rachel carrying a backhoe uphill in one hand while pushing her six year old boy on his bike with her other hand MG 7546

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brothers reunited [40 photos] nick returned from a two week visit with his dad in seattle. i never stayed away from home as a kid -- no memorable sleepovers, slumber parties, summer camp, or trips without my family before i was a teenager. nick has been doing all of the above and enjoying them since he was an infant.

sequoia doesn't complain if nick disappears for a mere weekend -- but with nick gone for two full weeks, sequoia was missing his big brother and asking about him every day - “nick's at school?” “mama getting nick?” “i miss nick.” etc.

rachel retrieved nick on sunday and she tracked us down on our walk to the library, where the brothers were reunited. they had an adorable reunion hug (not recorded), and spent the rest of the afternoon together, behaving in a manner entirely irritating to peace-loving adults everywhere -- running through the house screaming, deploying fireworks in the street, and inventing new and very loud games of bike tag, chase, etc. the cul-de-sac.

they ended the evening going to bed together in the camping tent in our living room -- which lasted for a rowdy 15 minutes before sequoia opted for his familiar futon downstairs and nick had the tent to himself all night.