The Best Game Ever

We had a family day today, all four of us were together all day.  It was great.  This afternoon the kids were getting restless and Nick suggested we take Christian for a walk outside.  He loved the idea so we geared him up and carried the walker outside so Christian could walk on the brick alongside our living room. 

I pushed him up and down the walkway after his sister, he was doing great with his stepping and having a ball.  I stood up to take a break and stretch my back, and Tessie decided to try to make Christian laugh.  He was at one end of the walkway and she was at the other.  At first she just danced around making silly faces.  Then she ran straight at him with a crazy look on her face, and crashed into him while simultaneously wrapping him in a giant embrace. 

I was about to pull her back and ask her to be more gentle; Christian usually gets very particular about personal space while in his walker.  But today he had a completely different reaction; he started roaring with laughter.  They played this game for a solid five minutes.  It was an absolute joy to watch.  As Tes approached him Christian would burst into expectant giggles, and if he hadn’t been totally strapped into his walker, he would have fallen right over.  It was so great to watch my kids completely entertained by each other, and so obviously in love.  It was a thing of beauty.