weekly picture post

Lauren sits in this semi-tripod position all the time now. She isn't quite comfortable going from a sitting position to her stomach or back yet, so she just leans over and thinks about it for awhile. At least now she is working on the transition by leaning forward, as opposed to the backward freefall drops she was doing there for awhile. Those always ended in tears.

Will picked the library for our FHE activity, so we headed to the closest branch and participated in some of their children's activities. They just put out new activities, and Will really enjoyed being able to rub a crayon over the paper to make various shapes *magically* appear.

As previously mentioned, on Tuesday night we decided to check out the Flags for Freedom display. Will loved seeing all the flags, and we all agreed it was a beautiful display. A little hot, but very pretty. I may have mentioned this before, but we generally listen to the CDs of the LDS Primary Children's Songbook while we drive around (per Will's request). I feel like I know a lot of the primary songs, but there are many that are new to me. Some of the obscure songs are Will's favorite. Right now he really likes My Flag, My Flag. He would be content to listen to it the entire drive every drive, and he is constantly commanding me to "Sing with me, Mommy."

We had a fun 4th. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to keep the kids up to watch the fireworks, but I'm glad we did. This is the best picture I got of all the fireworks (or fireworkers as Will calls them). I know, my photography skills are amazing. You would never know I use a point and shoot. (haha) I'm mad I didn't record Will chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" everytime he saw red, white and blue fireworks as Anthony instructed him. It was cute for the first 5 minutes.

Please tell me I am not the only one who spends a disproportionate amount of time on level one of the 30-day shred.

Our driveway is a reflection of the desires of Will's soul. Or at least, the things he likes that his parents are willing to draw. The BYU "Y," a trumpet, Christmas trees, Elmo, airplanes, 2 moose, dragonflies, a US flag, a biplane, the moon, the celtic clover to name a few. I actually get really annoyed by chalk drawings. I think I watched Mary Poppins too much as a child, because nothing either Anthony or I draw lives up to the standard Bert set in the movie. Curse you, Disney, and the unrealistic expectations you forced upon me! Lauren usually oversees things from her bumbo or stroller. I wish I had done a better job of getting her hair in this shot. Her hair dried funny after we went to the pool, and she was sporting quite the fashion forward 'do.

I know I have bemoaned Will's horrific sleeping a lot (too much) lately here on the blog. But I had to include this picture of him passed out on the couch after waking up at 5:30 this morning and then refusing to take a nap this afternoon. He has now fallen asleep 2 out of 2 times I have taken him with me to run an errand in the early evening. Maybe the solution to all our woes is to try to the trick parents of  young babies use to get their children to sleep and take him for a drive at bedtime each night? What is funny is that both times the two of us were having a conversation, and then all of the sudden he just got quiet. In the literally two minutes he was asleep in the car he was able to fall into such a deep sleep that I could get him out of his carseat, carry him into the house, talk to him and even change his diaper without even a flinch.