Ita and Abue come to visit

Once we got home from Virginia, my in laws came to visit. I'm sure they weren't impressed by my lack of food and having the house ready for guests but I tried to get things in order for them. We ended up getting home on a sunday night and they arrived first thing monday morning.

Nicolas was attached to his Ita the entire time, he played trains with her, acted out star wars scenes and played a ton in the yard.

We went and bought some cookie cutters and a star wars apron and Ita and him made star wars cookies together. Gabriel and Ita made homemade tortillas together too.

Today they went to a train resturant, the park and then to see Cars 2. Tomorrow everyone is headed to Chicago for the science museam.

He will be sad to see them go home!

4th in Virginia

We made the hike to my parents for the annual 4th of July week at their house. It was a little harder this year since the drive time doubled from other places we've lived. This time we broke the trip into 2 days of driving. We spent the first night at my aunt and uncle's house in Columbus Ohio and then went on to my parents. The boys loved playing with uncle Roger and having a meal that didn't come from McDonald's or Wendy's was great too :)

Once we were in Virginia, Gabriel decided to quickly get over any fear of water he may have and jump right in on a raft in the pool with nobody there to grab him, luckily that went well but we had our eyes on him at all times after that. He is fearless!

Nico was super comfortable in the water and both boys did good on the boat too. Nico played hard with all his cousins and made sure to wear them out before it was time to go.

It was a very nice trip, the boys did so well in the car I couldn't even believe it. Each year as they get a little older things seem to get a little easier...