The boys' marble run.

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And Matthew is the Michael Jordan of bamboo running

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The Michael Jordan of scooter riding

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Yep, just about every night

Are you ready to rumble?!?

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Of course I couldn't take them to a park just for pictures

After I begged and pleaded with them for some portraits I rewarded them with plenty of time to play at the park.

First they played Hide-And-Seek.  Matthew rocked at counting and we pretty good at finding Andrew, but totally missed the concept of hiding.  He'd wander around until Andrew finished counting and the run as fast as he could while giggling.

Then, well they did the only natural thing left to do. They threw leaves at each other.

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Push!

I seem to be the only one who questions the wisdom of this game.  When I inquired why the smaller boy was pushing the larger, I was met with quizzical expressions.

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What were the chances?

We were playing in the driveway, "vrooming" his trash truck down the hill when suddenly, out of the blue, came a real live trash truck.  He was so excited!  What were the chances of that happening?  I might have had a bit of a hand in orchestrating it, but we needn't tell him that, right?

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Whoopsie!

Liz made a serious faux pas today. You see, she "accidentally" showed Matthew a parkour video at lunch today. Guess what he's been doing this evening all over the house.

Oh, brother!

Wow, Matthew is a handful. I don't remember Andrew this ... um ... active. Just today Liz was talking to her mom when she notice, well, nothing. It was too quiet. Eerily quiet. Un-Matthew quiet. She found him in the living room changing the settings on her iPod.

Liz finished talking to her mom and went into the kitchen to cook dinner when it got awfully calm again. A bit curious, she came back into the living room and this time discovered him recalibrating my monitor.

I was at Andrew's soccer practice, so when I came home and she told me this I had to show her what I discovered. This afternoon I got a receipt from iTunes for the purchase of the Mighty Eagle in the game Angry Birds. I didn't buy it, I know Andrew didn't buy it, and Matthew was the first person I
saw using it. It probably wouldn't hold up in a court of law, but I'm convinced.

I know he's a great little boy and just acting like a 3 1/2 year old, but at times I'd just like him to slow down for a minute.

Matthew: contained

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Matthew does sit still.

At the top of the slide, just before he heads down.  Beyond that, good luck keeping up with him.

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Budding careers?

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Andrew and Matthew playing together

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Ah ha! There he is.

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It must be nap time.

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The boys play together really well.

They really do. Honest.

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Swing, swing, little monkey. Climb, too.

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How do these things attach?

I'm sure this was much more difficult for him than it appears. You see, he's much more used to taking things apart than putting them together.  I'm not sure he even grasped the concept.

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Huh? Look what I figured out!

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Another way of getting down a slide.

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