We were able to have 3 of my nephews stay with us because their parents and sister went to Hawaii for just over 2 weeks. The boys helped on the farm by moving sprinklers and doing chores where ever they may need to be done. Fortunately for them, six kids makes light work so a lot of the time was spent as they chose, playing video games. Ryan got to do more things since he was older. Not sure if he loved it but he was a good sport. He learned to drive a stick and hauled manure and also learned to change filters on the equipment with Kevin.
The kids played with the puppies!
They tried some fun meals like cheese fondu!
Here is the evidence of video gaming.
Making cookies! Fun story: I left Ryan, Sam and Samantha (aka the twins or thing 1 and thing 2) with the assignment to make cookies while we were at the Cub Scout day camp. Thing 1 thought it would be great to add chocolate chips to no-bake cookies. Not to mention they misread the recipe and added 1 1/2 cups of cocoa powder instead of 1 1/2 Tb. That made for some very DARK cookies. Then it was successfully burned, so it looked like tar with bits of white oats. Tasted horrible. I had them make it again so they could feel success, plus we wanted cookies still!
Here is Thing 1 lifting a foam weight. You can tell it was pretty heavy. ;)
We went swimming at the aquatics center and rode horses another day.
They enjoyed the mini motorcycle the most and the 4 wheeler when it worked. We were so glad to have the chance to get to know them better and spend time with them. We miss them and hope they are having fun unpacking from their move!
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