Our boys are 18 months apart, so it is really fun to let them, and watch them play together.
(Posing, of course)The evolving of time is right under my nose, when I think back to Tyler's birth and Tanner being 18 months old...they seemed like worlds apart...but now, as a kindergartener and a first grader they play wonderfully...as if they lived next door to each other forever...
Truth is, they have really only seen each other about 8 times in their entire lives. You would never know it though...they interacted like brothers...and Tyler was SO sad when he left.
Tyler has some great friends, and plays with Makylie amazingly well...but having a built boy in the house to play with 24/7 was so much fun for him!
So the weather was a little bit "Seattle" while they were here. They flew in to snow on the ground, with another 2 inches to follow that night. School was even cancelled! Tanner has more-or-less never seen real snow, so it was GREAT for him, he LOVED every second of it!
So even though they were here for a visit, Tyler and Karman still had school, Karman a full day, so she couldn't join us for our outtings, and Tyler only goes for a few hours, so we could work around it and make the most of the time we had available...because of that, some of the days were just going out to lunch or to the mall...we squeezed in a couple Target and Kohls runs as well! :)
(FYI: Not only school for Karman though, they happened to be here right at her final two weeks in debate. She had her last two tournaments at that time. She also went to state while they were here...so she was pretty busy with her commitments and missed a lot of what we were doing.)
We did go get our pictures taken one of the evenings as well!
(these are pictures of the pictures...)We did have TWO whole sunny days...so we took advantage of those, and took the kids to the Zoo, and then to Pike Place the next day...
(Makylie and an otter)
It was cold, but actually turned out really nice! It was a couple really fun days filled with great memories! The kids had a great time, and I know mine at least, have not stopped talking about it...especially the zoo!
(web climb at the zoo...)We went bowling one afternoon. It was really fun, but it is quite a slap-in-the-face, when your kids kick your can all around the block. Next time, I want the bumpers up too!
On one of our last days together we took the kids to the Children's museum. That was a lot of fun...they had a few new exibits since the last time that we had been there, and it was great for the boys' age group especially! We also did Makylie's birthday party a little early on this evening.
One night my sister and I got to enjoy a night out alone...Kevin offered to keep the kids and do a family movie night. They watched Madagascar2 and got pizza...and we went out to dinner and then SHOPPING...
We had a great time, and we miss them terribly, already. I so loved having my DOUBLE-FISTED mocha partner...another TARGET junkie, and someone to teach me the beauty that IS KOHLS...Of course having someone to talk to late in the night, complain with, contemplate with...there is nothing better! I so wish that we lived closer, so our kids could really experience everyday life together, and so that the good time that we had, could be anytime instead of only once in long while. The trip felt far too short...but that is how the story goes...now we just anticipate next time!
I do miss my sister though...
