cousins

• We spent the day at the beach today.  George, you're getting more and more brave every time you're in the water.  You swam out to the dock with your life jacket, and after being there for a while, without a single word of warning, you jumped off.  You told me, "I decided to swallow my fears, and just jump as far as I could."  
• Katie, Lila really wanted the flamingo floaty, so you blew it up for her.  It's a big project...and then it had a hole in it and it deflated right away.  Oh well.  At least you got to exercise your lungs.
• The smoke isn't too bad today.  Just a slight haze, and we could actually see some blue skies!
• We had the bike pump and of course, you all started making fart noises with it.  Nothing funnier than a fart.  Even grandma laughed a time or two.
• Katie, you pretended to go to bed so the little ones would go to sleep, then got up and hung out with us old folks for the rest of the evening.  You like the stories and the chatter and all the snacks.  Tonight was cheese sauce night.  Yum.
• Katie, you're really missing Jane.  You told me and I thought you were teasing me, but then I looked at you and realized you were serious.  What?  You miss Jane Jane?  What?  My babies love each other?  Oh my goodness.  Music to my ears.  I need to separate you guys more often.