Alan & Delaney's Visit

We were given the privilege of watching my brother Dan's (and sister-in-law, Beth's!) kids this past Saturday and Sunday. 5 kids all ages 4 and under! Alan is 2 (only 1 month younger than Abigail) and Delaney is about 10 months old (only 3 months younger than Rebecca). What fun we had!! It was fun to hang out with Alan and watch all his "boyish" ways (i.e. he liked to take the girls' doll strollers and run them into eachother, or the wall, or whatever might be in his way!)! We're not used to little boys around here (but we'd take one given the chance!)!! Delaney was a delight. She is such a little peanut! Beth realized it was her first time away overnight from Delaney! Delaney did a great job ... she even slept through the whole night! On Sunday morning we got all the kids ready for church (we even ate breakfast) and actually made it there EARLY! That doesn't happen very often around here! Maybe that's what we need to make it to church on time -- 5 kids ...

Here are some pictures of our fun time together:

Rebecca is thinking, "Hey! What do you think you're doing in MY chair!"

Lillian the ever-ready big helper.

Sitting outside enjoying a snack of popsicles and graham crackers!

Delaney and Alan "posing" for Auntie Laura.

This was usually Delaney's reaction to Rebecca getting too close to her. Although ...

... this could be why!

I sure wish we lived closer so we could do this more often!