Kale's Big Sister

At Thanksgiving, or maybe earlier than that, Andi told me Kale had told her what he wanted for Christmas...a Big Sister. After I told her he wasn't getting one this year or ever, she said that was okay, she could be his big sister. After some discussion Andi got to come home with Jason & I when we came back to IL on Monday afternoon. She was super excited with her backpack already on when we got to the Belts' house to pick her up. She told me she could only stay 2 days (really just 1 night) and when I asked her why she couldn't stay longer she told me, "Cooper will cry and cry and cry and mommy & daddy will try everything, but Cooper will say...waaa, where's Andi..." I made her repeat this for Jessi and then even got it on tape once we got home :).

Andi fell asleep about Monroe City, but woke up for the last hour of the ride and talked the rest of the way. Once we got unloaded she & Kale played. Anytime he would cry Andi would yell, "Kale, Kale, Hold on, your big sister's coming". This continued all day Tuesday too and I think it spoiled him a little because he was crabby on Wednesday when he got left alone for a while.

Kale went to bed right around supper time and Andi was pretty tired too, but we stayed up a little later to eat popcorn and drink root beer. About 8:30 we called back to Leonard to say good night and then finished the Princess movie we found on tv. Andi wasn't quite ready to go to bed so she got to lay in bed with us and watch tv for a while before heading to "her" room for the night.

The next morning Andi played cards & yahtzee by herself while I cleaned up from breakfast and then we played some more and did a puzzle before lunch. It is a good thing we have more time before Kale is old enough to eat "real" food because we were going to have pb&j, but we didn't have any bread, and then the chicken strips I made were buffalo style and too spicy so I made a frozen pizza and finally the lunch we started to eat around 11:45 was ready at 1:00. Andi took a big nap and woke up just in time to get ready and head to Quincy. Once Jason got home we left for Quincy to meet the Belts at BWWs for supper and to give Cooper his big sister back.

Kale with his "big sister"

eating popcorn

talking to Jessi - we had to call and make sure everyone was okay since Andi was gone

watching football in our bed- when I took this picture she told me I couldn't show her mom because she would tell her dad and then she would be in trouble and they would say, "Andi, why weren't you a big girl and sleep in your own bed?" However, when we got to BWW she told her mom everything including this so I think I am safe to show the picture

when she went to her own bed we had to take another picture to show her mom she really did sleep all by herself

eating cereal

leaving for Quincy, Kale loved Andi riding in the backseat and talking to him