To my sister and others in Missouri...

In response to my sister complaining about how stinkin' hot it is in Missouri, I told her that we were wearing sweatshirts up in the north of England on holiday. She then asked if I could get any crueler. And the answer is yes, I can actually show you what we are wearing and let you see that we are ACTUALLY freezing! Here is a video as evidence:

Happy 6 Months Adelaide!

We are on holiday this week, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity to wish Addie a happy six months of being in our family. We were talking at dinner tonight about how in some ways it seems that she just arrived (in that the last six months have flown by) but at the same time it also feels as though she has always been part of our family. She is such a joy to us.

Here is a picture of Adelaide in her pushchair today. Her first trip to the beach I might add:




And here is a video taken a few days back. Basically Theo was jumping up and down which was causing Addie to giggle so we tried to get it on video. One thing we can definitely say is true of the first six months of Addie's life is that she can easily identify her brothers - they are often the two loudest ones in the room and they almost always are two of her biggest admirers in the room.

Out of the mouths of babes

When Charles came home from lunch today I told him how I had heard Addie out in the living room starting to fuss and then she stopped. When I went out to check on her, I then realized that the reason she stopped fussing was because Theo was lying down by her and talking to her. Charles and I both then started to praise Theo for how well he was looking after his sister and comforting her.

It was at this moment that the following conversation occurred between Charles and Jack:

Jack: Dad, do you know why I didn't go to comfort Addie? (obviously a little anxious about why Theo was getting 'big boy' praise).
Charles: No, why Jack?
Jack: Because Theo needs to learn how to comfort a baby. I already know how and when he goes to school some day I don't want the teacher to ask him how to comfort a baby and him to have to say 'I don't know, I have to go ask my big brother'.

HILARIOUS. I have often used the above 'explanation' when explaining to Jack why he should let Theo do certain things. For example: Theo, what does a cow say? And then too often Jack pipes in so quickly with Moo that Theo doesn't get an opportunity so I then explain to Jack that we don't want Theo to go to school some day and not know what a cow says, but instead has to tell the teacher that he will go ask his big brother before giving the answer.

So I suppose I am to blame for this exchange above, but it is too funny to hear it come out of Jack's mouth unprompted and for such a funny reason.

New pics of Adelaide

Addie is at such a fun age right now. Here are some new pictures of her (and some of her favourite people!)

Great Pictures

Our friend Armando has the best camera and takes the best pictures. We are so happy when he comes to visit for 2 reasons: one, because we love him and his family and two, because we get pictures like these.