My little 3 year old niece is running around the house in her Hello Kitty nightgown and it is literally the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life, omg
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We certainly did! The night we had the sleepover, there were 9 of us in this house! It's only 950 sq ft, thank goodness the basement is mostly finished or we wouldn't have had room to stand, let alone sleep! ;)
I would have adored going to an archeology day camp.
Doesn't it sound awesome?! They went to actual industrial ruins of an old brick factory that has since been turned into a city park but it still has the dirt mounds of the 1930s factory, so they looked thru those for old bricks and stuff. They also learned survival skills and how to research where the best places to dig would be and did a scavenger hunt and had a makeshift dig site setup where real archeologists taught them how to use all the tools. He was in heaven! He wants to go back next year.
Holy crap that's a lot of people! And a lot of awesome good times! (tbh, I'm surprised no one wanted to sleep across the street in Mom's place!)
It was actually like the best visit with The Canadians we've ever had. Debate about if that is because the kids have reached ages where they aren't so taxing and have developed solid personalities or if it's because my brother's soon-to-be ex-wife was not here this time, lol.
Actually, for most of their stay, The Canadians did stay at Mom's house. Was easier that way, more room, less strain on Mom and me. But that night with the sleepover, The Canadian niblets would not be left out! And their dad was afraid they'd wake up halfway through the night and be upset if he wasn't there, so he settled on the couch upstairs. I gotta reply to your awesome email and I'll send you the pics of the sleepover fort.
I feel you, for me its less sleep than space. Its great though that they're all visiting. *hugs*
It was a bit overwhelming that every time I woke up in the morning (*afternoon), there were people in my house. But with the backyard, back deck, basement and the fact that for most of their trip (minus cousin sleepover night) The Canadians were staying at Mom's house, I found sleep to be my biggest issue.
It was two weeks straight though, from P going to camp to The Canadians leaving and I was glad to get my house back, despite the awesome time I had. (and I did have an awesome time, one of the best Canadian visit we've had I think. Bonus to the divorce is my brother thinks he'll be bringing them home for a week during their Christmas break as well!).
Lol We had nine people up in this house on sleepover night and the adults were outnumbered by the kids! For most of their visit though, The Canadians stayed down at Mom's house, since it's just sitting empty, so that helped a bit. Still, it was exhausting. Loads and loads of fun though.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
I spend three days straight just laying in bed or on the couch not moving after all of that (awesomely fun) nonsense. You bet I did. ;)
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I would have adored going to an archeology day camp.
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We certainly did! The night we had the sleepover, there were 9 of us in this house! It's only 950 sq ft, thank goodness the basement is mostly finished or we wouldn't have had room to stand, let alone sleep! ;)
I would have adored going to an archeology day camp.
Doesn't it sound awesome?! They went to actual industrial ruins of an old brick factory that has since been turned into a city park but it still has the dirt mounds of the 1930s factory, so they looked thru those for old bricks and stuff. They also learned survival skills and how to research where the best places to dig would be and did a scavenger hunt and had a makeshift dig site setup where real archeologists taught them how to use all the tools. He was in heaven! He wants to go back next year.
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Happy (early) Fourth, babe!
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It was actually like the best visit with The Canadians we've ever had. Debate about if that is because the kids have reached ages where they aren't so taxing and have developed solid personalities or if it's because my brother's soon-to-be ex-wife was not here this time, lol.
Actually, for most of their stay, The Canadians did stay at Mom's house. Was easier that way, more room, less strain on Mom and me. But that night with the sleepover, The Canadian niblets would not be left out! And their dad was afraid they'd wake up halfway through the night and be upset if he wasn't there, so he settled on the couch upstairs. I gotta reply to your awesome email and I'll send you the pics of the sleepover fort.
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It was a bit overwhelming that every time I woke up in the morning (*afternoon), there were people in my house. But with the backyard, back deck, basement and the fact that for most of their trip (minus cousin sleepover night) The Canadians were staying at Mom's house, I found sleep to be my biggest issue.
It was two weeks straight though, from P going to camp to The Canadians leaving and I was glad to get my house back, despite the awesome time I had. (and I did have an awesome time, one of the best Canadian visit we've had I think. Bonus to the divorce is my brother thinks he'll be bringing them home for a week during their Christmas break as well!).
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TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
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Lol We had nine people up in this house on sleepover night and the adults were outnumbered by the kids! For most of their visit though, The Canadians stayed down at Mom's house, since it's just sitting empty, so that helped a bit. Still, it was exhausting. Loads and loads of fun though.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
I spend three days straight just laying in bed or on the couch not moving after all of that (awesomely fun) nonsense. You bet I did. ;)
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