Painting! Alexis in the high chair, Brenden next to her, Ashlyn next and Caden in front. Isaac was up taking a nap. They were all so cute when they were painting. Ashlyn kept turning to Caden and telling him he was doing such a good job ... she'd then come whisper to me that he wasn't really doing that good! :o) Brenden kept turning to Alexis and giving her big hugs! It was all just so sweet!
Alexis quickly learned where all the phones in the house were. She'd grab a phone, push a few buttons and hold it to her ear saying, "Dada?" It was so cute! I'd ask her if she wanted to call Daddy and she's just shake her head like "of course not!" Then she'd run off with the phone, saying "Dada" and continuing to babble as if to tattle on me for trying to take the phone away! :o)
I don't think Alexis quite understood that Isaac was still a little too young to be "playing" with her! Whenever Isaac would be crawling toward Alexis, she would run up to me, laughing and screaming, and hide in my legs. After a few seconds, she'd look back at Isaac like, "Hello! You're supposed to be chasing me!" It was so funny! :o)
One day, Caden had a tummy-ache. We didn't want him to throw up on anything, so I let him have this bowl with him. Eventually, Caden got up and started playing and what not and totally forgot about the bowl. Alexis went and claimed it, playing with it like it was a hat! She kept signing hat, too! It was so cute! :o)
Princess Alexis! She loved putting this tiara on! Pretty girl! :o)
Caden pulled his shirt over his head this one day and said, "I'm a telletubby!" :o) What a cutie pie!!!
Caden cuddling with Alexis while watching WALL-E! Caden was so stinkin' sweet! He kept telling me and Alexis how much he loved us and wanted us to sleep with him in his bed and stuff! One night that he wanted me to sleep in his bed, I told him that I was too big and there wasn't enough room for me! He just smiled and said, "Well, we can scoot and scoot and scoot until there's enough room for you, Sissy!" So sweet! And that's another thing. All my nieces and nephews call me Aunt Sissy, but Caden just called me Sissy. I LOVED it! :o)
PRIZES!!! The kids all got prizes everyday! They were so excited and talked about them all day long ... and it was nice to use that to my advantage and help them obey and be good and happy with each other! :o)
Isaac being his normal, super-happy self! :o)
Brenden taking a shot ... and scoring! Yea!!! :o) And check out that form! :o)
It was getting closer and closer to Alexis' nap-time! She was so tired! I tried to offer her my leg to lay on, but she wanted the floor! Silly girl! :o)
Cute little Isaac at the basketball game! He was so good! :o) As usual!
Brenden got a cute little trophy after his basketball game! It was a little bobble-head! Brenden loved it and went on and on about his "bob"-head trophy! :o)
The kids watching their prize that night - the old superman cartoon on DVD! Well, Brenden and Ashlyn are watching ... Caden was out like a light! :o)
This was the last night that I was watching all the kids! Caden looks about as tired as I feel! It was fun, but man I was pooped! :o)
All of Brooke's kids like to suck on their fingers and play with their belly buttons! It's so cute! :o) They aren't playing with their belly buttons here, but they all did a few times the week and a half I was there! :o)
WALL-E! This is Alexis' new favorite movie! She would walk around all day with her finger in her mouth and say, "Wa-wa!" I don't know where she got the sticking her finger in her mouth while she said it, but that was the "sign" for WALL-E! What a cutie pie! Now, Brooke, I just want you to know that Caden wasn't actually sitting on the foot-rest-thing (I can't think of what they're called right now!)! He might've for a second, but all the kids were very good with staying off of the foot-rest-thing! :o0
Isaac was SO much fun! I loved him and I'm pretty sure he loved me, too! After everyone got home and he had Mommy and Daddy back, he actually WANTED me to hold him and stuff! So sweet! This was just before everyone got home! Isaac had messed and I was waiting for some clothes to get out of the dryer (and Alexis was sleeping where all his other clothes were) so I cuddled him up in this blanket, which he loved! SO cute! :o)
Brenden and Isaac playing with paper airplanes with Grandpa! They both got huge kicks out of it when Grandpa would make the plane fly in a circle and come back and land on his lap! :o)
So sweet! Grandpa and Isaac! Isaac always gives everyone this adoring look! He's just so sweet! :o)
It was SO fun being in Texas! It was tiring and it wore me out, but I miss it! I love Ashlyn, Brenden, Caden, Isaac and, of course, Brooke and Jer! I wish we could've spent more time with you guys!!! And Alexis has been wondering around with no friends and nothing to do (and no WALL-E)! I asked her the first day we were back home if she missed her cousins and Alexis got this excited face and tried to say "friends", which is what we call all younger kids that Alexis can play with! :o)
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Dude... those kids have "Hermansen" written all over them! You guys have strong genes!!
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