For Your Viewing Pleasure.

Though I don't normally relish, let alone capture, the image of my children being overexposed to media (as sometimes happens during the summer), there were a couple instances in the last week that were too cute to ignore...

Last weekend, JC spent an evening running car-related errands and bedtime wasn't going over so well. So, I pulled a new trick...
Portable DVD player in the bedroom.
It was like Christmas.

Once the initial shock and excitement wore off and the kids were settled into James' bed, they enjoyed a comfy viewing of their animated feature.

They loved it! And I thought it was so cute, them all snuggled next to each other at the end of the day, tired enough to stay put but awake enough to still giggle together at the funny parts.

We may repeat this.

Another day, after a long busy morning and not very successful rest time, I allowed the kids to revel in a bit of tv time while I made dinner.
James and Bethany were nearly snuggling.

Though Ben wasn't getting in on the sibling cozziness, he looked comfortable enough.

Seriously, so cute.

I couldn't believe they were remaining in such close vicinity to each other without it becoming...
Irritating.

and...
Volatile.

Ah well.
(a phrase that both applies to my attitude concerning the rivalry that develops between my children and the amount of tv viewing they are doing since it became 100+ outside)
Yes.
Ah well.