Aunt Crystal

My kids are so blessed to have an aunt who loves them dearly! Luckily, she lives close enough that the kids get to see her many times throughout the year. Aunt Crystal is fun because she like to act like one of the kids, too. :)

She's also the only person I know who can trick the kids into doing work without them whining about it. Proof:

This picture is the aftermath of asking the kids to pick up all the acorns out of the yard. Each kid had a 5 gallon bucket, and Aunt Crystal told the kids whoever had the most weight in their bucket would get to choose where to go out for dessert later that night. Donny won. He had over 14 pounds, and Braelyn had just over 12. The trick was to pick up one acorn at a time. Braelyn grabbed larger handfuls and ended up with too many leaves in her bucket.

Here are a couple other pictures from their visit. I have no idea what the story is behind them, but they're cute nonetheless:

During this visit, the kids were also tricked into raking leaves and using the mulcher to suck them up off the ground. They LOVED it.

Thank you, Aunt Crystal, for loving my babies!