This weekend, Nana came to visit and brought Auntie with her! A sister trip to see Steven, Sammy and Amaya. We’re so lucky! It was Auntie’s first time out to MI since SSA were born and it was a thrill to have her with us. When Steven went up to nap on Friday he was awake for a while talking. “Nana. Auntie. Mommy go get. Auntie come home.” LOVE.
It was quite the treat to wake up from naps to Nana and Auntie! Steven was so funny. He just kept silently looking back and forth between them.
Looking at these photos, it’s hard to believe it took the kids a few minutes to warm up.
The kids were obsessed with photos on Auntie’s iPad. Steven, in particular, couldn’t get enough of a photo of Auntie’s car buried under snow.
Saturday we went to the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum. It was only our second visit and the last was in July so it’s was neat to see how differently the kids explore the space at this age. Aunt Anita was Steven’s buddy, I was with Amaya and Nana was with Sammy.
Amaya was incredibly independent at the museum. She’d look for me know and then but spent a good portion of the visit just exploring and playing on her own.
Lunch out in Ann Arbor after the museum visit.
Nana’s regular seat in the van. She did a great job keeping everyone awake until we got home!
We had lots of downtime in the house, too.
We capped off the weekend with brunch at Deadwood. This was the first restaurant I ever went to with Steven, Sammy and Amaya back when they were 3 or 4 months old. Jason and I have been back with the kids many times and even Nana has been 4 or 5 times. Good food, great space and welcoming staff. We can’t do much better!
Steven, playing hide & seek with his menu. He was giggling and giggling and giggling.
Daddy had some fun times this weekend, too.
Watching baseball’s season opener with his boys.
He helped them take good care of baby Jenna.
And Daddy went to Target with the kids!! He needed some clippers to cut Sammy’s hair and asked who wanted to go with him. The answer was EVERYONE. So I stayed home and Daddy had an adventure with his favorite trio.
Of course it involved presents…
…and food.
After dinner, Daddy got down to business. Sammy was a little nervous but Jason did an awesome job getting him comfortable with the clippers. Ideally he’ll be able to use scissors, as well, but he just ordered bigger clippers to allow for a longer cut.
The finished product – short-haired Sam Man!
Next up, the Bobes. Hopefully with scissors. Here he is showing off two of the Target presents, and elephant and Mickey, to go with the cool truck in the photo above. Amaya picked the elephant, Sammy picked Mickey and Steven picked the truck.
More from the week…
Fun bath time!
At their specific request, watching Mommy play a basketball game on my phone.
Pile-on!
Fun at music class.
Three Bees watching Mother Goose Club
Amaya was rubbing Sammy’s back. She can be so nurturing. It’s on her terms, but she can really take great care of her brothers when she wants to.
This picture cracks me up.
Steven this week!
Patting Jenna on her back after he tucked her in and then telling everyone, “shhhhhh.”
Sammy this week!
Sammy spent a long time working on my zipper. His concentration is incredible.
Amaya this week!
Have a great week!