The Adventures of Darth Vader the Farmer and Baby Leia

Did you know that Darth Vader was actually really into agriculture? We didn't either. The other night Colton came out of his room and introduced himself as "Darth Vader the Farmer" while wearing a Vader mask and Yellowstone park ranger's hat. Apparently, Darth also enjoys wearing his pants backwards.


Here Colton is ensuring that Elise succeeds in her first attempt at eating spaghetti. Judging by her messy face, I think his tutelage was taken to heart!





When Colton's not cracking us up, he's teaching his sister the wisdom of the ages. He imparts such nuggets as "No, baby! Don't touch my toys!" and "Elise, eat your food!" Or when she tried to escape from his wrestling moves, he proclaimed, "Go back to Canada, Elise!" I'm sure he meant that in the most loving way. He must just know how much Elise would enjoy mounties, hockey and maple syrup.

But seriously, they really do love one another and are able to interact more and more now that Elise is getting around pretty well. She's always babbling "Bubba, bubba, bubba" and crawling after Colton as quickly as her little legs will let her. And they are little. Like her brother, she has officially dropped off the weight charts by coming in at less than 3rd percentile.





All that crawling, cruising, and knocking over brother's LEGO towers is exhausting!