Brothers

Colsen loves to be with his brother, and tries to do whatever Strider is doing. He saw Strider sitting on the big green ball and decided to go find a ball for himself.

Strider has started referring to Colsen as his Georgia Bulldog brother. The "Georgian" part refers to what he calls Colsen's "accent" when he says goodbye. For the last several weeks, whenever Colsen sees someone start to get their jacket on, or hears Pete or I say something about how we're getting ready to leave, he immediately thrusts his fist up in the air, starts waving, and in a very loud voice says, "BAH! BAH!" (He also starts saying this occasionally when he's mad at me and wants me to leave, like when I'm doing something really mean such as changing his diaper.) So Strider thinks he sounds like he's from Georgia.

And the "dog" part is from a new game that the boys play together. Strider has trained Colsen to "fetch" the foam darts that shoot from a gun. So Strider shoots the gun, then tells Colsen to fetch the bullet and bring it back to him.... and Colsen does. I would put a stop to it and have mercy on my 3rd-born, but really Colsen gets so happy about this game! For various things that make him happy, he's started doing a little move we call "happy feet".... remember that, Dan?.... wherein he gleefully stands on his tiptoes and then very quickly picks up one foot and then the other over and over. And he sometimes does his "happy feet" when he plays fetch with Strider... a sign that he truly loves it.

So, Georgia Bulldog he is! My friend Wendy will be so proud...