Pillow Fight

I heard them first.

They started out jumping on my bed. Then the covers went into the floor. The pillows were exposed. And the wrestling started. They were having a lot of fun together, so I wanted a few pictures. But then it just really looked like fun, so I put down the camera and grabbed a pillow. Chad heard the laughing and came to investigate. Of course, who can resist a good pillow fight? We were all in it then!

We didn't let it drag on too long, though, because too much fun usually results in an injury at our house!

Aaaah, good times!

A new favorite picture

Okay - this is gonna be one of my new favorite pictures of all time. Unfortunately, it isn't the kind of picture I can blow up and display on the wall. Still, a favorite! Annie scampered away while I went to find her clothes and, by the time I returned, had already put on her boots and was going for a ride on her big green tractor!!

The Force

Aaron has become quite the Star Wars fan in the last year, and Ben has, of course, latched on to some parts of it as well. Aaron will occasionally pretend as if he is using "the Force" on me, saying such things as, "You will make me a milkshake" while he waves his hand in front of my face. Admittedly, I don't know much about the Force, but so far I have not been been affected by his attempts at it (at least not to my knowledge).

So today at my grandparents', Ben wanted to walk or ride his scooter a few houses down to where Katie was playing. I had already told him a couple of times that he was not allowed to go down the road without an adult, so he decided to use the Force on me. He looked in my eyes, waved his hand in the air and, very seriously, said, "You will let me go down the road."

Laughing on the inside, I told him, "No, I won't let you go down the road. I will let you get in the car so we can go home."

I should have told him that mind tricks don't work on moms!