Partaaaaaa weekend!

One of our many fun bath nights with our cousins Mia and Sasha!

Playing at the park

Ryan and Naomi flew Mia and Sasha out with them to Utah on Thursday afternoon. Friday morning Ryan and Naomi left for Ryan's shows in Atlanta/NY. Mia and Sasha played at our home for the weekend. We went from one party to the next!! Friday morning we all got up and got dressed. By 9:00 a.m. Mia says, "So when are we leaving and doing something fun!" It was kind of nice Friday morning so we went down to the park. We played there for a while and then we went shopping at Target and a Toy store to buy their cousin a birthday gift. All of this sounds really easy to all of you but trust me, it was challenging moving from one thing to the next. We had 3 car seats jammed in the back of the truck. I was lifting kids up and down and trying to get wiggle worm Cruz into the middle seat by having to reach over the other car seats. I know it doesn't sound difficult, but that was the hardest part of the whole day. After the toy store, we hit McDonalds playland for more play time and Happy Meals. We came home to give Cruz his nap and luckily the girls took a rest and watched t.v. for a bit. About 3 o'clock we met the other Utah Raddon kids at the Classic Fun Center. I had never been to this place so I had no idea what to expect, but it was better than I could have imagined. We paid $7 dollars for each kid and they got the run of the place. They had a skating rink which they allowed bikes and scooters on (we brought a vehicle for each kid). Then, the best part, they had this huge room with all these bouncy things and a huge jungle gym up in the air.....it is hard to explain but really cool. We were also given tokens for the video games and Cruz really loved the motorcycle game. There was an actual motorcycle that you sat on to ride.....he was in heaven. He was running from one thing to the next. It was nice to have Macy and Georgia who are older, to help me keep track of Cruz, Mia, and Sasha. The kids were hot and sweating when we finally left that place. Needless to say, everyone slept really well that night!
Macy helping Cruz with the scooter
One of the many fun bounce things!

On Saturday we played at our home in the morning and then met the Utah Raddon's at Chuck E Cheese for Walt's birthday party. More fun for the kids! They liked playing the games and getting tickets. At the end they traded in the tickets for some fun (junky) toys! When we got home to put Cruz down both Mia and Sasha fell fast asleep on the couch! Saturday night we went over to Walt's to watch him open his gifts, eat left over pizza, and have some more yummy birthday cake. And the kids had a blast playing with each other and learning the Wii. Cruz had a blast because he loves their little doggies.
Dad and Cruz playing the basketball game at Chuck E Cheese
Walt gave out really fun gift bags that had these cool glasses in them. I put them on Cruz that night and he would not take them off. He walked around with them on for like 2 hours, it was hilarious!

Today was rainy/snowy and just plain cold out! We were having a hard time of thinking of something to entertain the kids. Finally we decided to borrow some snow clothes and take them up to Alta to sled. Actually, Shawn took them up and I had a little break. I feel very bad because he said it was hard work with the 3 kids alone and it was tough because the snow hadn't been groomed and he had to carry all of the kids all over the mountain. The kids had fun though and for these 2 California girls, it was probably good to get them in the snow!

Overall, it was really fun. We had a few struggles especially between Cruz and Sasha with sharing. Cruz says "mine" and "no" a lot right now and this weekend didn't help that nasty little habit. He loves those girls though! He is definitely going to miss them. Tonight the girls went with my mom to pick up Naomi and Cruz was walking around the house yelling "Sashy"!
Tomorrow is going to be a little rough!!!
One of the few pictures we got of the 3 of them playing together before one of them ran off to play with something else!