Bench o' cousinquoia

Sequoia and her cousins try their darnedest to contain the excitement of sharing a swing bench together.


Unable to maintain restraint the joyous reunion explodes into a cousiny cacophony.


The next day, back a home and cousinless, Sequoia attempts to befriend a neighborhood fixture but finds it is just not the same.

April Flashback: Sequoia's facial dominance

Auntie Amy and Stephanie gently encourage wee Sequoia to smile. Sequoia sassily rejects them both with doubletime "talk to the hand".



Dan takes a more hands-on approach with equally unsatisfactory results.



Succumbing to Sequoia's overbearing expressionlessness, Dan and Stephanie fall in line.

Sequoia finds her tongue

Sequoia's tongue demurely emerges.



The emboldened muscle further encroaches outward causing disgruntlement amongst Sequoia's facial feature community.



With the tongue now completely uncontrolled Sequoia endeavors to enlist her hands assistance.



Sequoia's defeated eyelids reluctanltly drop to half mast as Sequoia's mouth and tongue relax into a taunting smirk.