Souvenir

  

Our best entertainment of the summer, AKA: How to open a coconut...




 ...nope.
Maybe this?

 

Or this.

     

What if we daintily toss a rock at it?

Yes, he really is that sweet and helpful with his little sister (most of the time).

Darn. Now what?

Try jumping again, Nora.

  

What would you do, Mommy? (They so seldom ask this that it bears documenting when it does happen.)

For the record, I then called my mom to ask her how to do it.

An hour and 48 minutes later (seriously)...

 Thanks, Grandma & Grandpa!

P.S. The following photo documents P&N's relationship perfectly: him helpful and encouraging, her stubborn and indifferent. He really is a patient kid to put up with his little sister's bossy, hardheaded ways. (The black eye is par for the course for our tiny wrecking ball as well...maybe I should be grateful for that hard head.)