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Spongebob Can Make One Do Strange Things....

I found Jack and Owen snuggled up (can you say "Bizzar-0 Photo"?) while watching Spongebob. I can't remember the last time they touched without fighting!

Bizzar-o Photo

It's been a while since I could get a photo of all of them in the same place ... maybe this weekend in Easter clothes, but here's the most recent bizzare occurence of all of them in the same space at the same time. I don't know what's wrong with Fiona--maybe she doesn't like the show they're watching.

Bizarr-O Photo

Another lighter entry. I haven't put up a Bizarr-O photo for a while. (Definition: a Bizarr-O Photo is one in which Jack & Owen are sharing the same space at the same time and not fighting.)

This one took place during our summer vacation to England & Scotland. What you can't see, and what forced them to snuggle up against one another, is that they are standing on an 18" square concrete street lamp pedestal and if either one moved further away from the other, they both would fall off. So, this wasn't a spontaneous Bizzar-O situation, but they were together nonetheless.

Bizarro-O Photo

This is one of the original bizzar-o photos. (No, the boys are not practicing synchronized swimming.)

This is from March 2001, when we took a spur-of-the moment weekend trip to Chincoteague, Va., to see the ponies. We had a great hotel suite and the boys had a great time, just playing in the room. It was one of the first times Jack and Owen actually played together, and as you can see from their faces, they liked it.

Bizarr-o Photo

Don't know why (isn't that always so in the Bizzar-o photos?), but Jack and Owen apparently just needed to hold hands and talk.

Another Bizarr-o Photo

After I posted the other photo of Jack & Owen together, I remembered this one from about a week ago.  I guess instances of them getting along aren't as rare as they are fleeting. I'll try to keep track of them here.

Bizzar-o Photo of the Day

I have NO IDEA how Jack & Owen ended up sitting together in this chair.  And even less of an idea how it lasted long enough for me to actually get a photo. We've been having a really tough week with them fighting constantly.

All of a sudden I looked over and saw them sitting together, actually TOUCHING each other watching Indiana Jones.

It didn't last long, but it helped to remind me that they aren't going to fight forever and maybe, even before they go to college, they might get along for more than two minutes at a time.