Fun in Flower Mound

At long last the time came for us to "move" back to Texas for the summer.  We started that trip off with a bang by having a 24 hour pit-stop at Grandma and Grandpa Roueche's house and then heading down to Flower Mound for a week where we stayed at the Caldwell's house.  It was cousin-palooza for a whole week.  We barely even saw the kids as they were always getting up to something with the cousins.  Leona and Ollie had a "frenemy" style relationship.  Any time anything went south Leona would report that Ollie had pushed her.  Ollie returned the favor by actually pushing her about half as many times as it was reported.  They then would have a makeup 3 minute long awkward hug where both would act like they would totally walk away if the other person didn't want the hug so badly and just stay together until Mel or I finally said, "OK guys now go play and be nice." at which point they would split and act like strangers until the next time.  There were also puppies to play with, or rather observe from a distance of no less than an arm's length.  

Also, we made it there just in time for Lily's 8th birthday party which was done in full Carney style with face painting, glitter tattoos, ballooning, spin art, and cotton candy.  I think that my people will never be satisfied with a birthday party again after seeing what the whole Cole experience can be like.  Leona was desperate to get painted by Grandpa.  She told him that she wanted a kitty- 100% her own idea- and was a little kitty statue while he painted.  She was sooo thrilled with the end product and is still talking about it a month later.

Another benefit of being a Cole, is free passes to Legoland, courtesy of Uncle Sammy.  Everybody pretty much unanimously agreed that the 4-D movie was the best part, but Leona liked the ride.  It was not that exciting of a ride, unless I suppose you're 2 and have never been on one before, in which case it's awesome.