The Watcher

The other day I asked Kaitlyn to "watch" her brother and keep him out of trouble for a few minutes while they were watching TV and I went upstairs... knowing that a few minutes was more than enough time for Evan to get into all kinds of trouble. But she agreed and I'm gone about a minute when the phone pagers go off because he is obviously pushing buttons. When I get back downstairs to shut them off, Evan has climbed up on the couch and then on the end table where he is still playing with the phone. Kaitlyn is intently focused on the TV, apparently oblivious to the overwhelming sound of phones buzzing. After I got it stopped I asked Kaitlyn what happened. Her response was, "Well, I watched him climb up there and do that."

Haircut- A Sticky Situation

We missed getting Evan's first haircut on camera, but it really didn't go well. All involved fortunately have since learned the secret to success is a sucker.

John Deere Green

Beware of little people and farm equipment. You might get tractor jacked. After she got over her initial fear of the noise, Kaitlyn has long been a fan of riding the tractor with Daddy. For over a year she also has remembered her first experience riding it when we hauled a large stump from a fallen tree in the front end loader to a ditch. She still regularly asks to go see "our" stump in the ditch. Evan's most frequently heard comment for about two weeks has been, "Ride tractor."