Fun at Aunt Kat and Uncle Eric's House

Our oldest nephews, Kyle(10) and Dean(6) spent the night last night. We've always had fun watching the boys and spending time getting to know them better, but their ages right now are SOOO much fun! They have great personalities, thy get along great (95% of the time), and they are just overall NICE kids....hard to find these days. I LOVE that Whitney will get to grow up with her cousins close-by, and I love that these boys are already talking about "setting good examples for our cousin Whitney". SOOO sweet!

Eric had to work today (booo!), so the boys and Whitney and I were on our own. We made sure we knew how to turn on the Wii and the Playstation, ensured their bathng suits were ready to wear, and loaded new batteris in the camera. :)

Some pics from this morning's CANNONBALLLLL Contest!!!
The two contestants:

I think we have a similar picture from the last 3 years in a row...sooo cute :)

Being "eaten by the SHARK!!"

Kyle went first:



Then it was Dean's turn to splash:




Then it was time for DOUBLE CANNONBALLS!!!!



Then time for DOUBLE BELLY-FLOPS!!!!!





And Whitney hung out on the porch and watched her cousins splash and play :) Look how curly her hair gets in the Florida humidity!




She was really excited when Daddy came home for lunch and brought her THIS:

Eric's co-worker's kids outgrew this fantastic Jumperoo, so we snatched it up for our Whitterbug!

We tried some books under her feet at first...I mean, she IS only 2 months old afterall. We had to upgrade to the box the Wii came in since the books kept slipping everytime she'd try to hop.

She looked at us like we were crazy at first...

But then she paid attention to the lights and colors and sounds, and she was diggn' it!

Even Bailey wanted in on the action:

And, of course, her cool cousins hung out with her and enjoyed watching their littlest cousin in her new toy:


After the jumperoo fun, we closed all the blinds, made the family room dark, turned the surround sound up, popped some popcorn, cuddled up on couches, and watched "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark". (No pics of that because...well...I was too cozy on the couch to make that happen, and frankly, I am only one woman, people.)

The day was officially declared a success when Dean exclaimed:
"Whitney has had her smiling face on ALL DAY!"

....and with cousins like that, why wouldnt she?