My nephew, Owen, also had the same Spring Break that we did so my sister, Alex, traveled down from Washington with her two son's for a three night visit.
It was great to have them here. The kids had so much fun playing together.
Octavian (1), Carley (6), Owen (7) and Josh (days from 10).
One day we took the kids to Folsom Zoo, an animal sanctuary for non-releasable animals.
Because it is a sanctuary zoo, the animals are not animals you'd find at mainstream zoos. That's one of my favorite things about it.
After the zoo, we bundled up for a picnic lunch at a playground until cold winds picked up causing us to quickly pack up and run for the car.
While at home, we did things like make Flubber (aka Gak).
It's just a chemical reaction between white glue and Borax mixed with water.
We dyed Easter eggs.
And I made another trick food as a April Fool's day joke for the fourth year in a row.
This year was spaghetti. Actually it was a sort of yummy dessert: pound cake, butter cream frosting, strawberry topping and chopped almonds.
One memorable moment was when Octavian lifted his hands at the dinner table. Walt started copying him so Alex and I joined in. Octavian continued raising and lowering his hands and we continued copying him for at least 15 minutes.
"YAY!"
Alex asked me to take one-year-old pictures of Octavian (his birthday was in March) and we finally made it happen the last day they were here.
These are two of my favorites...
What a handsome guy.
I love his wild hair! And I especially love his smirk.
Thank you Owen, Octavian and especially Alex for coming to visit. We loved having you here!
1 comment:
I love this blog! Thank you again for having us and I'm glad you guys didn't get sick like we were. Awesome pics!
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