At the end of September, we went to Memphis to visit Jess, Adam and the kids. We rode the monorail over to Mud Island. Kaitlyn was thrilled to be riding a "train" that went through the air. It's amazing what joy kids get out of such simple things. (By the way, thanks to Jess for most of these pictures!)
Mud Island has a scaled replica of the entire Mississippi River, culminating in a large wading pool that represents the delta. As you can see below, it's very shallow, so we had no problem at all with Kaitlyn and Noah wading around and splashing a bit...
...until they got the bright idea to lay down and roll around in the wading pool!! Both kids were soaked from head to toe and not a change of clothes or a towel in sight! We never dreamed that the kids would get so wet. Silly us! Since there's nothing we could do about it at that point, we just let them have their fun. Below is a picture of Kaitlyn, Eli and Ethan. Noah was a little camera shy at that moment.
We came home, got the kids cleaned up and had some more playtime in the backyard. There's an awesome tire swing in the back yard that just begs you to swing on it.
And plenty of room to just roam around and be a kid.
And Kaitlyn thinks Noah is pretty cool, especially since he was willing to share his train set! I love how both sets of kids are so close in age. I see lots of fun family gatherings in our future!
Finally a picture with all four cousins and no one is crying! A pretty miraculous feat!
And slides...
Eli and Ethan are going to be good buddies growing up.
And Kaitlyn thinks Noah is pretty cool, especially since he was willing to share his train set! I love how both sets of kids are so close in age. I see lots of fun family gatherings in our future!
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