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Cousin Camp!

 This year Cousin Camp looked a little different.  My oldest three grandchildren stayed at our house for a week while their parents were off on a big trip celebrating their 10th anniversary. But they also left the baby who is not quite a year old. Usually I don't try to do cousin camp with the littlest ones but this seemed like the best time to do fun activities. Here is some of what we did.

Tuesday afternoon we went to the Monte L. Bean Museum:





The kids learned about the blue marlin fish and earned a card by telling one fact they learned:


We also did a craft with perler bead kits. I didn't get a picture at the time but here's the finished product. That craft was a little challenging.


Wednesday we started out by going to the park on bikes and walking:



Later we did a suncatcher craft that was pretty easy and made pretzels:




We also played Chick-a-Pig:


Thursday we visited the library, made cookies, then later we went to the splash pad with an actual cousin:












Friday, I took the kids over to Big Springs park and we hiked a little (I pushed the baby in the stroller) and played in the water:










I'm holding on to his pants here so he didn't dive in.

In the afternoon we made paper airplanes.




On Saturday, we went over to the All-Together playground park but it was a little hot so we didn't stay that long. We had a hot dog lunch with some visiting family members and then played with Playdoh:







Sunday, we went to church where the kids were well-behaved. Afterwards we watched a few videos from the Youtube channel called Gospel for Kids and played a little chess:

The baby was a good eater and spent some time happily eating whatever I gave him in his high chair.




And, I might add, we had a delicious dinner of pot roast, melted carrots, mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh garden beans, garden tomatoes, rolls, and fresh peaches with ice cream. On Fast Sunday, dinner tastes especially amazing but this was extra satisfying with produce from our garden.

Monday, we went to the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper with our local cousin:














That evening, my parents came over and had dinner and FHE with us. The popular game of the day was Mother, May I. Everett and Caroline dropped in and played too. My dad was the Mother.

Camille, you may take 10 baby steps.

On Tuesday, we cleaned up and then David and Stephanie came back to claim their children. I appreciated the opportunity to serve and get to know my grandchildren better. It was also good for Mindy and Camille to have some temporary younger "siblings" around to help and get along with.






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