Aunt CeeCee In The House!

This week we have had the pleasure of Aunt CeeCee coming to stay with us. She came in on Tuesday and left today, Friday. Her assistance with the children has been a true blessing.

Noelle loves to convince Aunt CeeCee to do things I would never agree to, hence the face painting picture!

After every disciplinary action I attempted, Charlotte would laugh at Noelle's typical two year old reaction. All bets were then off to actually follow through with the discipline. It will take a bit to get things back to normal but we sure did laugh a lot. When Tom was home he would tell Charlotte to stop laughing and Noelle picked up on that very quickly. She would look right into Aunt CeeCee's face and say "Stop laughing CeeCee" after we were desperately trying to put her in time out.

Wednesday we drove in to Ann Arbor. I wanted to do some clothes shopping for the children and with Charlotte around it was the perfect opportunity. I have never let Noelle roam totally on her own in a store and it was so much fun. She is all girl and knew how to shop right away. She would pick something out and say, "Mommy this one so cute!" then throw it into the cart. If I put something back she would go and get it again and excitedly say, "Mommy this one very very very cute! I please have it?". Basically she ended up getting just about all that she thought was cute, how could I refuse? While in the boys section she also had to help picking out things for Max. "Max look so cute with dis" was the standard while she grabbed a ton of different things. I am not sure I will let her do too much shopping with me again because I ended up purchasing way more than originally planned, but it was such an entertaining outing.

That night Charlotte put her extraordinary skills to use and made me a brunette with blonde highlights! It's a big change for me and I'm in love with it...let me know your opinion by leaving a comment if you want.

Thursday we decided to all go grocery shopping. Boy, that sounds really lame as I write it, but for a new Mom of two it was a big outing. Sad as that may sound, it's true. Char and Noelle were in one cart and by the time I met back up with them Noelle had done most of the shopping. She conned her gullible Aunt CeeCee into powdered doughnuts saying "I lub dese powdered do-nuts CeeCee!". She also pushed the cart around, picked out whatever she wanted, and basically ran the store. Charlotte is the epitome of sucker when it comes to Noelle, but that is what Aunts are for.

Max has been a bit fussy lately, only wanting to be held by me. That has been making life a little difficult. I can't let him get upset while being held by someone else. When he is crying while in another set of arms, those motherly instincts take completely over and I want to scoop him up and end the tears. Charlotte was extremely patient with me and him, forcing me to let her hold Max. By the time she left Max was getting used to her and didn't fuss nearly as much.

She has only been gone a few hours and I'm missing her already. It was another wonderful visit that was relaxing and enjoyable. Oh, I forgot to mention Tom and I were able to go to a lovely dinner without kids on Tuesday night! It was our first outing together, alone, since Max came into our lives. Good food and great conversation with my loved one made for an excellent dinner, one I think we as a couple really needed. Thank you so much Charlotte, for everything these last few days. Come again very soon!