Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Our kids are bad influences

Last weekend (or was it the weekend before?) our animal cracker crumb covered goddaughter was baptized. It was a lovely ceremony and I don't want to brag, but the prayer I read might have been the best reading that church congregation has heard. 

But back to Baby Girl. She's precious, even when her parents neglect to wipe her face. 
And we have so much fun hanging out with the parental unit that I'm always glad to see our boys play with Baby Girl and her brother Big Boy Alex so well. But lately I'm noticing our kids are a wee bit rambunctious at times and are probably going to corrupt the sweet calm nature of these two kids.

This thought came to me when we enjoyed brunch with Baby Girl and her parents and I tried to get a picture of the boys and Baby Girl. See how she is cooperating?
And for a second, just a second, I thought I'd get cooperation out of the elder two.
But no, they got really silly, so I cropped their cross eyes, tongues sticking out and silly faces out. She's cute, eh?
And then her brother showed up, and I felt brave and like a pillar of patience so I went for a foursome picture. Nice, Cole.
And then Kate sort of was over it. I don't blame her, there's only so much silliness a girl can tolerate.
So she chose to remove herself from the area.
And sure enough, the silliness went to a whole new level. Pretty sure Big Boy Alex doesn't stick out his tongue when he's home without these two around...you're welcome, Alex's Parents.
I did get one stellar picture a few minutes later...
Look how she smiles at her favorite Auntie!

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