Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Two Rites of Passage

On January 16th, 2010, the young males in the Epperson household successfully celebrated two rites of passage most common in the American culture. Firstly, the youngest male, Ryan, went "swimming" at the YMCA. The young male ventured into the water in the hands of his mother and appeared to enjoy floating and splashing.

Secondly, the oldest child in the Epperson family successfully planned a full frontal attack on his sibling. He waited until his closest parent was occupied, then he climbed and obtained his weapon. After the attack, he ventured into the enclosed area where said parent was occupied and displayed his weapon of war. The parent surveyed the damages and then enclosed the oldest male in his room for several minutes while the youngest was tended to. This rite of passage in common in young humans and has been displayed on blogs across America. Here is the footage that one of our photographers was able to get close enough to obtain while observing these wild children in their native habitat.



From January 2010

5 comments:

  1. Maybe Max was trying to add some extra hair on his brother's head and Ryan kept moving? Very cute. You're smart to get a photo of the results!

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  2. I love it! My niece likes to draw on herself. I think there's a picture on my sisters blog showing my niece with full-on purple "sleeves". From her fingers up past her elbow.

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  3. LOL! Those are some nice bold strokes.

    We haven't had that happen here (yet), but I wouldn't put it past them.

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  4. Awwwwwwe. Bonding of brothers :) Too funny, the boys here had a good chuckle.

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  5. At least your kids just draw on each other! I recently found a painting on a wall. Yep, my freshly painted, getting ready for the house to be on the market wall. The off white trim color made it onto the light brown wall. It's kind of pretty really, but I don't think potential buyers will appreciate it as much as Mommy does! So alas, it will be repainted to the brown.

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