Visiting Great Grandma & Grandpa

This past weekend was filled with helping and spending time with family.

We took pizza over to my sisters house on Friday so the kids could play and Craig could help Wes with some handy work... We went to Great Grandma & Grandpa Konesky's house on Saturday morning for Craig to help them set up their new computer... We babysat Cecilia on Saturday night while her mommy and daddy went out to a work Christmas dinner... And then by Sunday, we were in need of some down time for ourselves, so we split up the days commitments: Sophie and I went to a family reunion lunch party at 1:00 and then came home for a late nap... And then Craig and Will went to dinner at Grandma & Grandpa Riedeman's.

I honestly wish we could do more of that one-on-one time with the kids. I loved having Sophie all to myself (like I always did with Will at her age) and loved that she had my unshared attention for a quiet evening of doing whatever she wanted to do. We played with puzzles and read books, played with her toy kitchen and listened to Christmas music. We had dinner together (leftovers) and she got a bath... all without any other noise and interuptions that are standard when we're all home together. Of course, I wouldn't change our noisy/chaotic/busy family of four for the world, but I do cherish every minute of the one-on-one time we get with each of our children when it works out.

Anyway, here are some photos from our visit to Great Grandma & Grandpa Konesky's house on Saturday morning while Craig was working on the computer.

Will's first request when he walks in Grandma's door (before he even gets his shoes and coat off) is always for her little cars and trucks. He also loves the little old school house with wooden people and the tiny kitchen stove top that turns red when the "on" knob is turned.

Sophie's first grab was a baby doll and bottle that she pulled out of grandma's wooden, dolly high chair and carried around with her. She also loved looking out the window at grandpa's horse, Nanner in the pasture.

We played hide-and-seek.

And the kids fed the "babies" a bottle and "blueberries" (Will's creation on the play stove top).

Sophie's taken a much greater interest in babies and imitating mothering behaviors recently and I'm so excited for her to get her new baby doll from Casey and Wes at Christmas. Shh! Don't tell!

Will feeding the "blueberries".

Random: this is one of my current favorite outfits that Sophie wears. I love her whole 18-24 month wardrobe but this outfit just looks especially cute and so comfortable. I bought the boxy, swing-style, polka-dot sweatshirt last cold weather season and then just found the cotton pants and bodysuit (which also went under her Halloween costume) at Meijer!