They've figured out how to turn on the hose.........It's a dreadful mess......BUT.......it keeps them entertained for hours.

Wren loaded these trikes onto this trailer....mostly by herself.....she had a few helpful pushes and grunts from the Cricket......but mostly by herself.  She is an extremely determined little person.  Now if she'd just direct that determination to listening and learning speech and sign language!!!

Dontcha love the shoes!

 She wore these around like this for most of the day??

Monday we went to a ladies luncheon to be with  Sara, a friend who has moved away, who was in town for the weekend.  Ella offered to stay with the girls so I could go enjoy myself........but I  called the hostess, and she said there was supposed to be 22 kids there!!!  I knew the girls would enjoy all the other kiddos.....so they went.  Funny thing is, they played mostly by their selves.  Not even with each other. Just silently played with all the new toys.  UNTIL  everyone left.  Then they played together.  I don't know if it was just too overwhelming?  If the language barrier is still too big?  If they don't really know how to play "correctly" yet???  They were quite happy, but just not real interactive.

The kids had so much fun dressing up!  I had to laugh cause.....the boys were getting into it much more than the girls.  I laugh every time I see that little grinning face in the background of this picture:) The little guy in the background is Will, Clayton and Dana's......the pretty girl in the front is Chloe, Mathan and Kara's.

 Far left is Jonathan..Brad and Sarah's, Will is in the middle, and Stuart on the right he's Nathan and Janelle's.

 The big girls in the background were Awesome help with all the littles!  The one in the green shirt is Samantha, she's Ez and Danielles.  The one in the pink is Meredith, she's Jason and Erins.

This is Brad and Sarah's Jillian.

 If you'll notice.......there's not a toy left on the shelves.

 Iley said that Ellie(Mathan and Kara's) helped her put this puzzle together.  So I guess she did play a little with someone.  Ellie is in dress up clothes that are way too big:)

 This is Brad and Sarah's baby.

 Such a little squeezy:)

There were so many cute little munchkins there!  This is Jason and Erin's baby Andrew.

 This is Clayton and Dana's youngest.  He was SO funny.  and charming:)  His main goal all day was to find any and all candy or sweets.  Just when his mom thought she had it all out of reach.....here he'd come with something else.  She got all the candy put up and he got a stool and found the cookies on the counter in the kitchen!  Then he'd find a  piece of something someone dropped!  His mother was slightly exasperated......the rest of us thought it was hilarious.

 I mean seriously!  How can you resist that face!!  I'm afraid I'd spoil him rotten:)

 This is one of his big brothers (He has 3 and a big sis).  He thought he was so funny all dressed up like a girl.

I miss those baby arms, hands, cheeks and necks of my little boys:)

 This is Clayton and Dana's oldest boy.  He thought it was so funny to dress up as a lady, but was almost embarrassed to have his picture taken.

Fun day.  Cute kids:)

Sisterhood

I wish I knew what made the difference.  Some days they are totally in sync......on the same wave length.....total kindred spirits......thick as thieves......partners in crime.........and some days they can't look at each other with out glaring and spitting.  Well actually this can happen moment to moment, but today....they were totally on....and a hoot to watch.

Wren is almost always the mastermind behind their schemes.  I'm sure it was her idea.....and she was the one who got the towel spread out.   It was Iley's duty to go tell mom "I want a snack"  They are eating cold hot dogs.....with very interested on lookers.......which I'm guessing was the motive behind their perch.

 We let a bunch of water out of the pool so they can touch the bottom.  They played in it for 3 hrs. today!!  I looked out the window to check on them and see this.

The mad tier.....has struck again.  Scout......I dubbed her this before meeting her.....not knowing how well the title would fit...... is extremely industrious when it suits her!  She managed to move the ladder over under the basket ball goal and tied the rope to it.....then she moved the ladder back away..........and swung/jumped/fell off of it!!!  She also had a toboggan sled, various sand box toys, an ice cream bucket, tried to put the stroller in.......but I caught her.........All of this....With NO help......or only the very limited help of  The Cricket.  She is 6.  WHAT is she going to be doing when she's 10?????  This is the child that couldn't walk on uneven ground 14 months ago.....the child that couldn't stand up on the trampoline if someone else was jumping.....couldn't pedal a trike!!!!!....AMAZING!!!  And we get front row seats to the show.  (we also get clean up duty....which is no small task behind this one)

Iley was right behind her bailing off  the ladder with out a qualm!  She can also do somersaults under water, and swim a little with her face in!!  This is the child that wouldn't get off the ladder last year....AMAZING!!

They should sleep well tonight!

 The rest are just pictures I took for fun........well mostly cause they're clean and their hair was washed:)  Aren't you glad they had a bath after looking at that green pool water!  I knew that would make you all feel better:)

 One of Wrens processors went bad on us and the replacement one is supposed to come in the mail in a day or two, so until it gets here, we are using her over the ear one.......I actually think it works better than the other one, but it is hard to keep on her head.

 I really can't imagine what they'd do without each other!  Iley tells me all the time....."I like a Wren"  "or that's my Wren"  or "that's MY sister"  and it's always "Iley Wren do such and such"  Or is that for Iley Wren.....always paired together.

 Wren is saying eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee here (her version of cheese)  problem is when she does it she holds it ..............and gets a slightly fixed expression:(

 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 eeeeeeeeeeeeeee(the girls got giraffe legs!)

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 deep breath............eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......I give up.

Sorry about the fast forward.......I don't know how to change it:(  So aggravating.  It didn't used to do this??