We made it!

Folks, me and the kids (all eight of them) survived the adventure over spring break. It was crazy at times... Let's see...The oldestm Spencer, (age 10) tied up his brother and a couple neighborhood kids to the pedal go-kart. The neighborhood kid screamed until his dad came out and freaked out (understandably). The neighbor dad came over and yelled at me and Spencer...What else? Um, Malia continuously filled the cat food bowl with water. The cat was bugging me the whole time until I realized he was following me around because he was hungry and his food was all soggy. The oldest also tried to strangle the 5-year-old. But that's okay because Carter tried to strangle Jake. I introduced them to chocolate chip pancakes (an Edwardson favorite). There were at least two or three neighbor kids over at all times. One of them, Katie, became Bella's idol and Spencer's nemesis. Bella developed a crush on Spencer, the 10-year-old and clung to him incessantly. (No wonder he tied the neighbor kid up). Malia refused to wear pants most of the time...the boys (who nromally have an all boy house) were highly disturbed by Malia showing off her Dora undies...My kids don't even notice any more. Malia also decided it was much more fun to pee in the yard than in the house...interesting since she's a girl. I wonder who taubght her that trick? The kids polished off just about everything in the entire house...there was absolutely no way I was going grocery shopping with all of those children. Carter spent the last two days laying on the couch with a fever...which was a little nice because he was not contributing to the chaos. Their grandma was supposed to come Wednesday and take the kids and I was going to go home...but Grandma couldn't come, so I stayed another day. They got home at 5:15 AM in the morning. Their flight was slightly delayed because after taking off, they had to land and wait while some crazy lady was escorted off the flight. I finally took Carter to the doctor this morning (not before because there is NO WAY I was taking 8 kids to the doctor). Turns out he just has some virus. We got out of urgent care, onto the freeway and headed straight for Nana's house in Valencia where we will be until Monday. One thing is for sure...my kids have not been bored over Spring Break. Today they're going to an Easter primary activity. Tomorrow, they'll be hanging out with friends, and Nana and Mackenzie. This weekend, Nana is filling a bazillion eggs (typical Lisonbee style) for the kids to hunt. My kids will be on a sugar high within 10 minutes since I don't let them have any sugar at home... Monday we are going to Aquarium of the Pacific with nana and Uncle Brett. By the time we get back to Fresno, they should be sufficiently worn out and ready to go back to school!