Visit from Grandma and Toni

Back in August, while Aunt Doreen and Uncle Sam took their annual (well-deserved) vacation to the beach, Grandma and cousin Antonia came to visit and to take care of the kiddos while Dad and I were at work. Keep in mind that we were in the midst of packing up all of our worldly possessions in preparation for our upcoming move at this time, too, so I pretty much have no idea what we would have done without those two amazing helpers!  And let me tell you, our Toni is one heck of a babysitter-in-training.

Everyone had a super-fun week together, and Grandma did such a great job balancing action-packed days with learning (love that both of their grandmas are teachers!) and relaxing.  On the action-packed end, Grandma took Toni and the boys to Dutch Wonderland for a fun-filled day with the Hantz family.  It was great they could go on a weekday when the crowds weren't quite so thick!

Liam and Pierre riding the train

Joergen driving a bulldozer.  His life's dream fulfilled!

There was lots of other fun to be had a little closer to home, too. They spent lots of time at the park...

Played dress-up...

Dr. Antonia, Capt. Liam, and Joergen the Dragon (that costume is sized 6-12 months!)

Learned new games... (or perhaps just new Mine Craft strategies?)

Danced in the kitchen...

"Horsed" around...

... and read the Sunday funnies.  Liam loved laughing at those comics with Grandma!

Grandma sent me this photo of the boys while I was at work one day... melted. my. heart.

The babysitting duo took such good care of Liam and Joergen!  Joer was pretty congested at the start of that week and was running a bit of a fever, so it was time to bust out the nebulizer to open his little airways.  He had never sat so still for his breathing treatments as he did for Grandma!

One of my favorite moments from that week was getting to steal Toni away for a girls night, just the two of us.  We got pedicures at my favorite salon and then over to the farm for ice cream... it was so nice to spend some time together catching up!  I just love that girly!

Now, to figure out how to get her into our babysitting rotation... :)

Thank you, Grandma and Toni, for all your help with packing, cleaning, and babysitting that week!