weekend hijinx

with kelvin being out of town, it's wonderful to have great parents who let us all come stay with them for the weekend. i get a little help with the kids, and the kids get quality-time with "gah-pa" and "gah-ma".

but first, i got kisses from the wee ones!
madi's too quick for the camera, so that one didn't turn out well.

cole, on the other hand, can be quite the little romeo and we can catch his kisses on camera!

the kids had a blast climbing "gah-pa" on friday night.
it wasn't so very long ago (or that's how it seems, anyway) that us kids were climbing all over dad.

madi preferred to sit on "gah-pa's" face.

you know things are getting serious when dad has to take off his glasses!

it was the funniest thing- once those glasses came off, madi wasn't so sure it was the same guy she was climbing on; she got a pretty confused look (which eventually turned to reproachful curiosity) and scrambled back to me.

but she got over it once the glasses were put back on... that kiss for "gah-pa" is proof that all ended well!

madison took cole and "gah-ma" for a walk....

... and after a good night's sleep, cole learned to set the table.

he was concentrating pretty hard and got the general idea...

way to go, coley!!

(this is just the beginning of "chores", buddy!)

cole got story-time saturday night- he started on the couch with "gah-ma", moved to the floor with a pillow to be like "gah-pa" and after an insistent "gah-ma c'mere!!!", he was nestled in the middle, finishing the story.

smarty.

george came with us for the weekend (of course!), but the poor guy spent most of his time either in bed or in the stroller.

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