Belly Laughs!

I have no pics for this post, so you will have to use your imagination and i will do my best decribing the scene.

We had a rager family party last night with 3 generations there, thanks to my mom. We celebrated my nephew bringing a new baby girl into the family.

My niece has a spectacular back yard. Through the trees that surround her home you can see the pond they play in. Her yard has a fire pit, basketball court, bar & grill, a treehouse my son Tandin built complete with beds and TV and a big twisting slide as one of the exits.

The most peaceful spot and the best view is the 3 seater swing that overlooks the beauty and where my mom and i sat with such joy last night as we watched all of our babies thoroughly love being together. I raised my kids with my sisters kids, and oh what fun they had.

TJ my oldest son didn't become a Dad until he was 37. He had quite the single life and now to see him throw himself into fatherhood as he has, well often times brings me to tears. Bode his one and a half year old trusts his dad and rightly so. TJ stuffed his tall self from the bottom half up inside this steep twisted long slide, enough to coax Bode down. Bode had a little help from his cousin Collin the first time, and pretty soon, yep, all 3 of them popped out the bottom. And the repeat sessions were on. Bode is an angel with the sweetest disposition. He gets that from both of his parents.

All the big boys decided to have a friendly game of corn hole. Two against two, where you throw a bean bag towards a slanted wooden deck with a hole in it. You earn points depending on how close you get, better yet if it goes in the hole! Collin my 3 year old grandson has alread stripped to his underwear long ago and has been streaking through the yard like a little Mogley from Jungle Book with his tan skin. His mom is literally sleeping over on the sectional couch around the fire pit from a long bike ride that day and how exhausting this little guy is. When he's awake, he's moving.

The belly laugh part -- The guys are doing that "guy bonding thing" as they play corn hole. The women sit around supporting their men. Mom & I sit on the swing above it all and observe. Then Mogley (Collin) starts into action and the next thing you know he is shagging the bean bags and the guys are happy about that, they don't have to walk and pick them up. But wait, he's now pushing the bean bags in the hole everytime, they need to stay in place for accurate score keeping. And then he figures out his butt is the perfect size to fit in the corn hole. So this is the next place you continue to find him sitting! He is stopping up the hole, and stopping up the game. His Dad pulls him off and he throws a fit, but only for a minute. He has now found a long blue plastic plunger-like stick that he continues to put down the hole and stir, again stopping the game. Mom & I are hysterical, Chase thinks his kid is cute, but is frustrated. As for the other guys, depending on their personalities they're either chill or getting slightly annoyed. The game took twice as long as it should have from Collin interference. What is Chase to do with this little 3 year old pistol? He is who he is.

What should one do about a little 3 year old like this? Spank him for making his Grandma's belly laugh and take all the fun out of life?! Never!! That's what they would have done back in the day..