The cousins reunite once again

Carrie, Austin and Renee all came to our house for a few days this week. Josh is in India for work and will be back on Sunday. He is in charge of setting up a tech support team for his company. It seems like they're all getting along so much better than last time. Violet is being an excellent sharer and letting the kids play with her toys. They got here Tues night and are heading out Friday morning. Wednesday morning we met at a park with some friends and their kids, which was a nice time. They got SO dirty playing. Calvin has mulch from the playground smashed in his ears and in his hair, and the rest of them just got plain sticky and sweaty, every piece of dirt they came into contact with stuck to their sweaty skin. I think all of them took turns rubbing their hands in ash from a charcoal grill near by. (ew, ew!) They all got baths before nap that day. We packed all 4 of them in our big soaker tub in our master bathroom - they had a blast. Violet woke up from naps before everybody else and by 4:00 they were all up, so we started supper for the kids and then we all went to the Wilson's house for small group. We fed the kids spaghetti before we left so we didn't have to feed them there, but of course they were all interested in the snacks available. This morning Carrie and I took Violet to preschool and the rest of the kids to the child care area so Carrie and I could go work out in the gym. She is a trooper - being 7 months pregnant doing what she could from the work out and improvising positions that required laying on her stomach. We got the kids when class was over (V stayed in school til 11:30) and ran a couple errands at two stores. We picked her up when preschool was over and decided to pick up some lunch at Zippy's BBQ. That's it so far. Tonight we're having teriyaki chicken of some kind (Carrie brought it) with peppers and rice. I also have to prep some food for dinner tomorrow night with my grandparents and also some picnic food I'm preparing for Saturday.