Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Knead it. Roll it.

Landon sure is one lucky duck to have such an amazing brother... and visa versa. After a nice long (and windy) walk with Liz & Delilah I settled Landon down for his nightly routine. Just as he was finishing up with the bottle (Yes, I know, shame on Mommy still giving a bedtime bottle at 9 months... so sue me!) , Shawn comes over to orchestrate a comedian act for my sleepy little babe. A few jumbled sounds "ah ba boo ga gooba" followed by a loud thud as he hit the floor and Shawn has Landon giggling to the extremes! He repeated this a few times before Landon landed a mouthful of formula in my hand (Mommy was ready for that one!)

Shawn now feels that he needs to give his Mom a break from "Patty Cake" lessons and teach his little brother his version. Toddler hands wrapped around baby hands... and a very in tune song...

"Pat-a Cake. Pat-a Cake. Knead it. Roll it. B. And Yay!"

Shawn claps and congratulates himself for being an outstanding big brother. "Yay, good job!", he tells himself.

To top this beautiful moment off, Shawn threw his arms around Lil' Red and gave him a giant goodnight squeeze. Talk about a tear jerker!


Yo Mom, ready for this walk!

Shawn wanted to climb every tree on the entire walk. "The squirrels can do it, so why can't i?"

The princess of the bunch.

Ready to roll.

And this is how I found my little cowboy when he was supposed to be taking a nap:

I am a horrible mentor. What kind of photographer who aspires to teach her children the trade neglects showing off the precious works of her pupils? Shawn's toddler cam at its best:

Daddy took this one...

And this one!

"Say cheese!"

Shawn's amazing skills.

Works of art they are!

Shawn gets an A+ for these!

3 comments:

Liz said...

How sweet Shawn is with Landon. And Landon so adores his big brother!

What very good pictures Shawn took- I think mommy may have her assistant some day after all ;-)

Anonymous said...

Shawn is such a good big brother! You need to catch the Patty Cake Duo on tape!

Future Marks Family said...

Aww what a good big brother. He must getting that being a good big brother from his daddy. I love how you site looks now. So so cute. I miss the boys and you guys (i know i keep telling you and i will keep going til we see you all). I love the pictures Shawn took. He is taking after mommy but needs more work tho to be as good as you. Landon is so cute and getting so much bigger.