On Saturday night David and I invited our pastor’s kids Isaiah, 5, and Samuel, 3, to spend the night at our house. We obviously don’t have kids yet, but we love them and Isaiah and Sam are two of our favorites. After their parents Bryan and Misti dropped them off and we consumed some Chick-fil-a chicken nuggets, snack packs, and chocolate milk, we got right down to the business of having fun.
We started with a rousing game of Spiderman Sorry, which Isaiah “won”:
Then it was time to play hide and seek. My best hiding place was an empty box turned on its side which I curled up in and pushed up near the wall. It was a big box. But the most fun was hiding with the boys. Isaiah and I were huddled up in the hall closet waiting for David to finish counting, when I hear him whisper, “How long does it take to count to 40?”
“Forty seconds,” I replied.
“Wow, that’s a long time!” Isaiah responded.
We had promised the boys a “camp-in,” so after hide and seek we got busy putting up the tent and then made s’mores. In the fireplace, of course, using real tree branches from the backyard to roast the marshmallows on!
After that we attempted to calm them down enough to watch a movie. We settled on “Hotel For Dogs”. David, Lauren (who came over for the fun), and I were cracking up when Don Cheadle was on screen and Isaiah pointed and said, “Look, the president is in the movie!”
After the movie it was seriously time for bed, because this girl was about to collapse. David asked Isaiah how he usually goes to bed. Does his mommy or daddy tuck him in? Isaiah’s answer was, “We usually eat sweets until we fall asleep.” Yeah, right!
We ended up moving the boys’ tent into our room, but they were only in it for a couple minutes before climbing into bed with us. About 2:30 a.m., though, Isaiah woke up and decided to move back into the tent. I think he wanted to be a tough guy. :)
My spot was right there in the middle, cuddling with a couple of cute boys! One of them I get to keep. :)
In the morning David got us donuts for breakfast!
Then I let the boys play with the camera a little bit, which is why I have a bunch of pictures that look like this:
But I did manage to get one good one with them:
It was interesting carting them to church in my little truck with two tiny jump seats in the back, and Samuel did manage to bump his head twice, but he also said to me only a few minutes after we’d left, “Kafleen? I miss David and the dogs.” So sweet! I’m not sure who had more fun, them or us. :)
From nic:
Kat, you look gorgeous in that last picture!!
From kapachino:
Aww, thanks Nic! That makes me smile because I think YOU look beautiful in every picture I see you in. :)
From Misti:
Looks like SO much fun!!! The boys already can’t wait to do it again! Y’all are gonna be GREAT parents! Thanks for being such special friends and loving our kiddos!!!
From Christine:
Wow! That looks like a lot of fun! I have to admit that I am jealous of your s’mores making session in your fireplace. It makes me wish that I had a fireplace!
P.S. Both of the boys are really cute!
From Rae:
You do look really pretty and this post actually made me laugh. You seem like such a fun person and I am sure that your Pastor is grateful for a good friend who will do stuff like this with their kids!
From Ro Manalo:
Those kids look adorable! :-) You will make a great mom someday, I’m sure.