Busy boys

We have been enjoying a great spring here in Halifax - lots of sunshine and dry weather (and don't worry, the occasional rain storm to keep things real...).  You can see the boys having fun together.  They love playing together and especially goofing around.  On Saturday we went to Spring Fling at the school and Donovan refused to go on the bouncy castle, which he had been talking about all week, unless Malcolm went with him.  Luckily Malcolm decided he wanted to try it and had a great time!

A couple of weeks ago I had the boys at the park and we were playing tag on the playground equipment.  Both boys were having a lot of fun (for those of you wondering, Malcolm and I are on the same team and Donovan has a great time climbing and running and generally avoiding getting tagged...Malcolm is getting better and better at climbing on all the equipment as trying to catch up to his brother is a great motivator).  At any rate, there was a Dad there with a little girl who was maybe just three and a baby who was a few months old.  He was sitting on a bench for a little while with the baby watching us play and really enjoying it.  He asked me how far apart my boys were and I said about 2.5 years.  He said the same with his girls.  He went on to say that he couldn't wait till his girls were old enough to play together like my boys and that he hopes they will have as much fun together as my kids.  What a great compliment!  I don't think he realized there was anything unusual about Malcolm (men seem less likely to notice the Ds traits than women) or maybe he did and it didn't matter. 

What a great thing to know that both my boys can be role models for others!

Mary Ellen