babysitting

TEMPORARY PARENTHOOD

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okay so first off let me just say is she not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?
meet castine.
my newest and cutest best friend.
the past 10 days have been some of the most memorable days of our life!
Will and I babysat 5 kids for ten days while their parents traveled down to Machu Pichu and we had the best of times.
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we couldn’t really complain that we were living in the most gorgeous home with 5 of the best behaved kids!
we were so busy everyday but loved playing soccer in the backyard, driving carpools, making oreo cake bites, using our ice powers (frozen, duh), chalking in the driveway, going to kindermusik, soccer games, school musicals, ice cream trips and much much more!
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oh and having a wash room wasn’t too shabby either.
we don’t have a washer/dryer in our cottage so we LOVED being able to finally do our own laundry!
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we went to the wizard of oz one night and castine was able to meet dorothy!
she was a little starstruck…
her sister, jordan, was the wicked witch and she made sure everyone in the audience knew she really didn’t melt!!
“she is still alive everybody, don’t worry!!!”

 

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we watched frozen and the croods approximately 293803219 times
and occasionally i would find her watching our wedding video hahaha. she loved it!
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my parents have the most perfect kid-friendly backyard so we spent lots of fun days swimming and being “ariel”

 

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OKAY WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS ^^^^
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we even drove all the way down to provo to wish eat the best pizza (slab) and wish my two best friends a happy 22nd birthday!

 

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how pretty are they ^^

 

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and then lets not forget about all of our easter festivities!!
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lots of fun craft nights in their craft room
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will was injured yesterday playing ward ball so today he couldn’t participate in the easter egg chase.
poor thing!
his ankle is the size of mars.

 

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i loved everything about being temporary parents.
i loved how busy we were, how dependent they were on us, our 3 year-old saying the sweetest night-time prayers, getting the 4-1-1 on all the jr. high drama, and the endless festivities that come alongside a busy family home.
here’s to my first night without this angel by my side!!