Friend's Kids and a Meltdown in the Parking Lot

Remember how I said my really great friend (who moved far away from me) came to visit recently?  She stayed for a week and we had a blast.  And I still need to show you my cupboards she helped me with...but I need to add knobs and clean my kitchen and take a picture (all of which I'm too lazy to do right at the moment).

Anyway, we snapped some photos of her four kiddos one night, very quickly, and just as the sun was setting.  It was a scorching hot night (as they all are lately) and so we were quick but successful.  Although from some unknown reason, Q threw a massive fit as we were trying to leave.  He flopped down in the middle of the asphalt parking lot and refused to get up.  He said he wanted to stay there and didn't want to leave, although why anyone would want to lay on a scorching hot, filthy (and boring) parking lot rather than go to their air-conditioned home full of snacks, toys and a comfy bed...is totally beyond me.  Maybe the heat confused him...but we finally wrestled him kicking and screaming into his seat and drove home.  And then he fell asleep immediately.

 The black and white photo with the two girls was totally candid as I was getting my settings ready, etc.  The girls posed for me at the last second and I love it.  The deep drama of one and the big toothy grin from the other.

This little guy is only one day younger than Q.  His mother and I hung out in the hospital together in our labor and delivery gowns and slippers and viewed each other's babes.  It's a fun memory.  We were hoping the two tots would be good friends, as they haven't seen each other for about a year.  They hit it off swimmingly.