Visitors from Illinois!

Thursday night we got a spontaneous visit from Aunt Donna and cousin Donovan who live in the Chicago area. Right away, Kyle loved having another guy around to watch, imitate and play with. It was really fun to have them over.

This is an early, early morning shot of the boys playing on Kyle's ramp Daddy makes for him with the extra leaves of our dining table. Since there was a two hour time difference for Donovan, Kyle had someone to play with shortly after 5am! :)

Donna and Donovan came to help me teach school Friday morning. Here, Donovan's showing the class where he is from on a puzzle map.
After class, lunch, and a nap, we were off to the Back Bay for a kayak ride and playing in the sand.

Kyle had been signing "water" ever since he saw the kayak in the garage and really, really wanted to go out on the water with Daddy. So next, K got his turn.

Then Daddy climbed a tree. And Dinker wanted up, just like dad. See him staring up at Dad?

Feeding the birds some leftover popcorn. And Dink was actually sneaking in some bites! :)

Then Dad climbed the swings. Both boys were in awe.

Ru taught a couple of neighbor boys and Donovan how to play some street hockey. Its really not popular here, to Ru's unbelief. So he took matters into his own hands and made sure the kids got their lesson and play time.

After the kids were in bed (!!!), some more cousins came for a fun pizza and game night. And I took the house down! :) Should have put money on the game! Really enjoyed getting to know them. Such fun, nice people.

Another early, early morning! But how sweet is this? The boys read together.

And played cars together.

We hit a nice garage sale and went to visit our local bunny friends.

The bunnies.

And we're pooped! Quiet family time that usually never gets documented like this. Thanks, Donna. Then, we were off to Back Bay's Nature/Interactive Center.

It was a beautiful day.