morning and evening...

          ... is a) the title of a wonderful devotional by Charles Spurgeon, the great 19th century preacher and orator, for those so inclined, and b) have been added to the list of times these young knights have been haunting the neighborhood :0

    A couple days ago, Ina asked if our family was nervous about possibly getting new neighbors, as our fabulous next-door neighbors Al and Pat have been hinting about downsizing and moving closer to their sons.  "Are you kidding?"  Rachel said.  "I'm not worried at all.  They have to live 5 feet away from us!"  I thought that was pretty apropos on an evening where these two crazies pictured here suckered me into thinking they were tired...

                                      

                  ... and have spent the next hour and a half keeping each other awake.  In a moment of weakness, Elijah has actually broken me down to the point where in order to keep him quiet and allow me to type this for more than two keystrokes at a time, I have allowed him to read with his BIG BRIGHT room light on.
                                      
   
          Oh well, it'll give the Queen something to ponder (how is the blue blazes did he turn that light on?) when she gets home from her night about town.  Then again, when your son is the Human Crab (see above), it would only make sense that he could scuttle up bureaus like nobody's business.


             Have a wonderful (and peaceful) night!