The Conclusion

In case you were all just dying to know how our Thursday finished up (after my long post yesterday), here it is in pictures (in an even longer post than yesterday's):

Where did we leave off... Chloe was sleeping peacefully.
Evan and I played cars stuck in the mud until Chloe woke up. She didn't sleep long. So, we found lots to do to stay occupied. Evan had his RC Rock Crawler all over the house (he couldn't really drive his old one in the house because it was too fast, bu this one has a low gear perfect for indoor driving).
Chloe had her kitties everywhere! This time they joined her for playing in the rice box.
It is amazing the amount of good conversation and imaginative play that have come from sitting around a box of rice ;-) It's messy but very worth it.

Then, we heard the rumble of the Jeep pulling in the driveway. "Dad's home!!!" We all ran to the door to fight over who would hug him first. Evan always wins.
Todd warmed up his frozen appendages on the heater vent while cuddling with Evan...
...and Chloe kept on playing kitties.We decided to order pizza instead of cook (yay!) and that gave us more time to play.... do these kids ever get tired of playing??? No, they don't.
Evan what are you eating tonight?
Show me what else Dad got you for later...
Anything to hide from the camera lately. About 10 minutes into dinner Evan had broken off a piece of that huge cookie to share with his baby sister. How sweet! She picked it up and started saying "Eeeee-too Eeeee-too Eeeee-tooooo!" (that would be Me Too!). For what??
That's her cookie and pizza, just like Evan did.

After dinner (just like every night) the wrestling match began....
Lots of growling, laughing, pounding, punching and yelling. Sometimes crying. And often a little portion of "Down!!" with Chloe.
Then we spent an hour winding them back down, getting jammies on...
...brushing teeth, reading bedtime books, cuddling, nursing the baby, tucking everyone in and...

...finally collapsing.

Posted by Bree

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