Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Justin and I love hanging out with our families.  We hadn't been together with my siblings, and their families, since Christmas.  So we were very ready to see each other and watch our kids play, play, play.  My parents put a heater in their garage and had several riding toys for the kids to enjoy.  At one point, we realized that four of the five kids (Canaan not included) were in the garage playing and we were all inside enjoying one another's company.  We couldn't believe we were getting alone time, without the kids.  And then the screams started.  Someone fell, someone took someone else's toy.  Oh my...we decided we needed to set up a rotation of an on-watch adult to be with the kids at all times.  So our crew is not old enough to play independently at this point.  But it won't be long until they will be, and then we'll worry when we don't hear them.

Nana and Grandaddy joined us for a little while, before they headed off to the Cougar Party.  I seriously hope to have as active of social lives as them when  I'm 80 years old!  They never cease to amaze me.

My mom loves to sing "Five little monkeys jumping on the bed" with her grandchildren.  In fact, she would sing this song even when she had only one monkey to jump on the bed.  Now that she actually has five, she's just in Heaven.  So after all the grandchildren, except Canaan, had baths in the whirlpool tub (which they love), they jumped and jumped on Mama and Daddy's king-sized bed.  I kept trying to say that this was an ER visit waiting to happen.
When it was all said and done, Canaan had a ball.  We had so much fun with our little monkeys!