what's one more?

my friend who i walk with needed to attend a funeral today (young mom with a long suffering cancer - a sad and happy occasion) and she needed someone to watch the little boy she normally watches all week.  since he knows us from walking, she asked if i was free.  madelyn would have to ride the bus (to free up a carseat) but we could do it.

i think he is 20 months or so but he is manning's size.  he and maddux often pass snacks and books back and forth between the strollers while my friend and i walk and talk so he was pretty excited to have his one 'friend' over.  it went great.  so great that he didn't want to stop for lunch or a nap!  it helped that it was a beautiful day and we were able to play outside quite a bit.

i had madelyn ride the bus so that i would have enough carseats for the four boys when i drove mason to school.  i wasn't sure how it was going to work with mason in madelyn's booster seat (he is two months from being legally old enough, but he meets the weight and height requirements) and maddux in mason's seat in the back since he can't do all of the buckles himself.  but maddux was finally  able to buckle himself in!  he picked the perfect day to make that happen too!  he buckled himself in all four time we got in the car (picking up and dropping off mason) and was even able to unbuckle once!  very exciting!

the boys played downstairs most of the morning and outside most of the afternoon.  it really worked out pretty well.  it would have been much harder if we had to do anything else in the car though and our little friend isn't much of a hand holder which made things a little tricky in the parking lot.

all four boys were very taken with alphie.

the funny part was when his dad came to pick him up because he asked if i was running a daycare!  he was a little surprised to hear that the other four were all mine.  it does feel like a daycare some days.  love.