Who is Brian???

Today has been a most enjoyable, exciting, full-of-surprises day. When you have two four-year-olds running around, you are definitely in for many amusing moments. The boy and girl were really keyed up today, more so than usual; I don't know why but they were full of themselves. I don't mean by that that they were bad; on the contrary, they were very good, just very alert, very energetic, and very talkative. I learned that their little cousin got in trouble when she yelled at them last night and, if I'm not mistaken, tasted charcoal?!* Anyway, that's what it sounded like to me.

They were very insistent on having lemonade to quench their thirsts and when I ran out, they had to help me prepare strawberry-flavored Kool-Aid. They played upstairs (at the pool table) and pretended to have their own house up there. A lot of the time was spent with PaPa outside on the golf cart which was hooked to the trailer. I think they worked hard picking up debris, sticks, and stuff and throwing them in the trailer. Every so often, they would come back in to get a drink (this I encouraged so they wouldn't get dehydrated).

Whenever they did something for which I corrected them, I learned that they didn't do this incorrect thing. It was, in fact, Brian! Who is Brian, I wondered! I only had Clay and Livvy here. When I began to question them on Brian's identity, I was informed that he is their make-believe friend who happens to be not so very nice. From then on, every time I told them to pick up their toys, etc., it was Brian who made the mess. (I couldn't help but chuckle, behind their backs, of course). The good thing is that they know without a doubt that Brian is make-believe, so I don't worry about them and their imaginations running haywire! They are so very cute, and I am not the least bit prejudiced!