Brothers

These two boys of mine sure love one another. At times it take quite a bit of coaxing, reminding, and mandatory "I love you"'s and "I'm sorry"'s, but for the most part they get along very well. The way they play with each other has blossomed over this past summer. It melts my heart when I hear them in the bathtub together laughing and chatting with each other. It melts my heart when Gideon says "tattoo" (he has a temporary one on his arm of a dino) and I ask Jasper where he learned to say tattoo and Jasper replies "He learned that from his big bro... me".

Having Jasper in preschool has been hard on our little gang. We are considering pulling him out for many reasons, but a big reason is how much it is cutting into Jasper and Gid's bonding and playtime together. I feel like they really need this time to build a foundation of brotherhood that will carry them through the rest of their childhood.







We've been having many fun adventures together, trying to soak in the beautiful fall weather we're having in Seattle. Lots of time at the park, in the forest, playing with my parents' dog Pepper who is staying with us, building excavators and catapults with tinker toys, art projects, etc. Today we participated in a neat Tot Trek program at Carkeek Park. The theme was spiders!! We had a really fun time, despite the pouring rain....