Ava vs. the Donkey

Whenever I see this donkey, I always think of the Donkey in Shrek. "Donkey!"

We got this funny inflatable donkey a couple of months ago, at that point the kids were petrified of it and it was more like a baby torture device. They did not have the balance required to actually sit on it, so when they tried they would fall to one side or the other in with a squawk and crash.

As you can see, Ava now has mastered the donkey. Both kids really like it now... bouncy, bouncy, bouncy...

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Brother & Sister

The kids are definitely learning who each other is. They seem to have this strange obsession of being in the same place as each other although they don't seem to see eye to eye all the time. I imagine any of you out there with either siblings or the parents of siblings are very familiar with this. They are really quit funny, in the morning Ava (who is normally up earlier) is constantly trying to go back into their room to get Owen and when Owen finally gets up he is much more interested in seeing Ava than me, at least until one of them takes the other one's lovey.

The point that I actually really realized that they actually liked each other was about two weeks ago when Ava and Tracy were leaving the house (for some reason that I can not remember) and Owen and I were staying home. Owen was a little upset that they were leaving, I assumed it was because Mom was leaving. I thought it would be a good idea to let Owen play on the stairs, this is an activity that both kids really like, so Owen is walking down the stairs and starting saying 'Aba.... Aba... Aba...' once he realized that Ava left the house he totally lost it.