We’ve had a wonderful week around here! I think it may have been one of the best weeks of Elias’ life. He was just in heaven having his two cousins staying at our house for a spring visit. The house was so full of life and love and giggles. Auntie Erin, Audrey, and Sonya arrived last Saturday afternoon, and stayed until this morning. They left about two minutes before I took Elias to swimming. In those two minutes, the house was just so quiet. Two little boys can make a lot of noise…but four sweet little ones can make even more! It made me want to have more kids.
We had a couple bigger events which I will write about in separate posts, but we also spent a lot of time just having fun at home. The weather cooperated beautifully, and we were able to get outside quite a bit. The boys didn’t really need any time to “get to know” their cousins again. The four of them started off playing really well.
Simon spread the Dodger love:
The kids enjoyed playing in the tunnel a lot! After crawling through, Audrey came up with the “monster” idea. At one point, Elias, Audrey, and Sonya were all in the tunnel together. I thought I had gotten a picture of it, but I guess I only took video. Oh well. I was slightly worried they would trip or fall over, but listening to their giggles, it was hard to say no. Here is Elias being a monster by himself:
We played ball out in the driveway. After a bit, they got tired of it. The girls collected flowers. Elias climbed and jumped off the utility boxes in the corner of the yard, and Simon made a game of trying to run into the street. Too bad my boys can’t learn a lesson from their cousins about how to sit still for just a couple of minutes!
We had a movie night. Frozen is pretty huge right now with the girls, and we had never watched it. We got out the old stir crazy and had popcorn while watching the movie. Simon got tired of being ignored somewhere in the middle and brought every noisy toy he could think of into the room where we were watching the movie. But we made it through nonetheless. It was definitely a good movie. I enjoyed it, and it has a good message, but I don’t really see what all the hype is about.
The kids read books together too. Audrey, finishing first grade, is quite the accomplished reader for her age. Elias really enjoyed having Audrey read to him…and Simon did too!
They built forts! One morning while I was cleaning up a bit from breakfast, I was also listening to the kiddos playing together in the other room. They rigged up a set of boxes and covered it with blankets, and took turns being in the fort. Simon even got his turn eventually. Here is Sonya popping out of the fort.
Bubbles were also a fun activity we enjoyed more than once. Audrey and Elias tried many different types of bubbles, including the ones Elias got from his preschool teacher as an Easter present!
After all the bubbles were gone we let Simon play with the leftovers.
He showed us what he thought of being given an empty bottle.
It’s good for the boys to be exposed to girl things. Sparkles and princesses. Headbands. One morning the girls were trying to get Simon to wear a headband. He wasn’t having it. He took them off so fast I couldn’t even get a picture. Oh well.
It was such a great week. The cousins will be missed!