This weekend Kim is in Emerald Isle for a girls' weekend with nine other ladies. So, I decided to pack Palmer up and head to Alamance County to have him hang out with his cousins.

Friday night. we spent some time at grandma's house (We didn't get to play the Wii.) hanging out with Jalen. Then, after grandma had given the boys their baths for the night, we headed to the Alston house to put the boys to bed.

This morning, Constance, my sister, had to work and Joel, my brother-in-law, had basketball practice. He asked Jalen if he would rather go with him to basketball practice, or stay at the house and play with Palmer. He chose the latter. So, I got to take care of two kids for the majority of the morning and early afternoon.

The interesting part is that the difference in the ages of Palmer and Jalen is roughly the same as the difference in the ages of Palmer and our Baby Numero Dos. So, hanging out with these two was sort of a preview of what life might be like with our second child is Palmer's age.

Overall, it wasn't that bad. I think I managed it quite well. After Constance and Joel had left, we played inside for awhile. At first, I tried to maintain some state of order, but soon I gave up and decided that a mess was inevitable and we would just have to clean up at the end of the day.



Later, we had a snack and after that I started thinking about lunch. I decided to be brave and take the boys out for lunch. I had decided to take them to CiCi's for some pizza. This had potential to get ugly because we were pushing nap times, but it turned out great. The worst part was the ride there, when I heard "Are we there, yet?" several times. The boys behaved great and both ate really well.



I did manage to lock us out of the Alston house. So, when we got back from lunch, nap times were pushed even further back because we had to play outside until Joel got home. We had a good time playing with Jalen's "roller coaster" and we even had a visit from a neighborhood dog.





Once Joel got home, we got the boys inside and down for nap time, which they were resistant to take part in. At that point, my life with two kids experiment was over.

Like I said, it wasn't that bad. I don't think for a minute that a few hours is indicative of what it will truly be like with two kids, but at least it was a glimpse.

You can see all of the pictures from our trip to the Alstons' here.

What did you do this weekend?

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