A glimpse into a possible future

This morning I had the opportunity to see what it would be like

to have 5 kids

First we played with toys

then they begged me to watch a movie so

I put on Mickey Mouse

I love how Peyton is hanging out with her brother

Front

Back

While the bigger kids watched TV

the little kids watched me make a roll out some

shortbread cookie dough

I used this recipe because it doesn't call for any eggs

so it would be no big deal if someone touched it and ate it.

Plus it's really good!

 And good thing I did because my little monster

kept grabbing the dough till I kicked him off a stool and game him

a chair to sit on.

These boys are just a few weeks apart

Ready to cut out some "spring" shapes

YAY for cookies!

And here's some colored sugar to sprinkle our cookies with

It's just white sugar with the tiniest drop of food coloring

While the cookies baked, 

time for lunch

This was an eye opener for me because my friends two year old

had such great manners! And Jacob usually does but maybe 

because other kids where over he didn't I'm not sure

but he dumped all his water on his lap on purpose I think because

it wasn't juice, he made confetti out of his apple and spread it all over

the table and wiped his hands on his chair

hmmmmm....

Here's our cookies

Now we all get a little wild and hyper

They would stand on the ottoman and dive bomb the couch.

The whole time, in the back of my mind, 

I was thinking "their mom would not approve, maybe I should 

put a stop to this..." but look how much fun they are having =)

After the dive bombing I decided I should settle them down

so we read a few books. I wish there was someone there who

could have taken a picture of this, it was so sweet!

There were two kids on each side of me on the couch

and Peyton in my lap and they just sat and listened very respectfully

It was so SWEET!

I'll babysit for you ANYTIME T! 

We had a great time