Brotherly Love!

Baby J has been playing outside on the trampoline. Our trampoline is special : it sits on tires about 2 feet off the ground. Then everyone can get on and off easily and if you fall off.. well your not going to fall far. The kids love it, and so does Chip. In fact we often have to kick the dog off so the kids can jump. He doesn't jump on it but loves to curl up with a cat and snooze on the warm black top. 

Our boys are special too, they love to love each other. On this day L had brought Baby J the cat to 'pet' which Baby J thinks is the most fantastic thing!! I'm pretty sure the cat did not think it was a fantastic thing. L did try and show Baby J how to be 'gentle to the kitty' but as you can see from the cats quick exit, I'm not so sure Baby J was successful. I got there JUST too late to get a picture of Baby J and the cat. Instead of the cat to play with Baby J got his brother L. L loves to play with the baby. He was the 1st one to make him laugh and he has him in fits of giggles almost every day. He makes funny faces, tickles him, plays whatever he is playing around with Baby J and includes him in his games. On the trampoline he jumped gently and got cascades of giggles. J and L have a special bond as well, being only 15 months apart they have pretty much always been together. The 1st few times J went to AWANA L really did not know what to do with himself. He quickly figured it out.. talk. J was the big talker in the family (of the kids anyway.. Papa can out talk us all) until he starting going to AWANA once a week.. now I've got several big talkers and one littler talker (R, age 3, who still needs translating regularly) and J can barely get a word in. No wonder Baby J yells, he wants some air time too. J and L are still best buds and do EVERYTHING together.. now that L is riding his bike they spend hours every week racing up and down the drive way. Last year L stopped racing because he always lost.. but this year they are much more even and he gives J a ride for his money :) The only thing they don't do together, well not all the time, is school work.. and that will change as L and E start school early August, and AWANA which L has gone to a couple of times and really is not sure if he wants to go next fall. He's not a crowd person and quite frankly I don't blame him a bit.. neither am I.

Brotherly love is one of the strongest there is. I love to see it sprout, grow and bloom in my children, all my children. 

 All for One and One for All. 

Growing kids, making memories :) 

And Blogging so I don't forget them.