The kids had a blast playing together running all around the house!! RUS pulled out all the pots and pans from under the stove and banged them together while R and Little Frog dressed up in Tinkerbell and Cinderella dresses and carried lanterns from room to room going on a bear hunt. Later they had fun hanging out together on Little Frog's snow tube.
The next day R and Little Frog went sledding at the same park J went sledding on as a kid (even Grammie sledded there when she was a little girl, too). RUS and I stayed back at GiGi and PopPop's house and visited with Great-Aunt T. 
and then we all went down to southern CT for a playdate with two other friends of mine and their families. It was so much fun! We were served a decadent lunch of vegan chili, cornbread, and the. most. scrumptious. coffee. cake. EVER. from a place called Claire's Corner Copia that I think J and I really need to go visit in person the next time we are in Connecticut.On top of just plain having a great time hanging out and getting to talk about such important topics as the wonders of Keurig coffee makers, the joys of DIY remodeling your kitchen, babywearing, and super-duper tips for organizing one's house, we had a ton of fun watching the kids all have a blast together. In fact, the three 3-year-old girls played together like they had been friends all their lives, and let me tell you, there is nothing sweeter than the sound of children squealing in laughter!!! J really had them all going when he let them all bury him in couch cushions. You can't even SEE him under those cushions--they really had him well-covered up!!!!
After hiding J, the girls all wanted to hide too, so they ran around the house hiding here and there and everywhere. A favorite hiding spot was in the bedroom closet (see picture, below) as well as on the bed underneath the quilt.
Here's the best shot we got of all three girls together:
And of course, we can't leave out the younger members of the get together, even though the three-year-olds definitely stole the show. They were so funny, and just so much fun to watch. Here's the two-month-old, who, astoundingly, slept through half the get together, even with all the children running around pell-mell in the living room . . .
. . . here's the 10-month-0ld who army-crawled everywhere--he definitely didn't want to be left out of the action . . .
. . . and of course, 15-month-old RUS, who found intense enjoyment in finding doors that were open and closing them. You can see me peeking through a door that RUS has just closed in the picture below.
And I just love this last one of him. It's just so sweet!
(caveat: none of the pictures in this blog post came from our camera--J's brother took the first three and the remainder were taken by one of my friends at the get-together).
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