i (volunteered) to watch a dear friends (7) children one time (3 in diapers at once, the oldest about 11) omg!!! only took once! i can not imagine a whole week...i found 8 hours ........ about 9 too many :)
i still love parents very much...still love the kids, very much...but to be left alone with all of them at once??? i do not know how they do it!
i will be thinking of you all weekend...
maybe find some (crafty) stuff for them to get involved with...my granddaughters LOVE to play in my scraps and i keep a pretty good size box of itty-bitty pieces all the time. the youngest favorite thing is to decorate boxes...big boxes, like printer paper boxes with lids...she spreads glue on the box then places little pieces of fabric...the kids call the boxes 'treasure boxes' they love making them and they make them really cool...great use of bitty pieces i hate to throw away...and the kids give them as gifts, use them for their own treasures and can literally spend hours creating them.
have a good weekend!