We spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Jason's family at his parent's farm in Indiana. At one point we had 10 adults, 6 kids (including 4 toddlers), and 3 dogs racing around the cabin. As Will says, "Whoa!" But we had lots of fun and are so happy we got to see our family!
Molly (unlike Buddy) wasn't so sure about all the visitors to her house. Will is an equal opportunity dog lover and spent time snuggling with Molly, Buddy and Rachel. Oh, and (mostly gently) pulling out their hair to hand to people.
Pre-teen and toddler, working collaboratively. Ali and Carter are so sweet about wanting to make their younger sister and cousins happy! Here Ali has Will's attention with one of his favorites.
Will giving Ali a "yay!" and a clap for her excellent tower building skills. He just started saying "yay" a lot in the past few weeks, and I first saw the clapping last Sunday when I got it for my tower skills. It's just the sweetest thing; it melts your heart -- and makes it glow with pride for your accomplishment!
Friday was Jason's birthday, so we celebrated with a cake. The outside of the cake was decorated, but Hilary bought a can of spray frosting for Ali to spell out the Happy Birthday. I added the Jason on the graham cracker for good measure. Ali said earlier that she wanted to hear about sorority life; I felt it was important to demonstrate the transferability of puffy paint skills to frosting decorations. :-)
Unfortunately it was very, very cold for Thanksgiving, so we didn't get to play outside much. Too bad, because Will is in love with all things with wheels and with animals. So, we were really looking forward to our visit. Although he was very excited to spot the tractor (mostly used for spreading horse and donkey manure this time of year. . .), it was just too cold for much more than a quick photo op. Yes, even in his fully decked out snow gear, the wind was brutal.
We just got Will his new winter coat last weekend, and it's a size too big (wishful thinking that it will last for next winter, too). Sadly, it contributed to him falling over and scraping his forehead on our front porch yesterday. He bent forward to get on his knees/stomach to scoot back off the step, and he just fell over flat on his face onto the pavement. He was two body lengths away from the step, so I didn't sense the safety issue and wasn't close enough to grab him. Although, as with most kid falls, it was so quick. . . . The coat goes down to mid-thigh length so he doesn't have the same bend at the waist as with his baby coat.
Molly (unlike Buddy) wasn't so sure about all the visitors to her house. Will is an equal opportunity dog lover and spent time snuggling with Molly, Buddy and Rachel. Oh, and (mostly gently) pulling out their hair to hand to people.
Pre-teen and toddler, working collaboratively. Ali and Carter are so sweet about wanting to make their younger sister and cousins happy! Here Ali has Will's attention with one of his favorites.
Will giving Ali a "yay!" and a clap for her excellent tower building skills. He just started saying "yay" a lot in the past few weeks, and I first saw the clapping last Sunday when I got it for my tower skills. It's just the sweetest thing; it melts your heart -- and makes it glow with pride for your accomplishment!
Friday was Jason's birthday, so we celebrated with a cake. The outside of the cake was decorated, but Hilary bought a can of spray frosting for Ali to spell out the Happy Birthday. I added the Jason on the graham cracker for good measure. Ali said earlier that she wanted to hear about sorority life; I felt it was important to demonstrate the transferability of puffy paint skills to frosting decorations. :-)
Unfortunately it was very, very cold for Thanksgiving, so we didn't get to play outside much. Too bad, because Will is in love with all things with wheels and with animals. So, we were really looking forward to our visit. Although he was very excited to spot the tractor (mostly used for spreading horse and donkey manure this time of year. . .), it was just too cold for much more than a quick photo op. Yes, even in his fully decked out snow gear, the wind was brutal.
We just got Will his new winter coat last weekend, and it's a size too big (wishful thinking that it will last for next winter, too). Sadly, it contributed to him falling over and scraping his forehead on our front porch yesterday. He bent forward to get on his knees/stomach to scoot back off the step, and he just fell over flat on his face onto the pavement. He was two body lengths away from the step, so I didn't sense the safety issue and wasn't close enough to grab him. Although, as with most kid falls, it was so quick. . . . The coat goes down to mid-thigh length so he doesn't have the same bend at the waist as with his baby coat.
