And then there are the good days…

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Teaching a cousin to knee dive

(who knew you could have so much fun at an Ob-Gyn’s office? Big brother was out in the waiting room playing Jet Pack Joy Ride on the iPad with a cluster of nine other kids gathered to watch. I have a picture, but I promised all the moms I only took it for me, so you’ll have to imagine it)

Visiting another great grandma, who has…

A player piano!

Singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” to each other.

Nicholas wailed, “But I don’t WANT to leave great Grandma’s house!” File that one under the “awwwwww, what a delightful child” category while muscling him into the back of the van, anyway, teeth brushed, dressed for bed. Arrive home two hours later to this: