they make everything more fun

These kids are non-stop entertainment. I had so much fun with them last week. The weather was awesome, especially for this time of year. We walked down to the park and to Frosty Boy. The kids slept over with Aunt Emmy and I one night. Emmy and I watched tons of Gilmore Girls. We spent lots of time just hanging out at Angie's and playing with the kids. We went one night to Grandma Ann's and ate fried chicken on the patio with not only our family (minus Anthony) and her but also my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Mike. Emmy and I went to the Michigan Welcome Center and stocked up on Michigan travel guides. No one loves Michigan like Emmy does. We also went to Steve and Barry's where I got a cute Bitten by Sarah Jessica Parker wool jacket for $8.98. But my favorite night was at Angie's where she made chicken chilli and a cheese ball and she and Emmy sang their rap version of "5 Little Monkeys". Then Alice and Nicholas sang along with us to "Wheels on the Bus" and "Follow the Prophet". It doesn't take much to entertain us I guess. We always have so much fun when we are together. You know, the laughing.

P.S. One day at lunch Alice and Nicholas wouldn't behave and Angie told them they had better sit down or she was gonna take names and kick butt later, which, of course, made them laugh. But no one was laughing as hard as me because it dawned on me that I had heard the phrase "I'm taking names" or whatever but I never stopped to think of what the names were for or what those people were going to do with them.