Cousin Playdate

Last Friday my sister dropped off the kiddos for a couple of hours while she made a mad dash to clean her house and prepare for her husbands' family Christmas visit.  It was so much fun!  James loves having his extra  buddies around to play with.  Here are a few pictures from our busy morning:)

Sweet Charlie boy... he may be little, but he can keep up with the big boys!

Max and Sam played on our newest addition to the basement, which is now dubbed "Kid's Kingdom"!

Charlie loved the doorbell on the playhouse.

How sweet are these two playing together?!

Of course we had to have snack time!  Notice the only one still sitting at the counter...  

Charlie loves pup pups!

And so does Sam...

I tried to get them all together for a quick picture by the Christmas tree.  James was, of course, uncooperative.

Chloe read us a story.  She is an excellent reader!

And the boys played together...

Before I knew it my sister was back and the morning was over.  This is one of the things I love about the holidays.  Normal routines are lost for a bit and it's a wonderful opportunity to spend time with family.  Hopefully we will get to do this again soon!

Ethan slept the whole time they were over, but I do have this darling picture from the previous week when we had gotten together for cookie baking.  So cute!