As I was enforcing a time a time-out for John today, I overheard Jenna talking to a friend in the bathroom.
“We’re going to play doctor, where the patients all have to be cleaned so they won’t pass on any diseases. And the kids don’t want to get those diseases, either, so everyone needs to clean each other. I’ll be the doctor, and you be all the patients.”
I’m wondering what in the world they are talking about, but don’t go in to see just yet.
“How does that feel?”
“That tickles!”
“?”
Then Natalie goes in there to use the bathroom for something and says, “You guys had better clean that up!”
“I’m getting a towel!” says Jenna.
That would be my cue to see what’s going on. They are ‘cleaning’ each other with a spray bottle of water. Squirt, Squirt, Squirt.
A little while later, they had both changed into swimsuits and were headed outside to squirt each other while jumping on the tramp. John found a squirt gun and joined in the fun. Until they squirted him too many times and he decided they were being mean, that is.
Later still, I see them both in the sparkliest clothes they could find. “Are you playing dress-up?” I asked. “No, we’re dancing,” they said.
Do you remember when you could just play pretend all day?
disappear for hours playing happily together. John had been running around, playing on the playground and playing with cars and trucks with Danny.
Cole, however, is in cousin heaven. He has two cousins, Brenden and Bryce, 
who are just about his age. They’ve played countless hours of monopoly, magblast, risk and phase 10. Yesterday they broke out the laser tag, and they’ve been shooting each other all hours of the day and night. The three boys were also my landscapers this week, and while Cole mowed the lawn, the other boys sprayed the morning glory, pulled some weeds and dug out two junk trees I needed removed. They’ve gone on bike rides and hikes and they even went horseback riding. Even though Megan is not technically a boy, they’ve allowed her in on a lot of the fun, too. We set up the little pool, 
and had all the kids splashing about and running in and out of the water. Away from home, they’ve enjoyed American Fork canyon, Cabella’s, and the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. 
Since it was the Museum’s 7th birthday, they had lots of birthday festivities all this week, and even had cake! The kids had a blast.
Of course, no family outing is complete until someone is put on time out, and it’s made even better if there’s an “I hate you” muttered venomously through clenched teeth. So, in this respect, it was a huge success. Here are my two girls on time out at the museum. 
I had to pull them both toward me and make them say two nice things about each other. Notice that I’m the only one smiling. But other than that it’s been a wonderful week. 
We also celebrated another cousin’s birthday last night, so it was even more of a cousin fest.
What fun we’ve had, and we’re so glad to have our family visit!
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