I just have to say, it was really fun to take pictures of Colin!
Eva really liked it when Ben buried her legs in the sand. Eva is our little fish - Ben took her out in the deeper water by the hands and she just started kicking on her own. She was laughing hysterically!
Dylan in the oldest cousin and Nate and Eva really like to copy him!
PARENTING 101:
Sometimes it is hard to not laugh at Nate when he is being "naughty." Today he was throwing sand towards the other kids, so we went and sat on the concrete and I demonstrated how to play with the sand and then had him show me so I knew he understood.
I confirmed, "You understand we don't throw sand at people?"
Nate's reply: "NOPE!"
So I tried, "Do we throw sand?" thinking maybe he misunderstood the question - since he just demonstrated to me how to play with the sand nicely.
"Yep!"
"So you understand what will happen if you keep throwing sand?" (no treat on the way home since we were on our second time out for this offense)
"Yep!"
We practiced a few times, but throwing sand is just so tempting and it satisfies such curiosity! Nate was very sad when he lost his treat, so I knew it was just the right consequence . . .
The moral of the story is to remember when you are at Dairy Queen that you told your little boy he couldn't have a treat. I remembered that SMALL detail a little late when I was uploading this picture! Hmm . . . seems like I taught this concept recently . . .
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Your parenting 101 made me laugh. I can totally relate. I sometimes wonder why my kid keeps saying yes when I want her to say no! I think it is the way I word things. Nonetheless, that sand incident was sooo yesterday to him when you gave him the icecream and I love that about kids. We have to laugh!
I can hear little Eva saying "Colin?" I like it when she says E-A the best though.
Jordan your kiddos are adorable! Eva and Nathan are growing up so fast! I love getting to updates from Steph about all the cute things they are doing!!
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