Baby Sitting in Texas

We arrived at Trudi's
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 27th.  It was the first
time we had seen George since his return from
deployment.

Wyatt and George the night

he returned home.

We had a couple of days with the

girls before Trudi, George & Wyatt left

for California

Then on Thursday Afternoon they left for Dallas....

The little girls had

no idea what was going on and....

Wyatt was soooo excited he could hardly

contain himself and was in the car

and ready to go before anyone else!

 On Thursday night

Charlotte & Cora got ready for their

first night alone with grandma and grandpa and....

without mommy & daddy

On Friday we played and just had a good time 

together.....Cora knew exactly which

cupboards had child locks and which ones didn't!

On Saturday Charlotte and Grandma baked 

Debbi's famous chocolate chip cookies!

add the ingredients...

crack the eggs....pick out the egg shells....

mix it all up.....

lick the beaters....

watch them bake....

let them cool....then EAT THEM.....YUM!

During the first few days we noticed Charlotte

liked to go outside, take off her clothes

and......

sit in the dogs water bowl

(and Cora kept trying to drink out of it...ewe)

So on Saturday we went to Walmart and bought

this little pool.

we even tried putting the little slide in 

and Charlotte, after one time, got out and said...

again....again....again.....

Cora liked splashing and tried to get a drink while

grandpa was adding more water.

In the end the girls liked the little pool....

played in it everyday....

and left the dogs water bowl alone....(mostly)

Mission accomplished!

Over the next several days we had

a good time doing lots of

stuff.....like.....

relaxing before bedtime....

watching Mickey's Clubhouse, Doc McStuffin's,

Sofia the First and other 

spine tingling, adventurous TV shows....

going for evening swims after the girls were in bed.....

going on walks to pick up the mail....

receiving a fun post card from

Disneyland....

Playing at Zoomerang....

in the toddler yard and.....

in the big houses.....

The toddler yard seemed pretty big to Cora....

more fun in the toddler yard....

Charlotte followed some older kids up this giant slide

but then had to be rescued when she realized all the

older kids went ahead of her and she was up there all alone!

Swimming with grandpa....

and grandma....

playing Ring-Around-the-Rosie....

and Eating some healthy and.... some not so 

healthy snacks! 

(like Choc. Chip Cookies)

On Saturday, Sept. 7th, Late at night

Trudi, George & Wyatt returned home.

the girls were, of course, already fast asleep

so the "welcome home" hugs

would have to wait until morning!

It was a happy reunion.....

and even happier when Charlotte found out

mommy & daddy brought home....PRESENTS!

Stuffie and Hallie to go with her 

Doc McStuffin's & Chilly dolls.....and....

A Minnie Mouse purse!

Of course, everyone got Disneyland T-Shirts

and Mouse Ears!

Wyatt sparkled with these

"fireworks" ears...

Cora with her "Princess" crown and....

Charlotte with her...uh....

"Princess" crown with a veil in the BACK!

(Mouse Ears have sure changed a lot since we were kids)

Of course Trudi, George & Wyatt came home with

lots of fun souvenir's and keepsakes.

The little girls did amazing while mommy, daddy and

big brother were gone.  They slept all night

for 9 of the 10 days, ate well and seemed to be

happy most of the time.

We left for home on Tuesday the Sept. 10th

and were able to make all

three of our flights on the first try....

Killeen to Houston to San Francisco to Boise.