Sometimes I Cheat

Tonight I thought I'd do a little truth in my posting and let you know that occasionally I cheat and switch out faces to make a picture work for me. I am doing that now, but I did a really bad job of it and I'm not going to fix it. I'm tired. Harrison is smiling in every other shot in the series I did of this awesome brother moment today, but the cutest smiles from the big guys had a plain (though still cute) face that didn't do the moment justice.

On to my story. We have had this Winnie the Pooh tree since before Lincoln could sit up. I have never seen anyone else with one, but it might just be the best baby toy ever. Everyone loves this tree. I even had Lincoln's nine month old pictures taken with it. He used it to learn to sit and to learn to stand. Big kids love it just as much. Tonight mine were using the peek-a-boo piglets as launchers for little army men. The shapes that fit into the hole of the tree didn't come back when we sent the tree away to a friend (wasn't expecting it back at all), but the kids found that their blocks work just as well and you can see they sent Harrison quite a collection down the chute. There is something magical about all of your kids having such a great time doing something simple together. I was just eating it up.

Hanging with the Cousins

This past week we've gotten to spend some good time with some of our cousins. Davis, Isaac, Hannah and Natalie came over last Wednesday and hung out with us all day before Isaac's birthday party at Incredible Pizza (I know, I know - they changed the name to Lido - because that name is so appealing to kids). Jackson and Isaac played together the whole day. They were great buddies, spending as much time as we would let them on the DS's. Lincoln and Davis were spending an equal amount of time on computer games, mostly Plants and Zombies. A family addiction - thanks Tosha.

Hannah was happy to color and visit everybody else in whatever they were doing. At one point we got a game of Othello out and they teams switched out several times. Near the end, it was Lincoln and Davis and Hannah dropped by. She accidently bumped the board and the game was all mixed up. Lincoln did not handle that well and was consequently disciplined. When he returned to the group, I told him to go and give Hannah a hug. She quickly perked up with, "I don't like hugs from boys."

"Oh, well, then..."

She interrupted me again, "...and no kisses either!"

"Well, Hannah, is there something you would like Lincoln to do for you?"

"Hmmm, well, you could get me a treat. Do you have any Butterfinger?" She was totally milking the situation and searching the kitchen for a good treat. It was such a hoot!

Sunday we got to see everyone again for Isaac's baptism. It was such a tender and precious event. We will all remember it. We missed Spencer and hope he is feeling better soon.