June 24, 2014

cub scout day camp and a day at home with the little ones

noah had his first cub scout day camp ever today!
he got up bright and early for michael to take him to the church
he was gone all day and i was surprised how much easier 4 kids felt
and also how much i missed him all day long
 we had a nice low key day at home
while i was vacuuming olive held hands with henry on her bed
 henry was all smiles all day
he was having a hard time eating or sleeping because he was so smiley and social
 eleanor has become really jealous of henry lately
it's terrible
she won't let me hold him without holding her, too
it's an exact repeat of olive and eleanor two years ago
i was really hoping to avoid it this time around...
anyway, i have to try to distract her so i can take care of henry
today she enjoyed looking out the window while we hung out on our bed
she loves to point everything out to me
it's pretty cute
"airplane mommy!" "bird!" 
isn't her hair wild lately?!
 i guess this is what happens when your older brother is away for the day
and you're stuck home with your three big sisters...
olive said he needed to wear it to so he could show me he loves me
i don't think henry was thrilled to have something constricting his head for the first time..
 the girls all helped me make pizzas for dinner
olive was a big help eating lots of cheese

 hazel and olive stayed in their jammies all day 
 noah came home from day camp so happy
he got to shoot a bb gun, do archery, make a leather bracelet, buy binoculars and a snow cone
it was pretty much heaven for an 8 year old boy 
 he also made a spy glass that really works!
 the pizzas were delicious
thanks to my three cute helpers
 eleanor thought she was pretty cool wearing noah's sneakers and holding his lunch box
it was a good day
added bonus that michael got home a little big earlier from work than anticipated
and saw that i'm tired and sick (sore throat) so he sent me to lay down
while he put all the kids to bed
such a darling!

ps. here's noah's group picture from the day

3 comments:

Christie said...

sorry that you're sick, but glad you got a break at the end of the day! Alex actually likes to wear Daphne's headbands... so at least be grateful Henry doesn't like it :) do you make your own pizza crust? it looks delicious!

{natalie} said...

Those pizzas look really good.

I'm happy Noah had such a fun day. Kade loved it last year. We have been so lax with scouting lately. I feel bad about it but it just slips my mind!

Your girls are all so cute.

I hope the sore throat goes away quickly! And good job Michael giving you a break. Being home with our kids all day is no easy task (for any of us)

Natalie Smith said...

Olive and her headbands....too cute!