Dress up

I love those moments when all is calm. It seems like they are far and few between these days though, especially with children who, while adoring of each other, also find their sibling completely and totally annoying. Cole copies everything Pearl, er we, does. Screaming. Yelling. Waving a pom pom in your face. Pushing the baby stroller around the house. And as a last resort to get your attention (or maybe it's showing affection???) hitting your face. And Pearl just screams and cries a lot. Pretty much every time her little brother wants to play with one of her toys or dolls.

So when I heard giggles and jabbering coming from the T.V. room instead of fighting, I had to sneak a peek at what was going on. What I saw made me giggle myself. Pearl had all her jewelry strewn across the floor and was playing dress up with Cole. I'm fairly certain Cole had no clue what was really going on... a royal wedding. Pearl is still talking about Princess Kate after watching the Royal Wedding a few weeks ago. He just happened to be the prince and Pearl the princess. And yes, if you're wondering Pearl has already informed me she wants to marry Cole because "it would be fun." Soon to be wed, Pearl made sure she was decked out in her finest Cinderella attire, complete with 50 or so necklaces, purple gloves, ladybug ring, and a couple of bracelets. At one point, Cole was also sporting a red "booby bead" necklace himself. Ever so quietly I grabbed the camera, hoping to capture this moment before Cole decided it would be more fun to either eat the jewelry or throw it at his sister.I think this picture of the two of them looking happily at each other is so cute! You can tell they both adore each other... for the moment anyway.The moment of sibling love almost exploded when Cole decided he wanted Pearl's pearl necklace for himself.
I'm not really sure what this face is all about but I'm glad I caught it on camera. A total Pearl snub! And just in case you missed the 50 necklaces, I asked Pearl to show me all her jewelry. I know these two are almost identical but golly, you have to admit I have the most adorable baby ever! Just the slightest change in expression and I love it.
I'm sure Jeff would be mortified if I told him I think Cole enjoyed playing dress up. And someday, Fern will probably be embarrassed that I took pictures of him playing dress up with his sister. But at least Pearl didn't succeed in getting the Sleeping Beauty dress on him. She tried, but after catching her pert-near strangling Cole to death trying to get it over his head as he was fighting her, I stopped it. Had she been successful, that would have been embarrassing!