I took another trip down to Houston to babysit the kids again. I flew in Wednesday the 22nd and was flying out again on Sunday. When I got there, my sister informed me I couldn't leave until the following Sunday. She had tickets to
Kid Rock and
Lady A at the Houston Rodeo in the middle of the week! Oh. And they were going out of town again the next weekend and wanted me to watch the kids. I accepted their bribery. It's been a while since I've been to the Rodeo.
So, instead of staying for a few days, I stayed for a week and a half. I missed Jeff. Jeff missed us. I somehow managed to have fun at Kid Rock.
I left Tristan with Tiffany and took my friend Tanya. We were baby free the whole night! That was fun. And Kid Rock was awesome.... and so was watching the three drunk guys dance in front of us all night.
The rest of the pictures are out of order, but it doesn't really matter cause the trip was a blur anyway. The best part of staying longer was actually getting to see Tiffany! We took the kids to Ihop for National Pancake day on the 28th. Awesome. Tristan does not have patience to wait for pancakes...
Andie is a phenomenal artist. Her entire body was covered. It wasn't even my fault-both her parents were home.
This picture cracks me up. I couldn't find her one morning and here she was... just hanging out in the tub.
Tristan and Andie... in a tub with water this time. They were hilarious in the tub together. They copied everything the other one would do. Makes me excited for two kids.
Emma is a state finalist in the National American Miss competition. We had to shop for heels that were age appropriate for an eleven year old. Personally, I don't think there are heels appropriate for that age but hey-she has to win this!
It was fun to hang out with Tiff-we went to one of the kids games... (yes, that is my sister who has had seven kids. Seriously. And we're the same size.)
There is about an eight second time difference in these pictures. Can you see Tristan trying to hug Andie? I say hug, but he was really using her for balance.
One of the days that I was feeling crazy I took the three little ones to the store. Um. If there hadn't been samples for them to eat I would have left them all in frozen food aisle and left without them. What a handful of monkeys. And somehow I still managed to spend $80.
Oooh the little artist.... thank heavens this washed off. I am telling you, she is bad!!! Ha. One Saturday I had to get the kids to baseball games almost every hour and a half. So, I left the two littles with Tucker and took the rest of them with me. I almost died laughing when Tucker called and asked when he was going to get some relief. I guess they both had woken up from their naps. Andie filled a cup of water up from the cooler (spilling it everywhere) and went to give Tristan a drink, (spilling it everywhere). Tucker was cleaning up the water at the cooler when he saw that Tristan was soaked and started cleaning that up. Meanwhile, Andie, now out of water, went BACK to the cooler to refill. He went to clean that up while she went to give Tristan another drink. That was when he called, "I can't keep up with this!!! I need help!" Before I could respond he said, "Ohmygosh Andie is on the table dumping out a bag of Chex Mix and Tristan is on the stairs! I gotta go!" Needless to say, I ran home in between games....
The kids on Go Texan Day. Super. Cute. Oh, you mean your state doesn't have a "Go Whatever Day?" Well, welcome to Texas. It's a great place to live and we're proud of it.
Ah. This photo. I don't know why I am posting this. This was seriously so bad. I had just picked up all the kids from school and we headed home. Rushy Roo can get in and out of the car on his own. I don't have to actually help him. And, since we were going a quarter mile from the park to the house, didn't make him sit in the front in his booster. Anyway, I carried Andie and Tristan, who were both sleeping, in the house and laid them down for a nap. Then I grabbed Tucker to drop him off on his survival camp out so he could kill a chicken for dinner, and left Emma in charge of the kids for half an hour. Ten minutes into the car ride I smacked my head, "Agh! I promised Rush he could with us so we could stop at the store and get peaches! I feel so bad." Tucker looked at me like I'd lost it. "Are you kidding? He's in the back seat." I thought HE was joking. "Are you joking!?" I said. Nope. He wasn't. Rush had been asleep in the back the whole time. In fact, he just stayed asleep til we got home... he woke up as we pulled into the driveway, no clue his awesome Aunt left him there and asked where everyone was. I'm just super glad it was 60 degrees out and late in the day so he didn't cook! Geez! I am a bad person!
This was the sunset one night. Ah-I miss the trees!
I put Panda's hair in pig tails. She is so dang cute it's easy to forgive her for the artistness in her.
I posted this one on Facebook, but it was a chubby bunny competition with Nilla wafers. Tristan won. He had three in his mouth. Then he took them out to show everyone and they all gagged.
This is how Panda eats her cereal.
This is how Landen and Tristan ride. Tanya picked me up from the airport AGAIN and we went to lunch and to the mall with our little men. They were awesome lunch dates. They smiled, and flirted, and were cuddly... love our little boys.
They fed each other crackers at lunch. It was so funny.
