Hey Babes

Just a bit ago, not long before bed, Josiah sauntered up to my mom with a twinkle in his eye. "Hey Babes," he said. 

This is a new game. Last weekend Mom called him "Babes" at one point, and he threw it right back at her. Our ensuing mirth was great, and he now has a precocious knack for pulling it out at just the right quiet moment when everyone is preoccupied and he wants to reclaim his self-declared title as Center Of The Universe. He hadn't said it for a couple of days until just now. Oh, Jesse, it's definitely going to take two of us to parent this monkey. Stay safe! We're hoping your boat ride over to the other Congo was uneventful today... 

And today's photo? Josiah with his current entourage of bears listening to a story with Nannan. I think the bear count is up to eight.