Super-grandparents!

Mimi left today (cue cries) - and after being here for almost three weeks helping us out with everything, we are already so sad to not have her around.  But no one can say that she (and Papa Bear!) didn't make the most of their time here.  Trips to the zoo, nature and science museum, children's museum, parks, train museum, water parks, pet farms and more kept our Benjamin Willys very busy (and SUPER happy).  They helped with cleaning our house, making our meals, feeding and changing Avery... they were just about the best grandparents anyone could ask for!  Since they did SO much while here, there are a lot of pictures in this little photo journal of their visit... here we go!

Mimi arrived on Friday morning right after Avery was born... she helped my sister bring Benjamin by the hospital to meet Avery!  And while he really liked his new little sister, he also really liked the fish tank on our floor.  Hehe.

Heading to the museum and splash pad at City Park:

Park visit:

Going to a little kid-friendly water park out in Golden:

Feeding the beast (a difficult task!):

Feeding the non-beast (also difficult in its own ways!):

Playing with the kiddos:

Making calls to Papa from the trike:

Resting:

Bathtime!

Trip to the museum:

Biking around:

Trip to the zoo:

Benjamin is driving Mimi to the airport

1st ride on the train!

And then Papa Bear arrived!!!

More trips to the park:

Dinners together:

LOTS of baseball (Papa Bear successfully taught Benjamin many new baseball things: signs for "safe" and "out", where infield and outfield are, actually touching the bases when running after a hit, etc. - Benjamin is practically a real baseball player now!!):

More bathtime!

Lots of reading before bed:

Mimi sewed Benjamin a new duvet cover and even got him special monkey sheets (playing guitars!) for a special pillow:

Watching Frozen:

Papa Bear was SO wonderful with the kiddos!!

Heading to the Mini Train and Pet Farm at Belleview Park:

three Larson generations!

More baseball:

More yummy dinner:

Visit to the Children's Museum:

Taking a family walk to a neighborhood restaurant - the Cherry Tomato - for dinner:

Benjamin loved dipping his bread in the olive oil...

Avery slept through dinner

Another zoo visit:

MORE baseball:

Dinner with my folks too:

Getting ready for bedtime:

 Visiting the train museum in Golden:

Avery's bathtime!

Saying goodbye to Mimi :(

We love you Mimi and Papa - thank you for EVERYTHING!!