Riley and Sophie Visit

My sister-in-law had to go out of town for a conference, so I volunteered to keep my nieces for the week. They could either stay at home with Dad - which meant going to the babysitter during the day, or come and stay at Aunt BBs house....of course I won that toss up! We had so much fun and the girls were so good. Tyler and Sophie even got along great the whole week - they tend to have power struggles since they are so close in age!

I love the things that kids say when their parents aren't around...I can only imagine what Tyler tells other people. My favorite quote from the girls was when I was mopping our kitchen floor...

Riley: "Our Dad doesn't ever mop the floor because he doesn't know how!"
Sophie: "Nuh uh...he doesn't mop the floor because he's always grouchy!"

Funny stuff! I was also very amused at the number of bandaids that are requested in a day by little girls. I learned very quickly that you don't hand out bandaids every time they are requested. I told my brother he should have bought stock in bandaids when he had his second daughter! There are such differences in little boys and little girls...it's so fun to sit back and just observe the differences...and very funny!

We were sad to see them go, but it did confirm for Tony and I that 2 children is enough for this family! Just getting sunscreen on 4 kids was a full time job, not to mention bath time!!!


Tyler (3) Sophie (3) Riley (6)
Only a brave woman takes 4 kids to the zoo!

Cole had to sit at the table like a big kid!