Seamus Dresses Up

They say every kid is different and you think, "Yeah yeah yeah...", until you have two little people made of the same ingredients, baked in the same oven at the same temperature, and somehow you end up with totally different loaves of bread!  How does that HAPPEN!?  It blows my mind.

Seamus loves to dress up.  Luke has never been that enthused about it.  In fact, he mostly loves to go naked, or just in gitch.  But Seamus will always be wearing a hat if there's a hat to be worn, and often says, "Leave it on!" when we try to take his jacket off.  If anything, Seamus seems to like wearing more clothes than necessary, and Luke, less than necessary.

I'm not sure if I can make long range forecasts about my children.  Undoubtedly I will be as inaccurate as the weathermen, but it seems to me Luke will end up living on a nudist colony evangelizing in a sort of outgoing charismatic way - preaching or taking homeless people out to lunch, and Seamus will end up co-owner of Snead's (fine men's wear), and loving on people by saying to them, "God loves you, and he adores you in this suit!"  Haha!

Dear Plain Ol' Grammy,

 We thought that over the next few days you might need a few reasons to smile.  Here's some pretty adorable photos from our time with you. The boys loved your reading and the Smith's treats were, of course, a huge success. We love you so much and hope you enjoy the photos as much as we do!  Love, Laura

Too Many Favorites; Seamus's First U.S. Thanksgiving

Like the collection of food on this plate (which I licked clean!), I had too many favorites among my Thanksgiving collection of photos, so you get LOTS.  We had a wonderful day, watching the parade in our jammies, eating turkey at a beautifully set table, eating pecan pie, playing in the lovely Fall foliage, and visiting with dear family.  A first Thanksgiving for Seamus, and a Thanksgiving to remember.