Last week my nieces got to stay with us for 5 days and we had a great time! My bro-in-law was on a mission trip to the Dominican and my sister had to work Fri-Mon, so she wasn't sure what to do with the girls. She asked if we would watch them and we jumped at the chance. :-)
One of my favorite parts was having them come to my Thursday night class. I've been wanting them to come since Kendalyn was 2. Now Avery is 2 and Kendalyn is 4 and we finally worked it out so they could be there. Avery, being the incredibly UN-shy girl that she is, jumped right in. Here she is playing on the chalkboard with one of the other students.
Kendalyn liked playing with the toys quietly. Of course, she picked out our My Little Ponies. :-)
...and the princesses to share with her mommy.
Since it was Valentine's Day week, we painted hearts.
Avery took her time and painted the entire thing!
We also made valentines. They REALLY like using the glue. ;-) It was so fun watching them in our class. Neither one is in preschool yet, so I enjoyed watching them in that setting. Em did too.
On Valentine's Day, Pete took a half day, so he could join Noah for his last class party, since it was also his birthday. He brought me roses and gave one to each of the girls and Em too. The girls loved them!
Most of the weekend, you'd find Avery on Noah like this. Either laying on him, sitting on him, or wrestling him. It was hilarious! I definitely think Noah is her very favorite!
Kendalyn worked really hard, while the kids were in school, to make these really special pictures for Noah's birthday. Noah loved them!
The next day was Noah's party and, I'm not going to lie, it wasn't easy getting ready for it with two toddlers in the house, but we made it! Kendalyn helped me set the table up. She did a really good job too!
Since the party was a nerf party, I had the girls stay in our bedroom with Uncle Pete, so they didn't get run over by all the boys or hit by all the flying darts. When the party was over, we put a couple bull's eyes up on the front door and let the kids shoot at them. Kendalyn really liked that part. Here Pete is helping her use Madie's crossbow to shoot. Tater had fun chasing all the darts, so he was ready for the action too.
Yet another picture of Avery sitting on Noah. I swear, it was her favorite place to be!
The girls really loved playing with our "new" toys - aka new-to-them. My house was a shambles the entire time they were here, but it was great seeing them have so much fun. Since I had to work on Tuesday, along with Pete, my dad also came out, so he could see the kids and babysit the girls that Tuesday morning. Em came back on Tuesday afternoon and we all went out to eat at Hanks that night. We had a lot of visitors over those 5-6 days, but it was a whole lot of fun too! So glad we got to have them and hope we can do it again soon!
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