A Messy Baby, a Slapstick Guy, and a Surprise!

Paige has ALWAYS been a clean eater. Even as a baby I barely had to clean her up after feeding her baby food. Then Cason came along, and was more like I'd expected a baby to be, with food all over his face and some on his hands a lot of the time too. Now we have Neely. She gets it on most of her body and every surface within her reach.
And still really wants to hold the spoon herself.
We had a playdate today. The kids were in the other room and Veronica and I were talking in the living room, hanging out with the babies. I got up to check on the other kids and found Cason like this:
Totally staged, just waiting for someone to discover how hilarious he is. He's such a slapstick comedy kind of guy. Jess says he'd LOVE the Three Stooges.

We got a suprise package today from Uncle Michael, and to their delight there was a giant Candy Land game inside!
Paige wanted to play SOOOO bad, but Cason and Lily were rolling on the mat, being wild and ignoring her pleas. She smiled for the picture, but she was NOT happy with them.
She got so frustrated she threw her gingerbread guy down and ran to her room crying. They followed her, laughing and tormenting her more. But when everyone went home Paige and I played a couple rounds, with Neely's "help".
It's a hit Michael, thank you!

When Jess got home from work he played outside with the kids so I could start dinner. He came in to show me Neely's new favorite thing. They were pretending to be a soccer team, with Jess as coach. He had a whistle, and would blow it and bark orders, and Neely would laugh hysterically. Like he'd blow it and yell "THAT'S IT! You're off the team!" and she'd laugh SOO hard.
Jess will love that one of him, but it's my favorite of her laughing pics, so sorry.