What were the RAVs?

Blissfully most days around here I have to remind myself that my kids once fought ALL THE TIME for NO APPARENT reason. And we're not just talking "verbal arguments," we're talking full on "Random Acts of Violence" where one child would aggressively physically attack the other for no apparent reason. (I go back to this again in hopes anyone reading who is currently experiencing RAVs will see the light at the end of the tunnel AND to remind myself in case adding a new child upsets the balance and we have a cycle of RAVs again.)

Anyway, Tuesday morning I was working on my daily bible study lesson and noticed that it got really quiet in the living room where both kids were. The TV wasn't on, so that wasn't the excuse for a lack of chatter. I snuck out to see what was going on and found this scene.

I know the quality isn't the greatest, but my first reaction was to capture the moment rather than work on artistic composition ~ and I'm glad it was, as soon as they noticed me the moment was over!

Yes, that would be my two former fighters holding hands to sing the blessing over their pretend meal. Talk about doing a Mama's heart good...

And later in the day the living room digressed to this,

This is an example of a "two kids, one phone call" mess around here. What's it gonna be like when there are three?

but the fact that they were playing together without fighting helped me to overlook the chaos that was our living room!

And about yesterday's pictures, apparently inquiring minds want to know a few things. No Aunt Nancy, it wasn't cool when Kylie was wearing that sweater (the pictures were taken late last week) but she insisted on carrying it and then putting it on, "in case I get hot." I tried to explain that one to her, but have you tried arguing with Kylie lately? You'd lose, I usually do.
The story of the sequence is that Caleb was lagging behind Ky and I as we walked. Ky turned around to convince him to keep up with us and offered to hold his hand. He refused and that explains the dejected look on the little mama's face. Then within a minute or so they compromised that they'd run together to keep him from falling behind. And we made it around the block in record time. The end.

Tonight Ian and I are off to a date night to celebrate that we've turned in all our documentation for our LOI (Letter of Intent) to adopt Darcy. The formal submission of stuff won't head to China until early next week, but we've collected it all and that feels good! One step closer to our sweet little girl!