Cousin Time!

From Thursday to Sunday I had two extra kids join our family! I watched my niece and nephew while my brother and sister in law were out of town. Nicky and Abby are 3 and 2 so we had an almost 1 year old, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 year olds! It was definitely interesting at times (especially in the car) but it worked out well and the kids did great. We did lots of crafts (i didn't get pics of everything), went on a lot of walks, played outside, baked, played games, went to the Y, went out to eat, went to a park for a photo shoot, read a lot of truck books, ate lots of 'kid' food, and loved on two extra kids. We love you, Nicky and Abby!

nicky LOVED the wheelbarrow!

we did crafts every day. i forgot that two year olds
like to dot themselves more than paper.

shaving cream! again...i don't know WHAT i was
thinking but at least they had fun.

cailey and kinsey got in a 'shaving cream fight' and ended
up covered in it. abby thought that looked like fun and joined
in. awesome. nicky was a great sport and tried it but decided after
a few minutes it was too messy. much to my surprise braden stayed for a
long time!

cailey was a VERY great helper while they were
here and just loved on her cousins the whole
time. she took the 'big' cousin role very serious
and helped with their shoes, etc.

going on a walk...something we did
every evening before daddy came home:)

nicky did a great job of holding someone's
hand every time we went somewhere.

my boy in the willow

i had no idea at the time that they were lined up by age...

it's just the way they sat down!

this reminds me of the Servant Song or a foot washing. i love to see them serve others even in the simple tasks.

free paint

cailey put on some really cute
puppet shows for them!

'make your own pizza' night!

they all LOVED eating the pizza's they made!