Here are an awful lot of pictures from this weekend.
We had round two of bonfiring at the Abelmans...Davey and Mayah played together...this was the first time they've actually played and conversed and hung out. They've played alongside each other and he's talked to her. They've yelled at each other. On Saturday they behaved like friends. It was awesome.



Tink wanted to join in.

The boys roasting hot dogs. That fire was HOT. I singed my arm hairs!!

The Murrays arrived and tink wanted to play with the big kids.

Davey was content by himself.



This was soooo bizarre. I looked up in time to see Darren scoop Davey up. they stayed and watched the horses for AGES. Davey is still very selective about who he'll allow to hold him and we don't really see Darren all that often since he's usually working.







Seth is growing up so fast!!





Riley performing stunts on Seth's bike

On of Jon and Wendy's boys.





























On Sunday I wanted a family picture of us since we looked so spiffy. This was the best. Seriously. Bah!

And tink...

Very pleased with herself for putting a cookie on her head at lunch time today.

I guess when Davey says she has chocolate hair, she thought he meant literally (yes, that's a chocolate cookie, chocolate side down!)


Check out this rad shopping cart from Rona. SWEET!

awwwww

I almost always have what I call my "mommy uniform" on. In the summer it consists of shorts and a black tshirt and a pair of flip flops. In the winter I exchange my shorts for jeans and keep the tshirt and flip flops.

Knowing that my inlaws dress nice for church, I decided I'd better put on a skirt. As I came down the stairs, Davey looked up from playing, "wow Mummy. You look pretty. You're beautiful! You're a princess!!" he exclaimed...then rushed over to do a little "I have a pretty mommy" dance around me.

...i may just have to start dressing nicer more often, cause let me tell you I like my pretty mommy dance!!

Dinotown Again?!?

I think you can tell from the grin on his face that Davey was REALLY excited to be back at Dinotown! In fact, he woke up in the middle of the night the day grandma and grandpa arrived asking to go to dinotown. So despite the forecast rain, Saturday ended up being gorgeous and we had a fabulous time at the park.

Elisabeth loved the dino figures.

Just had to capture this shot of Davey's ringlets. His hair is the curliest the day we wash it - in fact ends up a mass of Kramer-esque waves within a few hours. But this was pretty doggone cute!

Elisabeth hiding in the pirate ship.

I should explain the hat. She finally decided to let the hat stay on...sort of. Every few minutes she would adjust it, take it off, put it back on...and ended up with quite the jaunty little farmer look...



This is Davey pretending to surf.



And us doing our best dino roars.

They have this great water park which looks like a firehouse and a bunch of elephant firefighters. Elisabeth wanted to go play soooooo bad, but Davey (who is still scared of all kinds of water) wouldn't come in. Finally Elisabeth just made a break for it....she didn't even care when the water sprayed her.





Finally Davey decided to come and try out the hoses. He didn't stay for long, but I think he liked it.

Of course, his favorite is the little door.


Grandma and Grandpa joined us a little later:


...Here Davey's trying to impress Grandma with his good hygiene!



Oho! What's that?!

Yah, that's right. We caught you in the act!!

Davey says, "hey grandma, you should try out these flying birds, they're super fun!!"



Elisabeth, who was all about the water as usual, made a break for the boats. Luckily Dad and Grandpa were more than willing to take her for a little boat tour.



Then it was back to the Pterodactyls.

"Can I take him home mamma? Please???"

More dino roars...