Crackers

Sister likes crackers, and I couldn't think of a title.

Here is possibly the only picture of Brother where his whole face is not scrunched into a monster cheesy grin.



We might have some issues when the baby comes, but her intentions are good. Our poor 8 month old friend is Sister's testing ground...a lot of smothering hugs and kisses. Sister doesn't like that real babies move when they want when her baby dolls don't move until she makes them. Her baby dolls always sleep with a blanket over their face, and if you grab them by the foot or hair or arm, then that's how you carry them! Maybe 7 months is enough time to work it out.



When quiet time was demanded by mom, we all picked a good book and got comfortable.





I've been asked what will happen when there are three and I already use Sister and Brother. For the moment we refer to it as Brister, until we know the sex. After, they will Baby to you for a while, then maybe we'll add Little to the appropriate label. I'm open to suggestions.

Tree house

Pop built Brother his very own tree house. These are some of the first pictures. The leaves have since grown in, a Red Maple, making it feel like it has walls and a roof. There has also been a slide added for a quick and safe exit (especially since Sister can't climb back down the ladder).



When Brother first saw it, he ran inside to get toys. He came out with a truck and a vacuum cleaner. He heard "house" and wanted to clean it. Not really sure what I think about that! He has since moved on to leaves, sticks, scrap wood and pine cones. The recent addition of a blue bucket and pulley assembly has really made it easy and fun to move, rearrange and build collections in the tree house.



Binochulars are very important for spying birds (or as Sister says, "boids") in the tree. Unfortunately Brother does not know which end to look through, but he has fun. When Husband first say the tree house, he climbed right up and talked over design plans with Pop for second stories. Apparently it is every boy's dream to have a tree house and Pop and Husband harbor a little jealousy that Brother actually has his as a boy!

If I remember to take the camera outside more often there will be lots of tree house pictures. Pop also thought of the girl and added a bucket swing since would live in one if she could. Adult size benches are also provided for supervising adults. It is quite the outdoor hot spot.

The Kiddos

We went to the beach last Saturday and the kids had a great time. Brother swam in the 50 degree ocean, wet head to toe, and Sister exfoliated in the sand. They were a mess but loved it. They also enjoyed screaming about the bathroom naked after their shower. A good exhausting trip!

 

 

 

 

One more thing...


Live and in person this November.