Happily bouncing together on the trampoline until Adrian gets his foot caught. Julian extricates him, then more happy bouncing ensues. Or not?

Kids are like little manic-depressives. Lots of HIGH highs and LOW lows, often within the same 5 minute period. It's exhausting most of the time, but occasionally entertaining.

A little vignette on typical playtime and how much constant supervision it takes.

Boys playing in the front yard. Starts off with Julian absent-mindedly chucking rocks at this brother with a stick. I put a stop to that, then Adrian goes off to discover a box of bocce balls. Exciting...but then he loses interest and attempts to eat a rock. Thrillingly, he actually seeks my approval first, then puts the rock down when I say no. Julian puts the bocce balls to their semi-intended use.

Julian, Junior VP of Retail Sales here at The Portable Baby, takes a prospective customer on a tour of our retail environment/warehouse/garage.

Plus a demo of his new badass dragon swing!

Adrian shows off his knee-walking capabilities, and finally catches me.

The birthday cake!