A fun cousin day

Emma & Josie came over for a few hours this afternoon and played with Brielle. They flew kites, jumped on the neighbor's trampoline, and then played on the swing set. Inside the play set, we put a tarp down over the grass and they each cozied up in their own sleeping bag. They played inside for at least an hour... and even had a snack service (me) that provided them with popcorn, crackers, apples, & water. They asked if they could have a real sleepover there sometime this summer. Good idea!

Jolene, Karley, & Tessa came over later and joined us for dinner since Terry & Connor were gone fishing for the day. Here's a jammie photo from the end of the night:

Karley, Josie, Emma, Brielle & John.

Good Friday at the Farm

It was a damp & rainy day, but that didn't slow Brielle down. She led Tim all around the farm to visit the animals in this order: the lambs, cats, calves, chickens (where she checked for new eggs and found one), Patches the pony.... and then back to the lambs.

Here's what John was busy doing the whole time that Brielle & Tim were walking around.

He fell asleep 5 minutes before we got to the farm and took a nice 45 minute nap in the car :)... resting up for a fun afternoon & evening.

After everyone ate dinner, there was an Easter Egg hunt for the 20 grandkids. The hunt was downstairs at Grandma & Grandpa's because it was too muddy & rainy for an outdoor hunt. Each grandkid was supposed to look for the eggs with the corresponding # to what grandchild that he or she is. John is #15 and Brielle is #12.

John was carrying his eggs in his shirt.... and enjoying the M & M's soon after.

One of Brielle's eggs was hidden on a classic Berning family photo :)... and another was in a filing box.

The excitement of finding her final egg! :)

Strawberry DIP

John is always a good strawberry-eater. Brielle, on the other hand, says she only likes strawberries with strawberry DIP... the "strawberry dip that Grandma Carol has."

On this day, Brielle knew we had some dip in the refrigerator so she asked for some strawberries. She said, "I need a knife. Grandma Carol showed me how to cut the green part off." Then, she took care of cutting all of these by herself!

America's got TALENT

The other night John and Brielle decided to do a little performance showing off their singing and dancing talent. I love how John moves his arms:)

New animals on the farm

My dad, Grandpa Berning, is always looking for new things for the grandkids to enjoy on the farm and the latest animals Grandpa got for the kids are two baby sheep, one boy and one girl. I am not sure if the grandkids have named them yet but they sure enjoy playing with them:)


Although after seeing the kids run after the sheep I think that my dad got them to help the grandkids become better runners:)

You are getting sleeeeeepy

John learned this from "The Care Bear Movie" :)