Milestone Post - Lily is starting to walk

And we're all in very serious trouble.

As much as we've tried to delay this milestone, she seems determined to get up and run with her brothers, or perhaps, to run away.

Happy Birthday Ben!

Ben recently turned 3!  We are very glad to have him in our family.  He is very literal, active, and anxious to laugh.  He is also very difficult to catch (fleet footed) and immune to all types of persuasion except for bribery with sugar. 
We had a fun party at Grandma's house with race cars, the trampoline, and an amazing cake made by Grandma Wilson.

Who wore it better?  

   Birthday Ben with hat.

  Lily tries it on. 

Pushing buttons

Last Friday, I heard the following conversation at least ten times:

Zeke:  We hate mom, right Ben?
Ben:   Yeah, we hate mom.  She's a criminal.
Zeke:  But we love Dad, right Ben?
Ben:   Right.

I'm pretty sure that Ben is using, "criminal" in this instance as a synonym for "Bad Guy".  And I'm pretty sure Zeke knows exactly what he's doing.
I felt better after the weekend when Mike had some solo time with the boys and he said he had been accused of being a criminal multiple times as well.

 

Ain't she sweet

No, Lily is not walking.  

But isn't she cute?