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January 5, 2010
Jordan trip I: The kids
We flew with the twins and Joanna's parents to Jordan to spend the holidays with Joanna's brother's family. They have four kids five and under. Let's stop and do the math: six adults and six kids. Yes, it was quite chaotic, but lots of fun. Even though on paper the two groups were equal, the adults often felt outnumbered and overrun.
They have a basement which we named Funland. This glorious land included tents filled with magical balls (which can instantly transform into M&M's at a three year old's command), a "wheeeeeee!" (jungle gym) that can transform into a pirate's ship at a five year old's whim, and a swing that can become an enchanted street car ("All aboard!"). Shrieks of delight could be heard all across the neighborhood.
The kids' grandparents did a very good impression of a jungle gym. They often had all six kids climbing on them.
Our kids had the time of their life. They were quite impressed with the amount of Winnie-the-Pooh items, the choo-choos, the cars and the baby dolls.(Elanor must have been having a sweet Pooh dream one night. She started to mumble, then suddenly shouted out, "Winnie da Pooh!" She also woke us up at the crack of dawn one morning reciting all of the characters, "Pooh...Tigga'...Kanga...Roo...Eeyo'...") Our twins learned lots of new words from their cousins and got more exercise then they have in their entire life. Ian yawped for joy at having three other boys to play with, and Elanor didn't mind being her girl cousin's live baby doll.
Another night, Joanna thought her parents were watching Ian, Elanor and their youngest cousin. Mom and Dad thought the same thing. Soon, we realized that there were no two year olds to be found. Then we hear some chattering and giggling from the bathroom. Go to check the door, and it's locked. When we finally got the door open, we found three soaked two year olds drowning a wise man (and it wasn't in the sink). They have now been nicknamed "The Three Stooges" for their collaboration in mischief. We apologized to the wise man and sent him on his way, hoping he could catch up to the other two after his most unfortunate, and wet, delay.
Christmas was especially fun, with six excited preschoolers tearing into their loot. Enjoy the pictures!
adventures & travels , deux bebes , family | By Tim and Jo | 8:53 PM
