Dedicated older brother

This picture shows Will pumping milk out of his knee for Ryan. Truly, it wasn't just idle play--that's what he said he was doing. I thought it was awfully cute. Of course later that morning he kicked Ryan in the head, but that's the way it goes around here.


Yesterday I taught Will how to dunk Oreos into milk. It took him very little time to reach expert level. The Oreos were his reward for sitting in the cart yesterday at the grocery store so that we could buy apples and orange juice, both of which were his requests. It was a complex and time-consuming negotiation and I almost ended up going home before we even entered the store, but in the end it worked out. I find that bribery is the only way to get anything done these days, but since it eventually works, I'll stick with it.