Vacation Post #3 - When Hooligans Collide

Guess what? We're STILL on vacation! Unfortunately, we are in the home stretch now. Sigh . . .

On the up side, we're having a crazy family reunion party with all of Mike's sisters and their families here now. There are a lot of people. And you know what? My kids LOVE it. Mike's sister Kliss and her adorable family got here Monday, and little Bryce has been Katie's little BFF all week.

They've been running laps outside the house, chasing each other, riding the swings, playing play dough, and basically causing as much shenanigans as possible. And boy howdy, they are definitely cousins. They are both skinny little nuggets with way too much of a sense of humor for their own good. Also, Bryce is a dinosaur like Josh, so they're basically all kindred spirits.

On . . . Tuesday? . . . we went to a "bouncy house" with a whole bunch of safe and kid friendly, squishy playground stuff. All four kids went CUH-RAZY. I think they loved it.

In the back room, they had a little carnival going on with games, crafts, and prizes, so not only did they get to play all over some crazy stuff, but they got to come home with cheapy little prizes! What could be better?

Josh and Peter even got excited about a little slide they had there that had water running inside it, with a tunnel underneath. So nobody got wet, but the water running inside a clear slide was quite captivating.

We definitely wore out all of our children. Besides that, we've pretty much just been hangin' out, all super-cool-like. The little kids seem to think that 70 degrees is super great swimming weather, so we definitely have been playing outside a lot.

On . . . Wednesday . . . I think . . . we needed to get out of the house and it was decently warm, so we all went for a few minutes down to a park that had a whole bunch of sprinkler stuff for kids to get all soaked in. Let's just say, they loved it. Until Peter got cold, and Katie got sprayed in the face by one of the many big kids turning on one of the sprinklers when she was right next to it. Then Peter and Katie loved it less. But Bryce and Josh still loved it.

Bryce has no fear.

Then, yesterday afternoon, Amy and her family got here, to add to the loudness, enthusiasm, and hilarity. And oh boy, are those kids hilarious together. Katie and Abby are almost exactly the same age, and when we got them together, they didn't even miss a beat. It was like it hadn't been a whole year since we last saw them.

 

And despite Spencer's best intentions, Bryce was a little bit too tired to hang out very much. I guess that's what happens when you're two.

 And now we only have a few more days before we have to fly home. (As in, AAAAAAAAAAGGGHGHGHGHGG WE STILL HAVE TO FLY HOME?!?!?!?!?!!) How big of an awesome adventure do you think we can have in one weekend? Stay tuned for more shenanigans!