Celebrating Mother’s Day at great-grandma Kathy’s house, Des is thrilled to hang out with his older cousins

Ella is still shy around folks she doesn’t see day-in, day-out. She was much more comfortable hanging out with dad nearby, still had a good conversation

Don’t confuse shyness with quietness though…

Goofing around with ma

But she’s oftentimes a hugger-at-heart

No, this is not group nap time, merely rather group pre-nap reading

As mom and dad were heading out to date night at the symphony performing Holst’s The Planets [a wonderful Christmas gift], Des settles into an episode of Mickey Mouse’s Clubhouse with Liam, Ella frolics with Buddy the dog