Nana and Papa Cook's house

We went to visit Nana and Papa Cook last week.  They set up a little pool for the kids and they all had lots of fun.  They got to see their cousins Jackson and Christian, whom we haven't seen since Christmas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were there to celebrate Nana's birthday and Nana and Papa's anniversary.  We need big wrapping paper for their present so we had the kids paint some tablecloths for it. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aunt Vicky, Aunt Megan and me cleaning up the kids
 

Playing in the mud

We went "home" to Michigan last weekend and the kids had a ton of fun playing on the deck and in the sandbox.

 

Our sandbox is actually under the deck.  You lift up a portion of the deck to get to it.  It was really hot out so I kept filling it with water and the kids were playing in the mud.  Anna kept saying "muddy muck!"
 

This is the second day of playing and I think she was close to falling asleep laying in the mud puddle!
 

look how muddy her hair is! 

 

 

Taking a break for some watermelon
 

 

 

Took her in and cleaned her up and she fell asleep sitting up eating her snack. 
 

Third day in the mud...  Look at her splash around.  Anna was having so much fun!
 

How handy! (and a video)

Anna and Josh were playing today and came running up to me to show me what Anna's dress can do:




(she started grinning like this as soon as she saw I had the camera)

Look mom, I can hold the cups with NO hands!

My mom got the kids a book and cd call "I love my little dinosaur pet" which is sung to the tune of the old song "calendar girl"  The kids put on their dinosaur tails and danced around to it.  (I think Anna burps at the beginning becasue you can hear her saying "excuse me," lol!)

finally updating...

Anna LOVES reading and Good Night Gorilla is one of her favorites (it was Josh's too).  When my parents came to visit a few weeks ago I got this picture of Anna and Nana snuggled up reading a bedtime story
 

 

 

Trying to put a diaper on a Duplo man

 

Playing with Duplos with Holly Hobbie wrapped to her back. 

 

 

Kids are so cute when they sleep!

 

new dolls and more...

Anna got some "new" dolls last week.  I found these vintage Holly Hobbie dolls at a yard sale and had to buy them.  I still have my Holly Hobbie sheets from when I was a kid :)  Anna loves them and insists on snuggling with all 4 at once. 

 

Rocking her dolls with help from Josh

 

 

I found them in the bedroom like this, just hanging out and looking through books

 

bedtime stories with mommy

 

snuggles on the couch

 

playing around...

We had a few days in the upper 90s here last week so I made the kids some colored ice cubes to play with on the deck.
 

 

 

playing with their dress up clothes
 

 

 

doing a ballerina pose, lol!
 

found this scarecrow costume at a garage sale and thought Nana Cook would love it :)  Anna really does like the costume (even though she doesn't look happy), most of the other pics are blurry because she was running around too much...
 

snuck a picture of daddy reading to Anna before bed <3