The long cold, snowy winter days are here, and finding ways to entertain and occupy the little ones can be quite challenging at times.

You can't imagine the effort put into trying to get these three little ones to smile at the same time. The middle one did have a big smile until the flash from the camera changed that. Well, two out of three isn't bad. The one on the right does a great job in his role as "big brother" until their oldest "big brother" comes home from school and resumes that role.

"We were a strange little band of characters, trudging

through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together." ~ Erma Bombeck

"Families give us many things-love and meaning, purpose and an opportunity to give, and a sense of humor."

Thank goodness for a sense of humor because that gets us through many things.