Babies in the Living Room

Benji's Game ("Rainbow")

Benji loves making up games. He saw a rainbow reflected through some glass into the house a while ago, and he made up a game called "Rainbow." It had multiple "levels" that each had their own name and each involved doing a yoga-like pose that was in some way connected to the name of that level. The levels were named as follows:

(1) The sun turns the rainbow into air
(2) Back into the rainbow
(3) Out of the rainbow into the shining sun
(4) Out of the sun into the stars
(5) Out of the stars into the frying pan
(6) Out of the frying pan into the fire
(7) Into the stars out of the frying pan

I was getting a little worried about the frying pan and the fire, so I was glad at how it ended!I love this creative boy so much.

--Victoria

That Can't Be Comfortable (almost-six-year-old edition)

Bath Babies Again

Daniel Loves the Dryer

He loves the dryer so much that he always dashes over when I am loading or unloading clothes into it. If I put the basket next to him and start putting dry clothes in it, he takes over and pulls the clothes, one piece at a time, from inside the dryer and puts them into the laundry basket. If I don't intervene at that point, he will then move them, one piece at a time, OUT of the laundry basket and onto the floor. Which only means that he gets another chance to move them, one piece at a time, off the floor and back into the laundry basket. Tamar enjoys peering into the dryer with him but she's not so obsessed about moving the clothes around. Benji observed recently that Daniel is probably just hunting for baby socks (his favourite thing) so he can crawl around with one in his mouth.  --Victoria

Shopping with 3 kids at Costco

It Was A Beautiful, Warm Day (Feb 4)