Buddies

My friend Julie-Ann and I have started watching eachother's kids a little bit. This has worked out really well! I've been going to the gym, and she's worked (well we've each only done it once, but it's been great). And it gives James a chance to hang with his favorite bud: Aksel! I think it's James' favorite word. He goes through all his important people every once in a while, "daddy, mama, nanny, baby, bapa, aksel" repeat, repeat, repeat. Sometimes the only thing that'll get him to settle at night is reassuring him that we'll get to see Aksel tomorrow. Here are a few shots of the four kids at my place. It was a tiring 3 hours! I emptied my dish drain, and entertained. Not a productive morning, but a fun one (in an exhausting sort of fun way).
Here they're not really playing at all together. This is when I emptied the dish drain, and made macaroni.

Aksel:

Sister Siena:

Eli, all alone. He doesn't have much in common with the bigger kids....yet.