Fun with Friends

On Wednesday night the boys and I went to the Turanski's house to hang out with Kelly and her boys. Both of our husbands were working that evening, so we thought it would be fun to get the kids together to play...and then we could visit with each other, too. We had a lot of fun! It was way better than spending that time at our house while trying to keep the boys out of Josh's way. (: Besides, Ronan had been asking to go to John's house for a long time....mostly because he really likes John, but also partly because of this:

Ronan loves costumes and he's always talking about John's knight costume. He also likes John's John Deere riding tractor...and so did Griffin. They all took turns riding the tractor around the lawn--Kelly used a timer to help the boys know when their turn was up, and that worked out really well.

We kept it simple by making mac ' n cheese for the kids and quesadillas for us. It was fun listening to the conversations between Ronan and John...and Griffin, too, as he would add his thoughts.

Kelly and John--notice in the above picture he is holding a toy gun and below he's holding a sword. Ahh, boys. (:

After dinner and more outside play time we put on a movie to help them calm down a little. It worked for a few minutes, but then they took the cushions off the couch and started jumping and tackling each other. Even little Eli was into it. He and Griffin would stand on the couch and let themselves fall onto the cushions...and then giggle uncontrollable. It was so funny. We let them do it for awhile, then found a way to calm down and we left around 8:30. Kelly and I were tired, but I still think it was fun for the kids and for us. We said that next time we'd do it when the dads could be there too!
John (3 1/2), Eli (15 months), Ronan (4), and Griffin (20 months)
Here are a couple of pictures from last August for comparison:
Eli (4 months) and Griffin (9 months)

Ronan (3) and John (2 1/2)