Playing sprinklers. Sebby is being a sprinkler that got stuck in the "up" position. Malachi is doing the same.
Abey takes good care of his little brother Malachi, but Sebby just treats him like a regular person. This means that Sebby shoves Ky around a lot, but he also expects Ky to be able to understand what he says and play with him just like Abe can. Ky, of course, loves this (the treated-like-a-person part). He adores Sebby and tries SO hard to do everything Seb does. He'll even laugh for Seb on demand ("Mal-chi, yaff!" Sebby will command imperiously. And Ky laughs.)
This hero-worship of Seb led to Ky saying "fwuffball" as one of his very early words, and more recently, it has led to him being very interested in sprinklers, just like some other boy we know. Observe:
Ky also joins Sebby in frequently playing that he IS a sprinkler. This consists of running around in circles, twirling, splashing, popping up and down, and making many watery noises. It's really cute to hear Ky imitating Sebby's every little sound, and waving his arms around and falling over whenever Sebby does.
Sebby says he wants to be a sprinkler repairman when he grows up. I think maybe it needs to be a family business.
Sometimes I worry about how frantic and stressful it must be to be the mother of small children. But when I look at you and your boys, I think, "Oh, I wish things could stay this way forever for Marilyn and her kids. They are having such a great childhood together."
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