Aren't they so cute and tender?

My kids are cute. C U T E. On the whole, they get along pretty well, but ever since Eva started crawling around, Joshua has had to put up all his toys (including her's because, dang it, they used to be his) so she doesn't get into his stuff. It's rather aggravating sometimes, breaking up their fights. Eva's high-pitched screech puts my teeth on edge.

I harbor the hope that they will some day be best friends, and hang out together, like I did with my brother, David. I remember David taking me shopping with him, asking me my opinion on his clothes, and driving me around in his truck. Best buds! Nevermind the fact that his nickname for me was "Slime #2" (Emily was slime #1).

Although you can't see it, Eva is holding a balloon. That same balloon was later swallowed up by the sky when Joshua took it outside and let go. We tried to console him by telling him it went up to Heaven, but that just made him cry harder. We tried a different tactic and told him that it went up into the atomosphere and POPPED really loud. He liked that, and talked about how he wanted to pop the balloon in the sky again. LOL. The above scrunchy face was a gift from Jeremy to Eva. He makes the same face to her all the time and so she decided that was the best smile for the camera.