today in the life of the koks
Benny looking cute and clean after his bath last night.
A little annoyed that we keep taking his picture!
Had to take a shot of him sportin' his converse, taking after cousin Hadley (who gave them to him!). Thanks Hads:)
And had to include of the crazy big sis being a very good mommy to baby Frank... for about 2 minutes until she ripped him out of there like a crazy woman and threw him on the floor!
Ryan & Megan brought this little get up back from Hawaii for Lauren. We told her to dance by the wall so we could take a picture and this is what she did. We were laughing so hard... a little nervous about her future career...
Little Miss Hula danced around saying, "Hula Hula"
Next time maybe they'll get her a top to go with it:) 
Though it seems Lauren is perfectly happy going topless. 
I couldn't pick just one shot of these two so here are 4!
I just love when they do this every morning.
Looks like Ben is going to be a thumb sucker too.
My two favorites :) 
Lauren insisted on wearing her socks like this.
Ben wearing his pants hiked and a cheesy bib...
We know, our kids are sooo cool:)
We visited the Great Grandparents this weekend. Ben loved gazing into Grandma's eyes. It was very sweet.
G & G marveling at the fact that he has 10 tiny fingers and 10 tiny toes just like a real person (uhh... he is real!).
Lauren kissing the dutch figurines in their yard.
Whoa- Lauren really liked this one:) 
We got to spend a day with Hadley while Ryan & Megan were in Hawaii. We went to a little concert in Woodinville and met up with Nana and some friends. Everyone seemed to enjoy the concert except...
Miss Grouchy Pants! She wasn't in the mood for dancing apparently.
Then Hadley enjoyed a very serious lunch
while her cousin continued on with her grouchiness!
Lauren finally decided to have some fun and the girls went shopping together. They were so so SO cute pushing this around. Hadley had the proudest look on her face!
Oma & Opa got Lauren a fun new pool to swim in. She had a great time playing in it and also enjoyed wearing her new bikini:)
Ben didn't get to swim but he did get a great sideways view of the fun.
The amazing sunset from Oma & Opa's front yard. Oma has about a gazillion of these pics because each nights sunset seems to be more beautiful than the last :)
Our favorite thing to do when we visit in the summer- lay in the hammock.
Smelling Oma's beautiful flowers.
Cuddling up with Opa after one of her many dips in the pool.
Mama getting some relaxing in with the kiddies!
mommy and ben getting ready for an evening walk
couldn't get any cuter if he tried
i just want to eat him up
The girls think they are sooooo funny when they get in Ben's mini pack and play.
Is she hugging her or hurting her? Hard to tell. We'll give Lauren the benefit of the doubt here and assume it's all love:)
Pretending to go "nigh nigh" though it was a bit snug!
Lauren has been wanting to take a bath with Ben for awhile now and we finally let her. As you can see, she enjoyed herself.
Thursday night Kevin & I were really tired and just didn't have the energy to say no, so this is what happened... Lauren ate in the nude on the table...
and she ate straight out of the bowl...
and she got really dirty AND she even peed on the table! That is when we lost it, we were laughing so hard and just figured why try at this point. 
so Miss Lauren enjoyed a night of rule breaking and mom and dad enjoyed a break from saying No, just for a few hours:) 
This morning Lauren got up and ran straight in our room to find Ben. She cuddled with him and looked at him and said, "I lub (love) you Ben".
Ben "lubs" her too, you can just tell by the way he looks at her. 
What great buddies they'll be one day!
Ben is smiling at her in this picture, I almost caught it on camera. He's smiling now and it is the cutest thing ever, just makes us all "lub" him even more:)
One of Jacob's favorite places is Chuck E Cheese's (can you tell by the look on his face?).
Lauren wasn't sharing the love at all- she was scared of everything, which is so out of character for her. Maybe she is my daughter after all :)
She didn't like the dancing animals or any of the little kiddie rides. Basically she didn't like anything...
except the Cotton Candy!
