Back in April when Austin's trip to France got cancelled, I told him I would keep the kids overnight so he and Melissa could have a date night. The weekends in June got busy, and so we are finally doing it now. They dropped the kids off around noon on Friday. After lunch they wanted to put the sprinkler under the trampoline.
Happy jumpers.
Claire took the hose inside the trampoline and waved it around making designs in the air.
I bought a bunch of these squirters so each of the kids could have one. They squirt really far!
Then they put the hose on the slide to make it a water slide.
Kids and water are a perfect combination, and they played all afternoon.
We ordered pizza for dinner and ate outside.
I have bikes and scooters for all the kids and Claire especially loves to ride them in the circle. Watching them is one of my favorite things. It brings back so many memories of when my own kids spent hours and hours biking and playing in the circle. And biking is one of my favorite things to do, so I love that the grandkids enjoy it too.
Miss Maddie has the cutest smile!
It took Dagny forever to learn to pedal, and she finally can, but scootering is still her favorite.
Cute cousins! Dagny was so cute with Maddie following her around the sidewalk, and would stop and wait for her to catch up.
The Bodemans have these steps and little platform by the mailboxes and all the kids love to play on them.
They like to pretend it is a stage and they sing and dance and do little plays.
Such cool kids! Maddie copies everything they do.
Dagny says Claire is her best friend. The sweetest thing ever!
Delwyn bought a projector to show movies outside and he played around it with this afternoon thinking we would let the girls watch a movie, but they watched quite a bit in the house while he was figuring it out plus we played outside until it was too late, so they watched for a few minutes in their sleeping bags until Claire was falling asleep and we moved them downstairs.
Claire has a lot of energy and plays hard all day, so when it's time for bed, she is tired and falls alseep fast.
The girls brought their sleeping bags from home and Millie and Maddie were on air mattresses. Claire slept on the couch. She was good sport because they all wanted to be on an air mattress.
Doesn't that smile just warm your heart?? She has got to be the cutest thing ever! Maddie has her own room at home, so she thought it was extra fun to be sleeping in the same room as Claire and Millie.
These girls are early birds!! They were up at 6:15 am and eating cereal by 6:30. They like breakfast food for dinner, but always want cereal for breakfast. Claire likes Life, Millie and Maddie both love Cocoa Puffs. They watched TV for about an hour, then turned it off (they know they only get a little TV time each day and were so good to monitor themselves when their parents weren't around, I was SO impressed!!) and played with the toys. Millie always wants the Pet Shop things.
Claire is a builder and had fun with the Legos.
Aunt Britta and Aunt Denya are definitely the best aunts ever! They love to play games with the kids and Headbandz is one of their favorites.
Landon came over to borrow a tool and wasn't planning on staying, but when the kids saw each other, they begged and begged to play. We were just getting ready to have a tea party with lemonade and Ritz crackers. Adorable kids!
I need to get brave enough to have all of them over for a sleepover at the same time. I should have thought of it sooner. This would have been the perfect time with Denya and Britta to help. Being a Grandma is so much fun!
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