Fun Vacation Week with Cousins, and 1st Dentist Visit

We had a wonderful week with my sister and her two kids, Jacob and Olivia. R and L had so much fun playing with their cousins, and they amazingly all got along the whole week. We were busy the whole time and I think all 4 kids had a blast. We went to the pool (with Tim and Stephanie who were also here that day...thank you so much guys for helping out with the kids at the pool and at dinner), 2 crazy restaurants (the White Fence Farm and Casa Bonita), the Children's Museum, the zoo, Tiny Town (because it has a train), Rocky Mountain National Park, the Bounce House, and lots of fun at home. Our only bad time was the mistake Conny and I made of taking the kids to the Melting Pot for dinner. R and L were absolutely awful, they acted like they were on speed. The main problem is that it is a restaurant that is too slow for 2 year old boys. It is a place that is meant for a leisurely relaxing dinner, which we can't do with them. But the experience was memorable and funny, but one that will not be repeated until they are at least 10. Below are several pictures from week.

Feeding the cow at the White Fence Farm.

One of the many attempts to get a picture of Olivia and Jacob.

The 3 boys looking down from a tree house.

A family picture.

Daddy and his boys riding the train at Tiny Town.

Conny and Jacob on the train.

Sweet Olivia, riding in the caboose of the train.

L, sitting on the porch of one of the buildings in Tiny Town.

R and L at Tiny Town.

Waiting to ride the carousel at the zoo. R was crying at the time because it was going and he was not on it, he does the same thing with trains.

All four kids at the Children's Museum.

Jacob and L and being pushed down the hill in our backyard.

Other news:

The boys are doing great and are learning new things and cracking us up more and more every day.

When I take the boys to the grocery store, they get a free cookie. As a result, when we're in the car and drive to or past the grocery store, L starts to get really excited and says, "Cookie please." If we drive past it, he starts to say, "Cookie, no." If I do pull into the parking lot, L gets so excited and starts to act like Cookie Monster.

R is talking more, but his favorite word is "no." One of his favorite past times is to chase the cats around the house. He just wants to pet them (whereas, L wants to hit them), but they take off when he comes running and screaming "Davo, Fuffy, Boot" which are the cat's nicknames (Davis, Jackson and Daisy).

Both boys have a great time every day playing with sidewalk chalk. But they do not like if if their chalk breaks and will no longer use it. R insists on "more chalk" and will fall to pieces if he doesn't get a brand new piece. L is more careful with his chalk and he can usually make one new piece last the day. He put his chalk down the other day for a minute and R got a hold of it and dropped it. It was so sad to see L's little face panic as he saw his chalk break in half, and he brought it to me sawing "broke, green chalk." Of course, he got a new piece of green chalk. As a result of the chalk issue, we have a plethora of broken pieces of chalk all over the yard, much of which is eaten by the dogs.

We took the boys to the dentist this week. There was no need to go, but they are on our Dental Insurance, so we went. We didn't learn anything new, but there was a big fishtank there with a real Nemo's Daddy and Dory, which the boys loved.

I leave you with a video of R, L, Jacob and Olivia playing skee ball at Casa Bonita, and below that a picture of all 4 kids walking around Bear Lake in the mountains.