having a ball...

These pictures were taken at Mark's grandparent's house on Thanksgiving Sunday. Joshua had a fantastic time watching and playing along with all his big cousins. Although he did seem to understand to stay a bit further away when it came to playing football with the bigger boys (Mark and HIS cousins) since there was tackling and much rougher play involved in that one (even IF a lot of that rough and tumble-ness came from the 2 sets of twins, aged 4 and 5....) I was able to sneak this shot and love how each one of the cousins in the frame have their own very distinctive type of ball. Joshua, the little plastic kind; Tiana, a big bouncy ball, and Curtis (I think... can't see the back of his head for the hair curl at this angle) with the football. All of them seem engrossed in their own play but are still enjoying ding it together. So cool.
We had a wonderful weekend together as a family. We had beautiful weather all weekend long and relished this time with family surrounding us. It was lovely to see everyone and to visit with all. Admittedly, most of the adults time was spent just taking in how much fun all these kids were having. It is really an experience to be on the other side of the looking glass. And I Loved each and every minute of seeing the children love each and every minute of it.

Sunday dinner was hosted by my brother and his family and we were again blessed to be surrounded by great company and fabulous food. Again, the kids played great together. At one point we had each of the children following each other around. D was upstairs and Sam was going up to find him, with Joshua following in Sam's footsteps and Ben right behind in Joshua's steps. Very cute indeed.

Speaking of cute... as a lot of you know, Joshua is a BIT musical. We finally managed to get our acts together and get him mid dance steps. SYTYCD watch out!!!!! (note - he had already done a bunch of spins before the tape started rolling... our son is learning all about being dizzy!)



Happy voting everyone!
J