Cuz-Mania

Micah was in heaven with all 3 of his cousins staying with us for a couple days/nights. He is so entertained by the older boys and has a love/hate relationship with Ellie (she is also 3). One minute they are best of friends and the other minute they are screaming at each other. True siblings. :)

Snug as a bug (morning show to ensure safety while I showered and got ready).

 Who knew a fish could be so entertaining?

 The kiddos got to decorate their snowman pancakes for breakfast.

 Fresh air was a life savor for this energetic bunch!

PLAY-DOH!

 Tried separating this crew...2 kids per bath, but it kept ending up in a cry-fest. Everyone wanted to take a bath with Micah. So what the heck, EVERYONE just get in there! :)

 Fresh and clean ready for a Christmas movie in their jammies!

 LOVED having another girl in the house, she let me do whatever to her (very fine) hair!

 Ellie is SO cute!!

Making puppets

Little Lukee watching the big kids at play (SOON buddy you'll get to join, promise).

ALL the kiddos saying grace. We had to make our rounds. This was a marathon event...very sweet even though our food was always cold afterwards. ;)

Big boys doing quiet aftenoon projects while the babes napped

 Hysterical puppets shows

Helping Luke make his hand print ornament.

Really. This was such a fun few days. The kids were so well behaved. I loved getting to know my niece, and nephews a little bit better. They have fun, cute little personalities. Timothy is such a huge helper. He would always help clean up toys, play-doh, or whatever else they got into and help corral the kids on walks to the park. Caleb would ALWAYS take his dishes to the sink after every meal w/o me ever asking (he was the only one that would do this). Ellie is quite the little mom. Anytime Luke needed attention, she would be right there giving him a new toy or just sitting beside him making him smile.
 I don't see it in my future to ever have 5 kids, but ya never know! ;) It's a total blast for a couple days at least. Micah has been devastated ever since they've left. We can't wait till they come back! Caroline, thanks for sharing your precious kiddos! Hope you had some fun baby Nathan time and a nice little break!