Last weekend the boys and I headed up to Michigan for the annual Benhart family Christmas. This is when we have approximately 20-25 people stay at the lakehouse for general fun and goodtimes. This year, a craft project lead to some new superheroes....
There were some fun references to superheroes that might have tie dyed capes...
Not to be left out, Sam had a cape trimmed down to just his size :)
There was the usual cousin love. Sam knows how to work it with his older girl cousins.
There was plenty of play time too, it's nice the kids are old enough to amuse themselves. They had a blast running around playing and watching movies together.
The annual Christmas pose on the couch. Much easier now that we only have 1 squirmy baby to handle.
And by the tree. I can't believe how big they all look to me!
There were some "lovely" gifts including this crazy, obnoxiously loud drum toy from Noah from Meg and Deewee. Thanks guys!
There was a food contest, this year was cheese. I'm pretty sure that Kate and Noah would vote for the uber-processed, hyper orange cheese balls in the giant container.
Noah and CJ got matching Buzz Lightyear pj's from Pops and JoJo. Pretty sure Noah wore his for 2 days straight.
The weekend was a bit overshadowed by Ellie being sick and not eating. A trip to the vet on Monday revealed an ingested towel. Long story, but she had surgery and now has 15 staples in her gut.
So, it's been quite the week with our Holiday trip, our surgical encounter for Ellie, our pink eye scare (false alarm) and Philie left alone at my house with 5 children under the age of 4 and this dog while I went to a meeting. God Bless Aunt Philie! What's in store for next week? Well come back and we'll hopefully have some photos of an up and coming trip to a waterpark in Iowa with 2 preggos (NOT ME, NOT ME!) and 5 kids. Should be fun. What could go wrong. Besides, I'm sure Ellie's learned her lesson....
There were some fun references to superheroes that might have tie dyed capes...
Not to be left out, Sam had a cape trimmed down to just his size :)
There was the usual cousin love. Sam knows how to work it with his older girl cousins.
There was plenty of play time too, it's nice the kids are old enough to amuse themselves. They had a blast running around playing and watching movies together.
The annual Christmas pose on the couch. Much easier now that we only have 1 squirmy baby to handle.
And by the tree. I can't believe how big they all look to me!
There were some "lovely" gifts including this crazy, obnoxiously loud drum toy from Noah from Meg and Deewee. Thanks guys!
There was a food contest, this year was cheese. I'm pretty sure that Kate and Noah would vote for the uber-processed, hyper orange cheese balls in the giant container.
Noah and CJ got matching Buzz Lightyear pj's from Pops and JoJo. Pretty sure Noah wore his for 2 days straight.
The weekend was a bit overshadowed by Ellie being sick and not eating. A trip to the vet on Monday revealed an ingested towel. Long story, but she had surgery and now has 15 staples in her gut.
So, it's been quite the week with our Holiday trip, our surgical encounter for Ellie, our pink eye scare (false alarm) and Philie left alone at my house with 5 children under the age of 4 and this dog while I went to a meeting. God Bless Aunt Philie! What's in store for next week? Well come back and we'll hopefully have some photos of an up and coming trip to a waterpark in Iowa with 2 preggos (NOT ME, NOT ME!) and 5 kids. Should be fun. What could go wrong. Besides, I'm sure Ellie's learned her lesson....
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As long as the intestines stay in I'm fine!
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