Boise cousin sleepover

Every summer Clara and Lydia come to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a week. We love to spend time with them and try and get in one sleepover while they're here.

One of the days we spent at Grandma Sandy's playing with her amazing dress up collection. She has scarves and hats and headbands and glitter and wings and everything a girl could want.

Lydia is a natural born model. She loves posing for the camera while Clara was behind the scenes running the wardrobe changes. I even got a fun outfit for a while!

Another day we spent time outside. Two little pools were filled with water and the girls had fun splashing, playing, laughing and laying in the sun.

One night we decided to out on the town. Grandma Sandy gave each girl $5 and they decided to go to Justice. Afton walked in and found a purple feather pen immediately and that kept her pretty occupied while the girls shopped. Lydia decided on a bag of gummy candy (hot dogs, hamburgers, etc) and a feather for her hair and Clara (after much deliberation) decided on a bag of Pixie Sticks (I was keeping her for the night so I figured whatever) and some fake nails. Better than some of the alternatives like the training bra she wanted. I told her she'd better make that a  mommy daughter activity! :)

After Justice we went to Arctic Circle. We had corn dogs and mini cones and the girls played for a few minutes. Once we made it home the girls washed up, got on PJ's and we put in a Barbie movie and had some healthy snacks. Our little neighbor Yana came over as well. Her family was moving the next day and we were glad to have her.

Afton was so excited to have the girls sleep over and couldn't wait to sleep on the floor with them. They let her snuggle into the middle and she was all smiles.

The next day we took off on the trail. Grandma gave each girl a little water bottle with a special holder. We were going to color them but couldn't find markers but we took them anyway.

Once we got home we decided to meet Grandpa and Grandma at a new park. It isn't really new, just new to us. We drove for about 20 minutes and I didn't take a single picture because I spent the entire time trying to keep track of Afton. This park is made of wood and has tunnels and ladders and closed in areas which make it really hard to see your child if they're moving around. So between me and my mom and my dad we kept an eye on the 3 girls and they had a blast.

When we were done we said goodbye to the girls and they jumped in Grandma and Grandpa's car for the ride back to Boise.

Afton's bird outfit

Can I just start by saying my mom is AMAZING!!! You only have to mention an idea and she'll make it come to life! As soon as Afton knew she wanted a bird birthday (which was the day after her last bday) Grandma Sandy went to work on her wings.

They are BEAUTIFUL! I want some...

Thank you Mom!

Watrous reunion

There were so many activities at Grandma Sandy's this week. This particular one was made up of tiny toys frozen in ice. Each child had their own and chipped away with whatever they could find. Rocks, sticks, etc.


Afton and Lydia teamed up which went really well until Afton's finger got smashed! She was sad for a minute and then realized the ice was broken and had fun checking out the toys!

Horses ready to play!

Clara and Lydia came to spend the night and Afton was SO EXCITED!!!
When they arrived it was kind of late so they curled up on the couch and watched half of Brave. Once they slept, they slept soundly and woke up before Brett's alarm had even gone off for work. WE are NOT an early bird house. Poor Lindsay who was staying here with baby Quincey was up by  5:30 - 6:00 every day. I couldn't do it.

Anyway, breakfast was cold cereal around 7:30 -

and Afton was more than happy to keep baby Quincey content!! Afton was soooo excited to have her staying with us for a couple of nights.

After breakfast we hit the trail. The girls had fun running around together and had made friendship anklets they were happy to be wearing.




Back at home we gave Clara her birthday present (July 6, same as mine) which happened to be nail polish so she and Afton went to work painting nails. Well, Clara went to work. Afton just reaped the benefits!

In between coats of paint the girls were coloring and eating peas they'd gathered in the garden!




One night at Grandma Sandy's the kids did shadow puppet plays. I loved watching their creativity and goofiness. Afton kept picking the horse... no surprise there!

Another day at Grandma Sandy's the girls played in the backyard...
the bounce house...
and the hammock....

One day we were able to meet Tim and his boys as well as Grandpa at the indoor pool. Grandpa was nice enough to take Afton around with him while I sat out!