Jerry and Ruby

It has been a while since my brother Jarom and his wife Kristen have come out to California, in fact we have only seen them once in the last two years.  So we were thrilled that they were coming out to visit, if only for a few days.  The girls were beyond thrilled that they had some cousins coming to visit.  They don't care if the cousins aren't the same age, all they care about is more friends.  Lizzy and Nellie just love Jerry and love to try and mother him.  They had so much fun playing with him and getting him all wound up.  Sorry Jarom and Kristen!   Jane and Jerry are close in age so they got into it a few times.  Jerry likes to tease and Jane can't handle it so there were a few tears , but it is good for Jane, she does have a little brother after all who I am sure will do his share of teasing.  Little Ruby was just the sweetest tiniest thing ever!  But she seems older than she is because she is quite a little talker.  Every time she saw Russell she would say baby, baby , over and over again.  It was so cute.

 We took the kids to Fairy Tale Town, because it is fun for little kids and inexpensive.  The kids always love the crooked mile and we spent quite a bit of time on that one.

 The girls (or should I say Lizzy) always do little poses.    Love the hand on the hip and the head tilted.  Where does she learn this from?

The kids think these head things are so cool.

 Mr. happy pants.  This baby is always happy!  He is so good to just chill in the stroller, although he does look at the kids and I can tell he wants to be part of the action.  We discovered something funny with Mr. Russ.  If you hold up the camera he knows to smile and he will give his little cheeser. Love it!

 We have been trying something new at bedtime to get the girls to go to bed better, and Janie has been going to sleep in our bed.  Well when Jerry was here he wanted to sleep with Jane.  You would think two three-year-olds in bed would spell trouble but they were amazing and we didn't hear one peep out of them.  They went right to sleep.

 Lizzy just loves Jerry and wanted a picture with him.  Such a cute picture!

Ruby did NOT want to join in the picture taking.  We had so much fun with them and we hope they come and visit again really soon, and that they stay longer next time!!