The Skinners

This past week we were babysitter for Spencer's cousins. His aunt and uncle went on a cruise with his family for eight days and needed someone to watch their kids. We were perfect because our schedules are so opposite that one of us could always stay home with the kids. We had a really fun time with all four kids ranging from age 8 to 17, but I can for sure wait to have four kids. One I could maybe handle, but going straight to four was a little harder. haha. I think their mom is constantly cleaning. Being a mom is one of the hardest jobs out there. If anyone doesn't agree they should do this for a week and I am sure that they would change their minds. I could clean the house and then 10 minutes later it would be messy again. Enough of that, so anyway we planned a lot of fun activities to keep them busy, that is of course after their homework was done. We went to a University of Utah gymnastics meet. I found something online that said if you wore pink that you could get in for free. The girls loved it and the best part was they won. Kelsey loved cheering the whole time and the old man in front of us kept looking at us like are you going to stop this girl? She was just having a good time! Here are a few pictures from the fun, laugh, and food filled night. 

Megan and Kelsey

This is a really funny story that I don't want to forget so I just decided to add it to this post. Lexie brought home an old phone from school that she  bought with her fake money that she has been earning in class. Kelsey was so excited and couldn't stop trying to get Lexie to answer her fake phone call. She was screaming at the top of her lungs, just like when we were at the gymnastics meet. Lexie just ignored her and watched her show. Then the real phone rang and I told her to go and answer it and maybe they would say something back. I didn't expect her to scream in that phone too. I am sure the lady on the other end was like what is going on at that house. She went to find her brother who wasn't there at the time and screamed to the lady that he wasn't there and handed me the phone. She was from Primary Children's Hospital and was confirming an appointment. When I first got on the phone she asked if she should just call by later or if I could give the message to him. I am sure she thought I wasn't very responsible at this point. Hopefully that never happens again. haha.

Megan, Kelsey, Spencer, and Lexie

Jan and Megan 

We were up pretty high but we could still see pretty well.

I also found some things on pinterest that I thought would be fun to make with the kids. First, we made rainbow jello. You only have to use three colors (blue, red, and yellow) to make it and the colors mix to make the full rainbow. Then they loved eating it because it looked cool.

Then it was Lexie's birthday and we wanted it to be special because her parents were gone. We decided to make her this cake. The cupcakes were supposed to be different colors but she wanted chocolate cake. I still think it turned out really cute and the kids loved it so that made it all worth it. Happy Birthday Lexie! And Happy Anniversary to us! We share March 4th as our special day. The best part of our stay was trying to buy a birthday present for an eight year old because Lexie got invited to a birthday party. How am I supposed to know what eight year old girls like? Luckily I had Spencer's other aunt, Alicia, to go with. We didn't get any pictures of the older boys. They were too busy playing games with Spencer until late at night. They invited friends over every night and had a good time while I got the girls in bed.

We had a really good time and would do it again in a heartbeat. The kids were helpful and listened very well. Sunday we were very tired and ready to come home and just relax!