Cousins are seriously the greatest. Thanks to FaceTime they new each other immediately and gave each other the biggest hugs. It was so sweet.
The Dudley's showed up later that afternoon and we were able to enjoy sunshine, bubbles and the park. The Scow's thought they were melting because of the beautiful weather!
The next morning the big kids and non-pregnant adults got to go skiing. Danielle and I "lucked out" and had 4 kids ages 3 and under plus two dogs. We managed to make it to Welling, feed them all supper and then go back to Lethbridge to see Marv and Bev Scow(they came for Cohen's baptism). Because the Scow's were staying at the Holiday Inn we decided we couldn't miss a chance to go swimming. What else would you do with that many small humans! Thankfully everyone survived skiing and swimming!
The next day we celebrated Oliver's 3rd birthday with. This kid is seriously one of my favourites! He has attitude and spunk to spare. He loves being the baby of the family but at the same time he wants to be big just like his brothers. For his birthday this 3 year old got lots of Lego guys and Star Wars masks. He loves his mother and would ask her to snuggle him at bedtime. The aunts would offer to to come "nuggle" him and his response was, NEVERRRRR!" Stay home forever Ollie so you are always around to FaceTime!
The next day our sweet little Coco Pebbles was baptized. It is hard to believe this kid is that old but he is so sweet and amazing with little kids. Jack just adores him.
The musical number was a surprise for Cohen. It was done by the rest of the cousins. After a few questionable practice runs they did a beautiful job. They sang I am a Child of God.
Because Jack can unlock deadbolts, put on his shoes and open doors, it was difficult to keep him contained. At one point I thought I had really lost him but he had gone in the dog house that apparently houses the kitties. He is motivated when it comes to animals. Paul even texted a photo of a 'lost' kid. I didn't even know he had escaped!
There was lots of time spent hanging out, playing outside with the kitties and just having fun.
The Scow boys taught Jack how to really play with weapons and play dead.
I earned my mom stripes over this week. Jack has a delicate constitution and he was thrown right off. It started with a small amount of diarrhea and throw up. I thought that was it so we went to Lethbridge to a play centre. He threw up all over himself and carseat. We had to go to Superstore to buy a change of clothes while the others played. I have a major fear of missing out so I drugged him and went swimming that night. Bad idea. We had more throw up in the car on the ride home. He honestly seemed fine after each throw up with a good appetite. I am still not sure what was going on. There were a few others with upset stomachs. It might have just been food poisoning.
We went to Moana at the movie Mill. It was Jacks first time to a movie. It was a success.
Naturally we had to hit up a Pandas game and take a photo with the mats donated for my Dad.
Playing Dance Dance. The fun really never stopped.
The last day we were there we woke up to snow. While the moms packed, Paul took the kids out behind the quad. The mini quad was so fun! It was awesome that the bigger kids could drive it by themselves.
Classic cousin photo on the couch right before we leave.
We wrapped things up by heading back to Airdrie and the next day the Scow's flew out. I consider the trip a success as there were a few tears from pure exhaustion. Thanks for hosting Mom and Paul! We had so much fun and can hardly wait to repeat this summer.
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