We celebrated Emil's 3rd birthday today in grand John Deere style. Everything was yellow and green, and he got lots of tractors and farm equipment, which he loves. Zaria found his hat for him and helped put it on his head. She apparently likes saying Emil's name because she repeated it many times on the way there and said "bye Emil" many times on the way home.
We went to visit Anna and Anders tonight, visiting instead of also babysitting this time. But we only got in a couple of rounds of dominoes because the kids were so tired. Nils, pictured above, was the best off, just being able to bounce himself into dreamland. Zaria and Emil weren't quite that quiet.
It was my first time watching both Emil and Nils. Zaria had a bad cold today, so we missed church and she stayed home with Jamin while I watched the boys. Nils is a very fast crawler and puts absolutely everything straight into his mouth, while Emil is pretty particular about what he watches/listens to and how things are played with. Typical firstborn tendencies. We had a good time, but I have learned that there's only so much Blues Clues an adult can handle paying attention to.