At the Rodeo.... overall it was a fun stay! I think the house was a little more orderly than it was the last time I lef8t 411 (thank you, Tristan) and no one died in the knife fight. Now that I am home and with Jeff I can miss the kids again. Tiffany has such great kids. They honestly almost don't need a babysitter.
So, instead of staying for a few days, I stayed for a week and a half. I missed Jeff. Jeff missed us. I somehow managed to have fun at Kid Rock.
I left Tristan with Tiffany and took my friend Tanya. We were baby free the whole night! That was fun. And Kid Rock was awesome.... and so was watching the three drunk guys dance in front of us all night. 
The rest of the pictures are out of order, but it doesn't really matter cause the trip was a blur anyway. The best part of staying longer was actually getting to see Tiffany! We took the kids to Ihop for National Pancake day on the 28th. Awesome. Tristan does not have patience to wait for pancakes... 
Andie is a phenomenal artist. Her entire body was covered. It wasn't even my fault-both her parents were home.
This picture cracks me up. I couldn't find her one morning and here she was... just hanging out in the tub.
Tristan and Andie... in a tub with water this time. They were hilarious in the tub together. They copied everything the other one would do. Makes me excited for two kids. 
Emma is a state finalist in the National American Miss competition. We had to shop for heels that were age appropriate for an eleven year old. Personally, I don't think there are heels appropriate for that age but hey-she has to win this!
It was fun to hang out with Tiff-we went to one of the kids games... (yes, that is my sister who has had seven kids. Seriously. And we're the same size.)
There is about an eight second time difference in these pictures. Can you see Tristan trying to hug Andie? I say hug, but he was really using her for balance.
One of the days that I was feeling crazy I took the three little ones to the store. Um. If there hadn't been samples for them to eat I would have left them all in frozen food aisle and left without them. What a handful of monkeys. And somehow I still managed to spend $80.
Oooh the little artist.... thank heavens this washed off. I am telling you, she is bad!!! Ha. One Saturday I had to get the kids to baseball games almost every hour and a half. So, I left the two littles with Tucker and took the rest of them with me. I almost died laughing when Tucker called and asked when he was going to get some relief. I guess they both had woken up from their naps. Andie filled a cup of water up from the cooler (spilling it everywhere) and went to give Tristan a drink, (spilling it everywhere). Tucker was cleaning up the water at the cooler when he saw that Tristan was soaked and started cleaning that up. Meanwhile, Andie, now out of water, went BACK to the cooler to refill. He went to clean that up while she went to give Tristan another drink. That was when he called, "I can't keep up with this!!! I need help!" Before I could respond he said, "Ohmygosh Andie is on the table dumping out a bag of Chex Mix and Tristan is on the stairs! I gotta go!" Needless to say, I ran home in between games.... 
The kids on Go Texan Day. Super. Cute. Oh, you mean your state doesn't have a "Go Whatever Day?" Well, welcome to Texas. It's a great place to live and we're proud of it. 
Ah. This photo. I don't know why I am posting this. This was seriously so bad. I had just picked up all the kids from school and we headed home. Rushy Roo can get in and out of the car on his own. I don't have to actually help him. And, since we were going a quarter mile from the park to the house, didn't make him sit in the front in his booster. Anyway, I carried Andie and Tristan, who were both sleeping, in the house and laid them down for a nap. Then I grabbed Tucker to drop him off on his survival camp out so he could kill a chicken for dinner, and left Emma in charge of the kids for half an hour. Ten minutes into the car ride I smacked my head, "Agh! I promised Rush he could with us so we could stop at the store and get peaches! I feel so bad." Tucker looked at me like I'd lost it. "Are you kidding? He's in the back seat." I thought HE was joking. "Are you joking!?" I said. Nope. He wasn't. Rush had been asleep in the back the whole time. In fact, he just stayed asleep til we got home... he woke up as we pulled into the driveway, no clue his awesome Aunt left him there and asked where everyone was. I'm just super glad it was 60 degrees out and late in the day so he didn't cook! Geez! I am a bad person! 
This was the sunset one night. Ah-I miss the trees!
I put Panda's hair in pig tails. She is so dang cute it's easy to forgive her for the artistness in her.
I posted this one on Facebook, but it was a chubby bunny competition with Nilla wafers. Tristan won. He had three in his mouth. Then he took them out to show everyone and they all gagged.
This is how Panda eats her cereal.
This is how Landen and Tristan ride. Tanya picked me up from the airport AGAIN and we went to lunch and to the mall with our little men. They were awesome lunch dates. They smiled, and flirted, and were cuddly... love our little boys.
They fed each other crackers at lunch. It was so funny. 
At the Rodeo.... overall it was a fun stay! I think the house was a little more orderly than it was the last time I lef8t 411 (thank you, Tristan) and no one died in the knife fight. Now that I am home and with Jeff I can miss the kids again. Tiffany has such great kids. They honestly almost don't need a babysitter.
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