fun with... oh, everyone?!

i fear this is going to become a habit- putting off uploading all the latest photos and posting about them. we're into a once-a-week rut; ooops. i'll have to try to fix that... :)madi shared her ducky with grandpa dan friday night when they popped over for a visit. we have SOOOO many duckies- at least twelve. most of them are "treasures" from daycare at biolife. we have a flock of oddly-dressed ducks here- everything from a cowboy (thank you, elissa and logan- that one's gotten us through many a bath!) to pirates to a crazy duck in a white coat to santa to "frosty"... the list goes on. there's even a duck masquerading as a reindeer. a penguin too, i think. yeah, we have ducks.

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back on track...

cole likes to 'hide' under the big blanket on the couch- he thought it was THE coolest thing to hide with grandma ruby and grandpa dan! i love how you can see just his toes peeking out...

after awhile, he was hiding grandma and grandpa and then finding them. i'm not sure who got the biggest kick out of the game: him, or them. lots of laughter, to say the least.

madison's got the best of both worlds...

on saturday we had some pint-sized company! henry and maggie came over from next door for a few hours. we had four kids under the age of four, and it was a blast! within minutes, every single toy was out of the cabinet and on the floor (thank you, kelvin, for instigating that... and for cleaning it up later!). we even tried bubbles for a little bit, but henry ended up getting an eyeful, so that put the kibash on the bubbles. poor kid- that stings!

huh. looks like it rained legos. or something...

since henry and cole are both boys (and almost a year apart), i thought they'd be inseperable, but in the end it was maggie and cole who were partners in crime. kelvin showed cole that he could sit in the empty toy cabinet, which started a whole new game.

double trouble!! :)

i didn't get any photos of it, but after the toy cabinet lost it's intrigue, cole flipped the lego table upside-down and gave maggie rides in it. now i wish i HAD been more obsessive and taken the camera out for that too. oh well- it was cute, trust me!

the kids slept like logs saturday night... and from what i was told, there were some nice long afternoon naps next door too! eh, play hard, sleep hard, right?

cole had to shave with daddy sunday morning. yes, that's a culver's spoon he's shaving with. whatever works, right?

madison had gotten a sweet little sailor dress and sweater from her great-grandma when she was first born. we'd all assumed she'd be able to wear it over the summer, but she's JUST now fitting into it. thank goodness for the sweater... and fyi, she left the headband on for two hours!

pretty li'l sailor girl!

we went to levi and kayla's yesterday afternoon to hang out. the game was on, so the guys were occupied with that. kayla's parents came over, too, which was fun... they're a hoot!

kayla and madi

madi and the "baby"! she even gave it a hug, after kayla showed her how.

cole played with the other "baby"; it's obvious that he's a big brother judging from the way he holds baby dolls. i should state, for the record, that while cole has plenty of "boy" toys, we don't discourage him from playing with babies... it's ok, in my opinion, for him to learn to be nurturing.

cole dragged the laundry basket out of the bedroom and the kids had a blast in that for quite awhile. madison enjoyed the rides, and later used it as a walker of sorts, pushing

it around all by herself.

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we start off this week with boogery children- overnight, they've both developed runny noses and hoarse little voices. oh well- "better a nasty cold than anything with the pukies", that's my motto. i'm just glad they're coming down with it now instead of at the end of the week... madi's birthday is friday, with a small party saturday, so hopefully they'll be much perkier by then. it's been almost two months since they were sick last, so their immune systems have had a little time to recover.

now, off to wipe little noses and fill little tummies with lunch... and then some time with kelvin, while he's laid off!