Catching Up

One day last week, all of the kids painted. Above shows Sophie and Andrew painting. The kids had fun painting and didn't even make huge messes. Oliver and Henry only ate minimal amounts of paint.

The four New Yorkers, Andrew, and Oliver in age order on the couch. Alex (9 years, 1 month), Max (5 years, 11 months), Andrew (3 years, 9 months), Sophia (3 years, 5 months), Oliver (1 year, 5 months), and Henry (1 year, 1 month).

On Friday, Eric took Max and Alex to the bowling alley on campus. They took the city bus and were able to ride a slinky bus- they were pretty excited about that. They had fun bowling and also played foosball, air hockey, race car driving, and pinball.

Dale, Audrey, & Madison came to visit for the weekend and to take my mom back to Iowa. They stayed at a nearby hotel with a swimming pool. We took advantage of the pool. The older kids all loved the water. Oliver and Henry were a little unsure at first, but after getting sometime to adjust to the water, both of them loved it too.
Randy and Kara came to our house to get the kids Saturday afternoon. I think they were excited to see the kids and the kids were pretty excited to see them. We enjoyed hanging out with everyone and had a fun night.

Dale & Audrey also brought Madison's old swingset out for Oliver. He loves it. We put his baby swing on it and he has had lots of fun already swinging. He also loves going down the slide.
Oliver hasn't been feeling the greatest the past few days. He has had a fever since Sunday. We took him to the doctor and she put him on an antibiotic for a probable ear infection. We are hoping that it gets his fever under control pretty quickly. He is acting like himself as long as we stay on top of the fever reducers, but when they start to wear off, he gets pretty fussy. He's sleeping for the night now and I think that should help him feel better. Hopefully he'll be back to himself tomorrow!

Have a great night everyone!