Full House

Wow, it's a windy day. the door keeps blowing open,and the little kids can't seem to shut it. It's especially blustery up on this hill at the Crowe's house. Mattie and I are babysitting while Deb and her sister have a "girl time." We have ten kids under eleven (since Ethan came to play)...aged approximately 10 mos, 1,2,3,4,5,5,7,9,and 10. Yikes! It's really not as crazy as it sounds, though, because they're all playing really well together. I think the more there are, the merrier. The most tedious babysitting jobs are the ones where there are one or two kids who need to constantly be entertained. These munchkins have plenty of imagination :) They're romping in the gusty weather, reading in cardboard boxes while eating mangoes (don't ask!), chewing teething biscuits...

There are lots of bottles, diapers, and dishes. It's amazing that Deb and her sister have gotten any packing at all done, but sure enough, there are boxes of books and clothes around. I can't believe they are really heading off to Ukraine in two months! Check out the update on their house and the work the construction team is doing at the site in my list of links below.

Someone's crying, Lord, kumbayah...