Best Friends

A few weeks ago Emily had to go back to work and I started watching Kai. He was with us everyday for two weeks and now we have him on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We are all settling into the routine and working out the kinks.

Merrick and Kai have such a funny relationship. They spend much of the day fighting over the same toy, but they still always want to be together. If one of them is napping, the other tries to wake him up. The other day Kai was sleeping and Merrick cried for him until he woke up. As soon as he got up, he accidentally knocked Merrick down and Merrick cried again. I know that despite the struggles they would rather be together than apart.

I have found that the best way to keep the struggles to a minimum is to keep them as active as possible. This means that most days include a trip to the park, the play area at the mall, or at least some time in the backyard. Unfortunately, yesterday I did not have car seat for Kai so the mall was out. To make matters worse yesterday was the coldest February day in recorded Arizona history. I decided that our best bet was to stay close to home in the backyard.

Our first attempt out we all only had one layer on. That lasted about 10 seconds and we came back in for jackets.




Despite the jackets, it was still bitterly cold out, but the boys still seemed to enjoy themselves. I practically had to drag them inside when I thought hypothermia was imminent.