Thursday, November 12, 2009

What do you do with a yard full of leaves? Why, turn loose your nephews on it, of course.

The weather was perfect for an afternoon in the leaves. Don't eat them, though.
Nathan wasn't sure about them at first, but he soon got the hang of it. He also loved watching his older, more capable cousins leap and be thrown into the leaves. He walked around the yard laughing in delight. Things are usually much too quiet around our house for his taste.
This next is a pretty good action shot. Nathan got bored of all the leaf throwing and took off in disgust.
By the time we were all played out, the leaves were pretty munched up. And we had plenty of helpers to get them bagged up. We have a front yard left. Any takers?

Friday, November 6, 2009

An Equal-Opportunity Sucker

Nathan loves his binkies. He especially relishes the unparalleled luxury of having two binkies in his possession at once. Usually he will clutch one in his hand, one in his mouth, always making sure to rotate them regularly, like every ten seconds. Double-binky sucking is a full-time job. You can't play favorites with binkies. Or, if you're up way too early in the morning, and you forget that you already have something in your mouth, you end up with this:
I'm really not sure how he managed to do this. But somehow the handle of the first-inserted binky aligned just right for the nipple of the second-comer, and they stuck together like they were designed for this. I may not have found this so funny, but it was five in the morning. And everything is really funny or really annoying at that hour.