What a treat to have some of Dan's family here for a major holiday -- that has never happened before! Heck, most of Dan's family doesn't even read this blog. lol. It was fun getting the guest bedroom and places for the children to sleep all ready. How lucky are we to have a home big enough to temporarily fit a whole extra family of five in it?!? The whole thing made me think we could have 5 or 6 children... just kidding, Dan!
Dan's sister, Stacie, and her family arrived late Tuesday night. On Wednesday we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and saw the traveling Mythbusters exhibit. (Walking vs. running in the rain, cliff hanging, and the dodging a paint ball seemed to be the top 3.) Life is so much more fun with cousins. We separated boys and girls in the cars and I'm sure Danny was in pure heaven with no sisters around. Cinzetti's is even better when you have four adults to man the table, help get food, and take children to the bathroom. That night the children adjusted the sleeping arrangements. Since our children were already asleep when the D. family arrived, they were all in their own beds and Talon and Everett sleep on the queen size air mattress and Addy was on Michelle's bottom bunk. The rest of the trip (3 nights) Addy slept on a mattress on the floor of Kaelah's room and Danny & Everett shared the air mattress that was drug into Michelle's room and Talon slept on the bottom bunk. 9I about went ballistic when Danny came walking into our room that first night asking for help getting back to sleep. We reminded him the next night that he had 3 other people in the room with him & he didn't have to come wake us up. Which he didn't... until he was back being in his room after they left. It's funny, but it's not.)
On Thanksgiving Day the men proved their worth in the kitchen! We had a great dinner and tons of leftovers. They even had a chance to play football with the neighbors after lunch while everything was baking. It was just so nice to sit at our dinning room table and have it be full of people we adore. After dinner everyone except Michelle, Natalie, and I went to go see Frozen in the theater and the kids came home with rave reviews. (We have a rule you have to be 4-years-old to see a movie in the theater.) We rented Planes from Redbox, which Michelle hadn't seen yet, so it was still a special date with Mommy for her. (She was very concerned about the WWII scene in the movie so I'm very glad she didn't see it in the theater. Funny thing is, that was Danny's favorite scene and Skipper became his favorite plane because of it.)
On Friday I was out of commission, probably due to food poisoning. I ate a dairy free pumpkin pie that no one else did.... In the afternoon while the baby and I napped, the rest of the crew got to go bowling. Sounds like a great Black Friday tradition to me! Maybe next year Natalie & I can join in on the fun.
The cousins got along so well. Talon (7-years-old) seemed to win the prize for baby's favorite. He was great at getting her to stop fussing and he would sit next to the high chair at meal times. Michelle loved having Addy to snuggle with. Kaelah played with Addy and Talon played with Danny and Everett played with Michelle, so it was great for that kind of interaction as well. After such a pleasant trip I have my hopes up that one of Dan's siblings will bring their family out next year. Hopefully Trent & Stacie went home with a good report to encourage such behavior. (:
Dan's sister, Stacie, and her family arrived late Tuesday night. On Wednesday we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and saw the traveling Mythbusters exhibit. (Walking vs. running in the rain, cliff hanging, and the dodging a paint ball seemed to be the top 3.) Life is so much more fun with cousins. We separated boys and girls in the cars and I'm sure Danny was in pure heaven with no sisters around. Cinzetti's is even better when you have four adults to man the table, help get food, and take children to the bathroom. That night the children adjusted the sleeping arrangements. Since our children were already asleep when the D. family arrived, they were all in their own beds and Talon and Everett sleep on the queen size air mattress and Addy was on Michelle's bottom bunk. The rest of the trip (3 nights) Addy slept on a mattress on the floor of Kaelah's room and Danny & Everett shared the air mattress that was drug into Michelle's room and Talon slept on the bottom bunk. 9I about went ballistic when Danny came walking into our room that first night asking for help getting back to sleep. We reminded him the next night that he had 3 other people in the room with him & he didn't have to come wake us up. Which he didn't... until he was back being in his room after they left. It's funny, but it's not.)
On Thanksgiving Day the men proved their worth in the kitchen! We had a great dinner and tons of leftovers. They even had a chance to play football with the neighbors after lunch while everything was baking. It was just so nice to sit at our dinning room table and have it be full of people we adore. After dinner everyone except Michelle, Natalie, and I went to go see Frozen in the theater and the kids came home with rave reviews. (We have a rule you have to be 4-years-old to see a movie in the theater.) We rented Planes from Redbox, which Michelle hadn't seen yet, so it was still a special date with Mommy for her. (She was very concerned about the WWII scene in the movie so I'm very glad she didn't see it in the theater. Funny thing is, that was Danny's favorite scene and Skipper became his favorite plane because of it.)
On Friday I was out of commission, probably due to food poisoning. I ate a dairy free pumpkin pie that no one else did.... In the afternoon while the baby and I napped, the rest of the crew got to go bowling. Sounds like a great Black Friday tradition to me! Maybe next year Natalie & I can join in on the fun.
The cousins got along so well. Talon (7-years-old) seemed to win the prize for baby's favorite. He was great at getting her to stop fussing and he would sit next to the high chair at meal times. Michelle loved having Addy to snuggle with. Kaelah played with Addy and Talon played with Danny and Everett played with Michelle, so it was great for that kind of interaction as well. After such a pleasant trip I have my hopes up that one of Dan's siblings will bring their family out next year. Hopefully Trent & Stacie went home with a good report to encourage such behavior. (:
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