Brother-Sister Day

We had our first “Brother-Sister” day on Tuesday. It was glorious. Everything came together so nicely. Both Daniel and I took the day off work and took the kids to the beach. Kamryn was sooooo excited. She kept explaining to Sam the significance of the day. Sam at 2 years old couldn’t have cared less. Lol

So we had a picnic lunch down at the beach. The weather was glorious and we have a beautiful beach just down the road (4 min) drive from our house. The kids only got out of the water to eat. The water was frigid and they didn’t seem to care. Sam kept filling and re-filling a bucket of water that he kept dumping over himself. Brrrrrrrrr… We dragged them home for showers and naps mid-afternoon and I had to wake them both for dinner at 5:30 less we be late for Kamryn’s last ballet class of the season. All four of us went to ballet class together after a dinner of McDonald’s (yuck! But it’s the kids favorite and it was their day). After the class we invited Kamryn’s best friend home with us for cake and then all went off to bed; both kids were completely wiped out. Sam was just a quivering mass of crying tiredness at that point.

It was a great family day though. I can’t believe that it’s been a year since Sam joined us. It wasn’t a picture perfect homecoming. Our little guy had it rough – that first separation from his grandmother (whom he had been living with) was hard on him even though we weren’t strangers to him at that point. He was very attached (and really tired after a long day) and when she left he cried and cried (she did come back to visit the next day). Still he did so well in the following days although he’s still a big crier with a wicked temper – just his personality.

Here’s a picture we took of both kids when we were visiting with him (about 3 weeks before he came home)



Here are some photos from “Brother-Sister” Day.

Pre-beach:







One beach photo – of the many crappy ones I took:



Post beach:




The little girl in the middle is Kamryn’s best friend. Sam is in love with her - lol. His feelings are returned. lmao Note how the only person actually looking at the camera instead of the cake was the guest.