Let's begin our display of fun with Brianna and Claire with a little afternoon game of hide-and-seek.
Grandma is searching diligently for Claire. Can you find her?
"Claire, Mommy's here to get you. Claire? Where are you?"
"THERE SHE IS!"
Claire: "Listen, Grandma, I'm not letting you up until you say I can stay at your house."
On another day we were delighted to have all the kids and their moms around for a while. Interesting how they pair up so naturally, isn't it?
Bri just can't resist interrupting her stroll to share a little love with these handsome guys. "Hunter, I could just EAT YOU UP!" she croons.
Meanwhile, Claire gets ready to serve up some snacks and treats at the Sandpile (not Sandhills) Deli and Grill.
Oops. While our backs were turned, Hunter has disappeared. What's going on? "Is Bri going to eat ME up, too?" asks a worried Evan.
Bri: "So what if our Sandpile grill doesn't have a mechanical bull."
Kitty Cat expresses an unhealthy interest in our terrarium of beetles.
Claire and Bri have been playing with their buggy friends for about three weeks. Not pointing any paws, but the seven beetles mysteriously disappeared over the next two nights. Kitty Cat? Surely not! More likely a possum or raccoon prowling our garage. Oh well, there's more oak wood to split, and likely more beetles, too.
I guess you've noticed how these children love to hide. One of Claire's new spots is under this child-sized magnolia in Judy's prayer garden.
Jennifer and Amanda always loved climbing our trees, especially a dogwood. Claire has found a dogwood tree that she hopes to climb all by herself one day.
Our friend Christy stopped by on her very own birthday to visit us because she knew we were babysitting. What a nice surprise!
This shot is when Bri and Claire set off on their quest to mow the lawn. All 10 acres, I suppose. This led to the video a few blog posts ago. Check it out if you missed it.
This is the still photo that accompanies the "Sharing" video on that same blog. Not to be missed.
Bri was a little apprehensive about trying on these fake monster teeth at first. But she likes what she sees.
Bri: "Now, I can really scare Evan and Hunter when I say I want to eat them up."
Claire: "Okay, Grandpa. Time to figure up you bill for exploiting all our cuteness. Lemme see. . . that comes to. . . ."
Okay, okay, I'll pay whatever it costs.
Priceless.
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