On Saturday I totally lost it on the girls for being soooooo loud during Clarissa’s nap. Every day that they are home during Clarissa’s nap we have to remind and remind and remind them to be quiet and not wake the baby. I have been giving these daily reminders ever since Mary was born and Lydia was old enough to understand the concept of being quiet. Honestly, this aspect of parenting drives me out of my mind. On Saturday after reminding them for the millionth time I started screaming (and probably woke the baby myself) and made the girls do a long practice since they weren’t being quiet anyway.
After this unhappy episode we loaded into the car and drove to the Christkindlmarkt in Salt Lake to meet up with Tom and Suzanne. The Christkindlmarkt has EXPLODED in the past two years. When we first started going it was just a little semi circle of candy stripe huts, and hardly anybody was there. Now we had to wait over ten minutes just to turn left into the park, and finding parking reminded us of Disneyland, only less organized.
But honestly, this might have been the most fun we have had at the market. Last year it was an absolute nightmare with screaming kids, freezing cold temperatures, and a deadline we had to make getting back to Orem so Nick could make it to his job on time.
This time we had Tom and Suzanne to help us with all of the kids and that was just so huge. Both girls had to make bathroom trips, Ammon was a handful, and Clarissa was melting down by the end. But since we had four adults, it wasn’t the crazy insanity of years past. It was actually a lot of fun!
Then at night Abe tucked the kids all into Ammon’s bed. Mary left shortly after and went to her own bed, but Lydia fell asleep with Ammon. They were all so cute and snuggly:
