Cat-and-Mouse games

Holden has quite an imagination nowadays. Often, he pretends that daddy, or sometimes mommy, is chasing him and he'll giggle and crawl as fast as he can to the other parent. Recently he's decided to let the cats join in on this game, even if they have no idea they're involved. So when they start to walk to him he pretends he's being chased (like a mouse I suppose), and skampers away towards mom or dad. When we pick him up he continues to giggle, look back anxiously, and then tries to hide in our laps. We're working on getting a video of it because it's just so darn cute.

Pool Shark

One of the more fantastic features in our Gatlinburg, TN, cabin was a billiard table in the second floor loft area. I'm sure this space provides loads of entertainment for groups of adult friends who surely turn this space--complete with balcony and flat-screen TV--into a party area. But for us, it provided a chance to introduce Holden to fine art of pool. The little H-bomb got a huge kick out of watching us hit the balls about, and enjoyed his own time playing a little billiards himself:

He was, of course, of course, fascinated by the sound the balls made when he dropped them:

And like most objects in this world, they were apparently, delicious: