one of the moments Matt has been waiting for...

...Mac and Emmett meet Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein"!! And Mac sees Madeleine Kahn, one big reason we named her Madeleine!

today is the day HE WALKS!!!

Sunday Morning Sink-Painting...

...for quick clean-up! And it fits right in with this boys obsession with water.
Meanwhile Mac and Emmett play hours upon hours of "Nothings" adoption...which some of you know about as your kids have adopted a few nothings of their own.
How is this adoption done? Well, you reach your hands out and scoop up a nothing. The girls fly the boys don't. This game was created on the last day at Cami and Craigs. While we frantically packed, they caught NY nothings. Now they have an entire file box full of stats...age, description, children, likes and dislikes etc... as well a family tree so a nothings can't accidentally marry a family member. It's all very ingenious and solidifies my idea that kids really prefer just about anything to toys...at least mine do. Christmas gets tricky when I realize this. I may as well just give them a gift certificate to an office supply store...or a shoe store...since their best ideas are born from a shoe box.