A day with cousins

Myla graciously sharing her toys with Anna


Myla taking her dolls for a walk in her wagon

Holly, Cole, Dane and Anna in their garden looking at all the veggies (yes, that's a pink hair clip in Cole's hair...he wanted to be like Myla). :)

Myla in her "beep beep"...that's what she calls it! :)

Me with my cutie patootie

Cole in his sunglasses and Myla wearing Uncle Dane's

Yesterday we had a great day in Seattle at Neil and Holly's house with Cole and Myla. We played with lots of toys, enjoyed the wonderful weather outside and just caught up. It had been almost two months since we'd seen them (darn these busy summers) so it was due time. Myla showed us her new walking skills and Cole showed me his impressive reading skills by reading two of his BOB books. They are both such sweet kids and growing up so fast. Myla is 16 months old and astounds us with how well she talks...that girl has so many words!! It was so fun to see her play with Anna. Myla kept saying "Anna..eye" and poking her in her eye (well, maybe not poking, but us darn adults kept getting in the way before she could). She did poke her in her belly a couple times! Cole is going to be 4 in November and he is very curious about everything. He is definitley in the "why" stage so I spent a lot of my time explaining why things are the way they are. :) Anna loves being around other kids and could just sit there and watch and stay entertained all day long. It's pretty cute.

Neil was able to get off work at 3:00 so when he got home Dane, Cole and Neil walked to a neighborhood park while Anna napped and Myla got some one on one attention from mama. We are excited for the years to come when Anna gets older and she and Myla become good friends. They're only about 8 months apart in age, so as they get older I'm sure they will be playing together all the time.

When the boys got back from the park, we had a wonderful dinner of bbq'd skewers, home grown green beans, grilled corn on the cob and we had brownies and ice cream for desert! Thanks Neil and Holly--we had a great day with you guys!