Addendum

My last post was about the busy weekend and its highlights.  What I didn't include were the other highlights that made the weekend so special...

• I had trouble walking around in the kitchen to prepare an after school snack for Cooper.  Why?  Because Lynnlee was following me and every time I stopped, she grabbed me around the knees from behind and wouldn't let me go.  Giggling all the time she was doing it.
• Landon singing with me when we drove around the countryside Saturday morning.  He giggles.  He laughs.  He snickers.   He is just so much fun.
• Cooper is so serious about baseball.  But sometimes he forgets that he is playing in a real game.  His attention strays when he picks up a ball and throws it back to the pitcher.  He looks around.  He waves at people he knows.  Then he has to be reminded to scurry back to his position behind the plate because the batter and the man at the pitching machine are waiting for him.
• Owen is so special and so cute.  He is so serious when he is conversing.  He knows what he wants to say, but he still isn't sure of all of the words he needs to use and how to get them out.  Sometimes his words are so clear that it is amazing.  Other times the words need to be deciphered.  But he is so serious, and he is so communicative nonetheless. I love his smile and his affection.  
• Then there is Tessa.  She means well. She really does.  But sometimes she is just like a train wreck.  She starts to derail and just can't stop.  She didn't have to sit in the recliner as much this weekend as she does sometimes, but there were a few time-out sessions for her.  The sweetest thing she did all weekend was to hold Owen's hand as we took a walk down the lane to put mail in the mailbox.  She was very careful that he was safe and didn't stray.  She does love him so much.

These five.  What would we do without them?  I wouldn't even want to think about it!

Love them all to pieces.  Forever and ever.  Always.