::buddies::

I meant to post this forever ago, but oh well. There's a lot of that happening around here, and it just has to be acknowledged and then ignored.
Anyway....
Max has a great friend here in our ward. Her name is Emily and the funniest part about her is that she's only four. She's four, but you wouldn't know it. She's such a funny, precocious, crazy girl. She and Max get along so well and she adores him with all her little heart. He likes her pretty well too, but I don't think you'd catch him admitting it.
We had Emily over a couple of months ago (long enough ago that there was still a bit of a chill in the air). I took a few photos and they were just so funny I had to post them.

I fed them lunch outside in the courtyard, and their conversation was hilarious. It always is, really.

And if you think maybe Max is too silly for Emily I'll tell you. She gives as good or better than what she gets.

They make quite a goofy pair of friends.




Hams, really.
Sandy isn't ever sure quite what to think of the two of them.
Emily likes him a lot, but I think she's not sure what to do with him.

She's the youngest in her family by a ways, and babies are a strange and wonderful thing.
She wanted some pictures with Sand, but wasn't quite sure how to pose with him.

We tried.


So there you go. I'm so happy that Max has a good friend out here (she's one of many cute friends in the ward, really.) and it's so fun that they can hang out. I'm so glad to see Max getting along great with a younger child. It's so great, especially a guy who was an only child for so long.
And Emily is SO darned cute.

::names::

Max comes up with some of the funniest names for his little friends.
And he has lots and lots and lots of friends. They rotate in popularity usually. He'll have one that's his particular favorite for a while, then that guy will languish at the bottom of the barrel for a while and another has a turn. But if you asked him he wouldn't be able to live without any of them, of course.

Some of his friends--dog selection. These have some of the more amusing names I think.
Moses:

Moses is one of his favorite scripture guys. I think this dog is actually female though, according to him.

El-dee:

My mom got this little guy for Max at a silly shop in Santa Fe for $1. It was a good investment because Eldee is super popular.

Hee-Wee Ollie:

There's a third name for this guy too, but I can't remember what it is. Hee Wee was the first name, and then he had a book about a lost puppy named Ollie, so that had to be added on as well.

Kilomity:

As in kilometers. All his space books have measurements in both miles and kilometers, and Max found the kilometers very intriguing.

This isn't a dog, but he goes with the bunch. He's a "tater tot toy" from Sonic. We got him on our Santa Fe trip too. I think he's supposed to be some sort of a squid.
Celsius:


So there you go. What a goofball, that's really all there is to say about that!