While Daddy was gone

Daddy was on a business trip in Pittsburgh last week, and my sister suggested that Emma (her 12 year daughter) come and keep us company for a few days.

We had lots of fun!  We picked up Emma on Tuesday, spent the day at Grandma & Grandpa’s house, and then headed back home.  We enjoyed dinner and ice cream at Dairy Queen.  (I  love that place –with coupons, our total was $13 for dinner & ice cream!)

Alex didn’t get too messy, but Max was coated in chocolate by the time he finished his dilly bar!  Emma was a big help – taking Alex to the restroom, refilling drink cups, etc.

She helped Alex and Max build a whole new (very cool) track for their Thomas trains. 

She sat at the counter with them and played PlayDoh for over an hour!

Check out Emma’s adorable Curious George:

She came with us to Uncle Jim’s house to go swimming on Wednesday night…

We sure enjoyed having Emma at our house!  I think the boys would like her to move in permanently!

Aunt Donna came on Thursday to pick up Emma.  She got lots of snuggle time with Jensyn, and even got to give her a bottle. 

Poor Aunt Donna – it should have taken an hour to get here, and it took over TWO hours.  She got caught in a long line of traffic, sat there forever, and then I had to navigate her down random, rain-flooded, country roads to get her to our house.  What an adventure!

We ended up going to a favorite pizza place for a late lunch, and the boys got to skip their nap in order to spend a little more time with Emma & Aunt Donna before they headed for home.

Now it’s back to the same old, boring days with Mommy!  Thanks, Emma, for making the boys days a whole lot more exciting last week!