Cousins

Painting in the kitchen

Jared holds up one of his breadsticks.

 
We have had our nephews, Jared and Billy, over for the last couple of days (Wed-Fri) while their parents got away to celebrate their anniversary.  It has been a lot of fun and I've gotten a look at what our lives could be like in a few years.  I've learned that I'm going to need to be super organized or I'm not going to get anything done.

Painting seriously

Thursday was our only complete day together and unfortunately it rained for much of the morning.  So, we decided to find some indoor activities.   There was the usual playing with the toys and puzzles and watching Ratatouille.  We took a break from the toys and painted some pictures.  I have finger paint, but the kids all wanted to use brushes.  Jared said he was painting Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse.  Anna just smeared the paint and Billy tried to eat it.  In the afternoon, Jared and Anna helped me roll out our breadsticks for dinner.  It finally cleared up in the late afternoon, just in time for them to go out and play in the yard while I fixed the rest of dinner.

Anna ate all of her breadstick dough

 
Anna has loved having her cousins over.  She greeted them each morning with a "Good morning, Jared! Good morning, Billy!"  She has had to learn to be a little more generous with her toys.  She's not used to having to share.

Playing puzzles

I was pleasantly surprised when the kids all took a 2 1/2 hour nap yesterday all at the same time!  It was a life-saver for me.  I was able to clean up morning stuff and prep dinner, plus get a little down time for me.
Thanks, Ken and Kate for letting us watch your fun boys!