A Few More from the Lake

I forgot about these photos (I'm posting and cleaning the Happy Room at the same time, so I'm a little disorganized about this!) But I couldn't leave out these photos for my sister to see:

Caiden, after we made him "release" his dead gar, found another disgusting (or awesome, if you're a boy) fish carcass.  The good news is that he's really good about washing his hands after he comes up from the beach!

Grayson is such a funny kid.  He's really quirky, an inventor and creator, and loves shiny things, especially gadgets.  When Caiden was three, our pediatrician asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, and Caiden said, "An encouraging squirrel," at which our doctor nearly fell out!  He said in 20 years as a pediatrician, he'd never heard that.  (Go figure!)  And today, 7 years later, Caiden is really an encourager.  But Grayson is definitely the squirrel!  He loves to snitch shiny things, gadgets, small "treasures" that I consider junk, and hide them.  (When it was his turn at the doctor, he said when he grew up he wanted to become "a man."  Very realistic goal.  Now he'd definitely say "Lego engineer.")

Landon, being 5 like Addie, loved playing with her.  They played Rescue Heroes in the Dollhouse, as a compromise.

"Toasting" their breakfast.

After we left Mom and Dad's, Leslie and I drove back to my house and got the kids dressed up for Treat-Tastic at church that night.  This first picture is really good, primarily because 3/4 of the kids have on masks.  The boys went with a Star Wars theme, and Landon's costume as Yoda impressed Grayson deeply.  We had so much fun with that little costume!  Addie went with her favorite thing on earth, ballerinas.  I YouTubed a video on how to make a bun, and it involved cutting a hole in a sock, rolling it into a donut, and wrapping it around her ponytail, then tucking the excess hair around it.  It was weird but really good!  About a million bobby pins later, she had a bun that stayed in.

But this photo is especially for my sister.  If you zoom in, you'll see that Caiden's eyes are shut and he's sitting like a total boy, Addie looks mad, Landon has a poser smile, and Grayson looks bizarre.  Or constipated.  We laughed so hard when we saw this one!  I love it so much I think I'm going to frame it for my fall decor, just because it is so characteristic of these four crazy kids!

Sunday we headed back to church, so the kids got to wear their costumes again, and this time we made them wear their masks.  Much better, although not nearly as funny!