not the best of friends...

Though Tate may refer to Ayla as his "best friend", they certainly are not.

He clearly doesn't understand what a "best friend" is!
These two have a very difficult time getting along for more than a minute or two on most days.
Some days they run and play and giggle and then it's like a switch is flipped and they suddenly cannot stand each other again.
It's actually kind of comical...sometimes.
Most times it's just really frustrating!

They are doing okay here, but we are keeping a close eye...one of them very well could throw the other off of this ledge in an instant...really, I'm not even kidding.

Not sure I trust either of these smiles.
Could they be envisioning how they will manage to throw their cousin over the edge?

Now I believe this is about when Ayla decided to lock us all outside...

And this picture shows off the love fest that was going on.
Can you feel the love...can you?
Ya, neither can I.

It doesn't matter how many times she kicks, hits or bites Tate.
I cannot resist this little face!

I must add, in Ayla's defense, Tate almost always is the one tormenting her until she does something to him so that he can run to me crying and telling on her!

It's kind of just what they do.
We're all sort of getting used to it...sort of.
It'll be nice when this stage passes between these two though!
Hopefully it's just a stage!