333 Trip - Day 4

Thursday - Our first full day here! We got up and had breakfast and then went out side to Mitchell's "park". They have a nice big swing set and t-ball outside in the back yard that the kids are really enjoying! 

Mitchell and Evelyn are doing an amazing job sharing toys with us! And Aunt Amy is making us feel right at home. She bought us all kinds of special snacks! 

There is one car in particular that Drakeford really likes. It's called a wiggle car. Because they have all tile down stairs the kids love having races! There is some kind of wheeled vehicle for everyone! 

Marlow hangs out in the cozy coup mostly to hide from the little dog Diedrich. She's only slightly terrified of him. She calls it the "safe car". 

She makes an effort though. By the end of the day she will pet him but in the morning, the terror starts all over! We talked about how God knew this little dog would be here and allowed Marlow to be here too. He can give her the courage to play and have fun and teach her how to control her emotions. Sometimes she is playing for a long time without any melt downs! Other times she asks to sit on the kitchen counter with me. Thankfully the food chairs are high off the ground, but even then she still says "I don't like him!" and shivers like I do when I see a creepy crawly on the floor. 

Mimi came to get Mitchell and take him to school today. It was rodeo day so Mitchell got dressed up like a cowboy! But when we came down stairs we realized that Drakeford was dressed up like one too!! Mimi brought Mitchell some boots but he wasn't that keen to wear them. So Drakeford went to get on his John deer boots and told Mitchell that we  like ours and wear ours all the time! This helped a lot and I think he wore them all day for school!!

Cowboy Cousins!

We played outside after he left and enjoyed our morning off reading books. Thankfully the kids are all around the same age so their schedules are very similar! Morning nap for the little girls, then lunch, then afternoon nap for everyone. 

The men come home exhausted! We are praying for Kevin and Ryan as they work these long days of filming. There were a couple set backs with gear that caused Kevin to need to work a little more when he came home. But other than that all is going well!