boy or girl cousins in your family?
so far... two boys, two girls
What are you doing today?
i'm working - fridays at the hotel are a joy! tons of weddings. i'm exhausted already...
Of the cousins that live in-state, they are all girls, but my boys don't seem to mind! It's nice that they are pretty well-matched age-wise. You are a generous sister/aunt and I'm sure Adam and Amy are really enjoying their alone time! We will be coming and adding to your chaos today...
I love that you missed the girls enough to invite them back for more. Sometimes having cousins over means less work for me because they simply all disappear into a land of happy play, leaving me completely to my own devices. Nice.
Send them outside today and Take A Nap!
I think this is so fun that you can do this for each other! We have 5 (soon to be 6) girl cousins and 3 boys on Ben's side, and 3 girls and 2 boys on my side. Not even but still pretty good.
I have been having some major sleep issues this week too! Sun-Wed night I could not sleep most of the night. Finally got some ok sleep last night. What is up with the universe??? :)
What fun to grow up with your cousins around you. I knew most of my immediate cousins but they were so much older than us, 13+ years older, but my immediate family, it's fun to watch them with they're cousins and how excited they are to see them.
I am glad you are getting a little sleep. How frustrating. My sister finally had to go see a dr about her no sleep and he had to put her on it. She only needed it for a little while and then she was set again. She will use the meds if she has a hard night which is only once in a while now.
Her kids are coming next week so I am sure I will have extra kids also. It will bump me up to 8 kids which I don't know how I feel about it yet. THey are all older so I should be easy.
I think you're a little bit crazy ;)
So cute to be close cousins & close in distance -don't ever take that forgranted.You know this, 'cuz you have family in Australia -too far! I can't even begin to explain my night -friends over until 2:30 am and not hitting the pillow until 3:30 am -What the!! yikes. ciao
I always love to see what they are up to at your house and agree it is fun to hear them play. Where did panthers come from?
I feel bad for Landon as well having no boys. Though, I tend to think it's not so much as not having boys as just the age of the kids. I see that with my niece Taylor. She is older than the girls and just doesn't want to play the same way. It's hard.
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