More Pictures from our Week

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It was fun to have the week off to just play with the kids. It was weird to have a teenager around all of the sudden, but we made due. It helps that she likes to take naps just as much as the boys, so I still had naptime to myself...

Josy has discovered his love for stuffs animals. It’s adorable. Yesterday he actually had two giant giraffes and was trying to snuggle both of them.



Gabe really liked watching Bella play computer games. Unfortunately he also likes snacks and isn’t allowed to eat in the den, so this was his solution. This is where Josy ends up most of the time when people are watching tv, since he’s not supposed to be watching tv at all...



Gabe desperately wants a pegleg. So when I made biscuits from a pop can, he was convinced it would make a good pegleg. We’ve since upgrades to a half gallon milk jug and a waffle box, but I doN’t have a picture of that version.



He also thought this would be a fair light saber battle. Um, it was not.



One of Gabe’s friends is moving to England and couldn’t take her fish Shelley with her, so she gave it to Gabe. He loves him and takes this responsibility very seriously. He was upset the first night because he went to bed too late to tell Shelley a story. The first thing he says in the morning is “I need to feed Shelley” and we have to leave the light on all day “so he can see where he’s going.” He’s definitely smitten. And I’m really glad Shelley came with a cover on his tank, otherwise Lucy would be smitten too...



Josy’s birthday present from Auntie Katilyn showed up and he was super excited about his new books.


And lastly, here is one more picture from our camping trip that I forgot to post.




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