Their own kind

"I did it myself!"

"Rowan, you need to ask me or Mommy to pour your cereal from now on."

"No."

Aaand he's a teenager.

Later, I took them to the zoo to be among their own kind.

Little known trivia: Lyla has a slightly shorter wingspan than the great horned owl.

Rowan: significantly shorter.

Here in the play area, the kids got a second wind.  I never did.

And then here is how they responded to my edict that they must not fall asleep on the way home, lest they ruin their nap time, i.e. Daddy's break time.