Da shu

Max first learned about shoes by chewing on Josh's slippers whenever he could get to them. Now whenever he sees shoes he says "Da Shu!" which I think means "Daddy shoes". Da shu applies to his own shoes of late and he recently brought me two shoes (not matching as you can see) and pointed them at his feet. I obliged him by helping put them on.  He wore the mismatch shoes for awhile and then went to get a matching shoe and brought that to me and was clearly insistent that I help him wear the matching pair.  I'm just glad his shoe interest has moved from eating them to wearing them.

Snuggly

The only time Max is still for more than 2 seconds these days is at night before I put him down to bed. Sometimes he is actually asleep by the time I finish feeding him but often he is still awake and just sits happily and quietly on my lap, gazing out the window, sometimes giving me little grins. It's the sweetest time and I am trying to enjoy it every single day, no matter what else I need to accomplish later in the evening.

Camp songs and giggles

Ella and Dash are sleeping together in our "sleepover room" (ie our second tier basement guest room) and I have been down the hall in my office listening to them for the last 30 minutes, hysterically laughing and singing every camp song they can think of.  Someday they will be way too cool for slumber parties with each other, making this moment, this one right now with their joy at being together and being silly and recounting their camp experiences beyond priceless.