Way Gone Bygones: June 2013

This summer had such a cool, wet start, but this past weekend as Peter acted as a referee for soccer, we tagged along. Our primary intention was to gather supplies for our trip to Connecticut at the end of the month, but we managed to squeeze in some fun while the sun was shining. As we walked through Storybook Island, I was able to stand in place as the kids circled around and one by one I took their picture, a rare treat. So often they are piled on and over one another, so it is difficult to catch their independent moments.

Samuel, Ethan, Nina and Jocelyn are so obviously related as attested in their appearances, but they have vast differences in personalities. During our outing, Ethan was always pushing forward before the other kids, jumping from one activity to another. Jocelyn leaped to the edges of equipment with absolutely no fear and climbed as high as the boys did. Nina approached everything with caution and lagged behind to finish each task completely. Samuel fixated on one task and wanted to return over and over to his favorites and had a difficult time convincing the others to repeat activities. Here is a glimpse between the bars of each of them alone, and maybe a glance or two at those personalities.

Ethan