My Pal Elliot

One of the greatest things about the age that Olivia's at is that she has really started to play "with" instead of just alongside other kids. One of her newest pals is Elliot, affectionately called "Ellie." It's been great fun watching the friendship between these two grow the last couple of months! There have been many moments that Karen and I have said, "Where's the camera!" when we've been out walking or playing outside and catch Olivia and Elliot toddling around while holding hands and hugging and kissing goodbye!

Last week we had the men's tennis team over for dinner and Paul, Karen, and Elliot joined in too (thanks for the yummy brownies by the way!). This get-together allowed us to finally get some pictures of Olivia and Elliot playing. We're looking forward to many play-dates in the future and hopefully these two will continue to be such good buddies as they grow up! We're happy to continue the tradition of Berland - Huinker friendships (for those of you who don't know, Brian and Paul were buddies pretty much from the moment they were born!), and maybe someday we'll be taking prom pictures of these two! :)


These two were pretty bummed that we wouldn't let them go outside - they're favorite place to be of course! If you concentrate on their cute little faces, you won't notice all the smudges on my window!!! The consequence of having a little girl who's obsessed with going outside, looking outside, and smashing her face against the window while complaining about not being able to go outside!

Ring around the rosy...

We all fall down - and literally bump out heads...

Gracie getting some love.

No kisses this time, I guess.

Dancing, laughing, smiling, playing...

The smiles say it all, don't they!