Yeah, it really is about the kids.

These guys make me laugh all the time.  I don't think there's a single day that goes by where at least one of them doesn't do something that makes me laugh out loud.  Today they both managed it. Daniel wasn't interested in supper -- at least not by his standards -- but when it came time to take him to bed and read his stories he spied the container of watermelon in the fridge and made it abundantly  clear that he wanted some. So I took the smaller one out of the fridge and we sat down to eat some.  I knew he was going to make a hellacious mess, so I sat him in his booster seat and belted him in before starting to put pieces in front of him.  The first few barely had time to touch down before he snatched them up in a wide, roundhouse swipe, and jammed them in his mouth.  After he'd consumed a few ounces of watermelon he cooled down a bit and started taking his time with them.  At one point he started smelling each piece before he ate it.  I can understand that, I l

Been a while (again) since I wrote anything.  I've got to be better about keeping this up, it's not for lack of stuff to write about.  Mostly, though, between a new job and finishing up Dad's business, I've been feeling kind of enervated. Last winter, though, I saw a prize on Freecycle that I knew I had to claim.  A water table.  Basically just a plastic platform with a couple of basins in it so kids can play with water without actually getting in a pool.  And someone was giving it away.  I am so  glad I made the trip to Hintonberg one afternoon while Daniel napped in the car.  This wasn't the first time the boys got to play with it, that happened while I was out of town last weekend, but it's the first video I caught.  Right after supper, while I was doing dishes and watching the boys play through the kitchen window. Update:   I thought of something when I was telling Christine about playing with the water table that I forgot to write down here.  Probab