Girls' Tea Party

One day for lunch, I pulled out the toy tea set that Grandma Grinnell got for the girls one Christmas and served their lunch on it. It's an easy way to dress up a normal lunch. I

cut up their PBJs in 4s, put strawberries with ReadiWhip on them, and then peanuts or something. I actually put real tea in their teapot and they all drank several cups of it!

Kyria is on the left and Maegen is on the right.

Memorial Day with Friends

We had a great holiday weekend with a lot of friends! They drove up (despite the gas prices) from Iowa and stayed with us for the weekend. Image! 5 kids under the age of 4. We faired pretty well -- despite Ethan's teething -- and had some great times together!

The adults got to play games together after the kiddies went to bed. This is one of our favorite pastimes together. We taught them a new game: Carcassonne. And played it several nights in a row. It takes over an hour to play so we don't even bother when the kids are awake. Good fun. (We kinda wore out Catan when we went on our cruise together a few years ago.)

Following are some pictures of the kids.