Cousin Craziness

1-tiny 7 week old

1- crawling mama-dependent 10 month old

2- dramatic 1.5 year olds

1- timid 2 year old

1- wild 3 year old

1- imaginative 6 year old

1- helpful 8 year old

Put them together and what do you get?

A whole ton of craziness!

We went up to Grandma and Grandad Diehl's again for a few days to see my sister's family. All of the grand kids were there except for Eliza.

There was a lot of

laughing

crying

diaper changing

sliding on slip and slides (even by yours truly)

chasing

bath splashing

sand/grass eating

sippy cup stealing

swinging on swings

trying to put babies down for naps in shifts

trying to keep them from biting, hitting, poking each other

My parents are brave to have all those kids at their house at once.

My first time on a slip and slide since high school at least. It comes right back to you. I was covered in grass and a little sore the next day, but it sure was fun!

Alyn and her birthday brownies. To celebrate we went to see the new Harry Potter movie while the kids stayed home with the grandparents and a cousin to watch them.

Finding a frog (toad?) on the back porch is a BIG deal when you're little!

Here's one example of what it was like with that many little kids together. I put Charlotte in the tub for her bath. A few minutes later Maya (1.5) walks in and starts trying to climb in. So in she goes. Then in walks Charlie (1.5) who starts taking off his clothes. So in he goes. Then Cai (3) runs in and says, "Me too! Me too!" So in he goes. Luckily Grandma was pulling out the clean kids almost as fast as the dirty ones were jumping in! The water was pretty murky by the end! For some reason I didn't manage to get a picture of this...

Just looking at this picture makes me tired!

It was fun to see so many of the cousins together. Charlotte got a few more bumps and bruises than usual; but she was also much more entertained than usual too!