Family is where the heart is

I got my first dose as a mother of two today. My little brother, J, cooked dinner for the rest of the siblings at our older sister C's house. Es, the oldest of us all had asked me to bring our niece to the dinner which I don't mind doing except I was meeting up with my friend Nutter Butter at the District in Tustin beforehand. As I was driving down the 405 freeway, I was thinking about one of the blogs I read. Yes I read other blogs beside Wandering Chopsticks; I also read Cracking Up by Autumn Mcalpin. She is a mother of 4 locally based in Orange County that blogs about the funny experiences she has with her children. A mother of 4 all under the age of 7.. isn't that crazy?! I thought to myself how does she do it? How do other mothers of multiple siblings do it? I was already wanting to bang my head against the wall when my daughter, niece and I arrived to the District.

Nutter Butter greeted me in front of Panera. Although I did order food, I wasn't able to eat it because of my niece. I was able to get some conversation going with Nutter Butter, but it didn't really progress after 15 minutes because I was trying to keep this little toddler under control. I wished I had some type of paper and crayons to keep her attention, but alas it was not the case. I told her to use her "inside voice" and she said "no, let's go outside!". -_- Nonetheless, my brood and I left Nutter Butter to go to C's place for dinner.

J cooked some awesome Vietnamese Crepes a.k.a banh xeo. Great Job J! I had a nice time seeing all my siblings in one place; I'm sure they did too. Oh and J, I'm sure she'll say yes. ;)