It's So Cozy To Ride In My Dumptruck

On the 27th, the kids and I went to Mom and Dad's for a few days. We stopped along the way to pick up Jeryn, then my sister and Jaiden came up the following day.

While at PetSmart buying B's dog food last week, Alexee chose a cat toy to take to Princess Louisa. She couldn't wait to give it to her, but Louisa was no where to be found when we first got to Flippin on Tuesday. When the kids finally found her, they had fun showing her the new mouse and ball toys.

Wednesday morning was frosty and cold, but it warmed up later that afternoon. You can see the fog rising off the river off in the distance:

Mo, Crosby, Alexee & Jeryn giving the horses their hay. Rhett had already left to go cut wood with Granddad.

I took this from the kitchen window--they have so many pretty birds in their back yard.
My Dad and Rhett met (Dad's brothers) Jerry and Greg and my cousin, Kristian Wednesday morning to cut wood. Rhett got to ride in the dump truck, which he thought was great. Every time I see a dump truck I think of a little record that my sister had when we were kids. She had a box set of kids' records with books--the kind that rang a bell when it was time to turn the page. One of them was called "It's So Cozy to Ride in My Dump Truck", and it had the cutest tune!

The guys working with the wood splitter.

I took Jeryn, Alexee and Crosby by later that morning to see the action.

They worked hard and were done by noon! You can see Rhett in the window as they were leaving.

Wednesday night we got together with a lot of Mom's side of the family. We met at the river house and had pizza and dessert/coffee/punch. (The orange sherbet punch is a family favorite because my Great-Grandmother Wood used to always make it for Christmas Eve at her house.)

Crosby has started doing a comedian act to entertain people. He says, "Want to see me do something funny?" and then he'll pretend to hit himself in the head with his hand and fall on the floor and roll around. One of his other "funny things" is to dance around waving his arms in the air and making funny faces. :) He got a big laugh out of everyone. I won't be surprised if he's the class clown--he already likes to make others laugh and he's such a happy little boy. Here's a picture of him being funny:
Even though several of my cousins couldn't come that night, we still had lots of kids with lots of energy! They jumped on the bed, played hide & seek and duck-duck-goose.

Dad & Alexee

Alexee & Jaiden with their dolls

I think Aunt Rhonda was telling them how to play Twister.

Alexee and Adrianne (my cousin's little girl) are just a few days apart in age and they got the same dolls for Christmas.

with my Grandmother Nina

Granddad Forrest, Mo Nina, me & the kids

We got home late and the kids were tired and went to bed easily that night. It had been another fun but busy day.

Thursday morning Grandmother stopped by because she had some gifts for the kids. Of course they were excited about that! They got some new toys, including a Bug-opoly game that Rhett has loved playing.
The weather was really beautiful that day--it didn't feel like the last week of December at all! We played outside until time to leave to come home.

Aunt Kala leading Alexee on Banner

I lifted Crosby up to take a ride, but he didn't want to stay on very long--he went back to the dump truck.

Mo leading Rhett

Alexee, Crosby and I were glad to get home to see Lane and Bogart. Rhett stayed one more night, then we all met for dinner in Conway last night so he could ride home with us.