Sunday, July 4, 2010

Fun in the sun...

We went to my sister-in-law's house yesterday for Sabrina's birthday party.  She has a nice in-ground pool and I was hoping the boys would get to play around in the water.  Sadly, the water was way too cold.  Nicolas decided he wanted in until he felt how cold the water was.  He got in up to his waist and decided that was enough. 

The boys however, got the chance to spend some time with most of their cousins.  The older girls (all but one of the cousins there were older than them) were so good at playing with them and keeping an eye out for them.  It is so cute to see them all chasing after the boys.  And the boys loved every second of it.  At one point they had all 5 girls waiting on them hand and foot and they were in heaven.

We will be doing it all over again in another month except this time all of the cousins will be there for Grandpa's birthday.  It will be great to see them all together.  Hopefully the weather will be just as warm but that the pool will be a little warmer so that my boys will want to go in. I was lucky enough to have Carolyn look after the boys for a while so that I could go in the pool with the older kids and play.  What a great day!

The boys did not nap at Carolyn's (or if they did it was not longer than 30 minutes) but made it until bed time.  It was only when we were in the bath that they were becoming a little unbearable.  They went to sleep with minimal fussing.  Nicolas complained a little because he had thrown all of this stuffed animals and blankets in Zachary's crib in an attempt to wake him up.  That did not work at all.  I went in thinking they were both still awake and turned on the light to find Nicolas' stuffed animals.  Only to find Zachary sound asleep and not even flinching when I turned on the light and moved him to get Nicolas' bear.  They both slept in until 9:15 this morning when I finally went in and helped them wake up.

Here are a few pictures from our fun day:

Zachary and Brownie the Bunny:

Nicolas and Brownie the Bunny:

The boys playing with Lauryn and Katie:

Fiona helping Nicolas with the water gun:

Lauryn fixing the water gun for Zachary :

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