Thursday, February 12, 2009

Swap and Valentines Party

Clockwise from top left: Austin, Paige, Cameron, Ellie, Hannah holding Zachary, Abby holding Alaina, Jaclyn holding Ashlyn, and Aubrey holding Lauren
Today we had our babysitting swap and Valentine's Day party for the kids. I have been participating in the babysitting swap since Paige was around 5 months old. This is the original bunch of kids. We originally started with 5 moms, and now there are just four of us. Every other week two moms stay at one of their homes and watch all four people's kids. The other two moms get from 9am to noon, to do whatever they want to do without kids. Sometimes I clean, sometimes I run errands, and sometimes I really do nothing at all except take a nice long shower. It works out great and the kids love it.
The hardest part of the day is lunch.

Alaina had her first pizza today. She did a good job eating it and I think she liked it. It's so cute to see her and Zach sitting there together.

Alaina was all smiles today!

Paige loves playing with Hannah. She is definitely her best friend.

The kids all decorated their Valentine's bag and passed out Valentine's to each other. Paige really liked her candy necklace.

I don't think she quite gets it yet, but she liked the idea of all the cards and candy.

My baby is getting so big. She stood in the middle of the room for about 30 seconds today all by herself.

We ended the day with special heart rice krispie treats.

3 comments:

Prachar family said...

Looks like so much fun, but so quiet to view pics of on the computer!!! I can't believe how big those kids are getting!

The Novotny News said...

Looks like you guys had a great time!! Lucy is enjoying her candy necklace as well. She wore it to school today!!! Miss you guys and can't wait to see you all again!!

sweetander said...

Great picture of all the kids - I think they're all looking (except maybe Lauren). So much fun:)