Last week we went to the Cape to see the fam. All the cousins got together and sat on the furniture together. Sitting on this big chair is very funny to Sam, while it makes Max break out his Ali G impersonation.

In a move that makes us optimistic that someday all the kids can simply be left alone together while all the adults get smashed or even watch an entire movie, Katie has mastered reading Max's books. Sam is sort of interested. Sort of.

Here's Max a-swingin' with his cousin. They both have pretty serious looks on, since swinging is hard, but Max, I promise was filled with glee.

This much glee would make anyone blurry.

First Max ate a ton of sand, and then he ate his bucket. Like any wild animal, he likes salty things. We just put a Fisher-Price salt lick in his room, and he loves it.

Leah thinks that Max's eating sand was funny, but Max, well, not so much. Even with only 6 teeth, it must be unpleasantly crunchy.