Thursday, August 23, 2012

Hanging out with Auntie Aud & Eli

We spent about a week in Dallas with my sister and her 16-month old Eli.  Sam was out of town on a business trip most of the time.  I watched Eli in the mornings while Audrey was at work, and then we played in the afternoon and evening.  The boys think Auntie Aud is super cool - she lets them build forts in her living room and plays hide-n-seek with them!  (Audrey definitely had more energy than I did.)  They also had a slip-n-slide, which was great fun.  The boys also watched plenty of videos on their big screen and had ice cream more than 2 times a week (like we usually do).  Jared seemed to have a little special bond with Eli.  Weston was a bit of a bully, but I think we toughened Eli up a little bit.  He was pushing back by the time we left!  He may have picked up a few more words too.  I'm sure it was a bit overwhelming for a kid who is used to having a quiet house and toys all to himself.  But he was watching and learning.  We tried the pool one afternoon, but quickly decided it was too much work to watch 5 kids who don't know how to swim with just the two of us.  We survived, but resorted to the kiddie pool and slip-n-slide at home.  We had a fun week!       












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