Cousin Swap 2015

Last weekend found us traveling once again!  This time, we took a quick trip over to the cousins' house to watch my nephew graduate.  An added bonus was seeing Scott's parents as well, who had come in town as well.  Taking a mini-vacation practically on the heels of a big vacation did not bode well for the sleeping patterns and thus behavior patterns of the children, but Alex and Jane probably bore the brunt of it.  Too many late nights for those two! 

 Meltdown no. 401

After Jake's graduation that Saturday, we all went to eat at a Japanese tepanyaki style restaurant, and Alex was on a completely new level of meltdown-ness.  It would have been comical if it hadn't been so hard to manage.  It didn't help matters that he was really hungry and all he really wanted was chicken nuggets and french fries -- which was certainly not on the menu.  And then, when he spilled his soup all over the table, himself, and the floor, you would have thought the world was ending.  Meanwhile for Jane, once the show started and the food started rolling in, you would have thought she'd died and gone to heaven!  Haha.  Every single thing she ate was a hit {minus a mushroom}.  She seriously was loving {and commenting on how much she was loving} everything that came her way -- from the salad {and dressing}, to the soup, and the fried rice, veggies, and chicken.  She was a fan.

Because our trip was so short -- we were just there for the weekend -- we decided to extend the fun for the kids and embarked on our cousin swap for the summer earlier than we were planning.  Because Hannah had basketball camp for a couple of hours each day last week, we left Grace and Sophie at their house, while we took Jonah home to ours when we left last Sunday night.  What followed was 4 full days of freebie fun. :)

The girls had a blast with Hannah {living quite the teenage lifestyle of partying til late and sleeping in until noon :) }, and Jonah and Ethan video-gamed and tv-watched to their hearts' content.

 Alex's "Shark Attack"

 "The Jessica"

 "Ethan's Tiki Tan"

We swapped kids back out on Thursday night, and now that we're finally home and settled in for the summer, we're working on making this summer work!  Hahaha.  Let's just say that the fall-out from their freebie week has taken a little time to fall out.   Here's to hoping that by the end of this week we'll be somewhat back to normal.  :)