Playing with the Cousins

My brother's kids, Nick and Jared, stayed with us after Christmas. We have had a lot of fun. Even though it's been freezing outside, the kids have spent hours climbing trees and playing in the wagon.

Nick was excited when he saw Jaelyn's Easy Bake Oven.  He grabbed an apron and jumped right in.  It took us an hour to bake two 3" diameter chocolate chip cookies.  But who knew cooking with a 100 watt light bulb could so thrilling.

Unfortunately, it wasn't thrilling enough for the kids to spend the whole hour tending the oven.  I had to get the last cookie out.

Last night we broke out the Kaboodl cards.  We've lost the rules so most of the laughter was centered around not playing Kaboodl.  We have 2 more days with the boys before they have to go home to Biloxi.