Monsters in the Backyard

It is said in parenting books that the fourth child is similar to your first child in personality. Bowen is a very serious little soul, with very little understanding of sarcasm or nuance. He also takes everything very seriously, "Mommy, we have a problem." and we have about a hundred problems daily that require immediate and urgent attention.

Liam is strikingly similar and he has now adopted facial expressions that make keeping a straight face extremely laborious. This morning, when I went to put the dog outside for his morning potty ritual, Liam jumped to the defense of poor Miles. "Myos not go owside, Mommy. There are monsers." So I took a picture of his monster face. He usually has an accusatory finger point in there too, but it is pretty close.