weekly picture post

Will and Lauren looked pretty cute in the new winter clothes they wore to church on Sunday.
 

Monday was Will's birthday. He was much more interested in the presents sitting next to us than taking any pictures, so even though I don't love it, it's the only one we've got. 

Lauren loves computers, phones and remotes. Pretty much anything that lights up and her parents don't want her to touch.

Wednesday the kids and I ran some errands and I picked up some supplies to start a new cross-stitch project. I actually really enjoy cross-stitching and I spent the evening cross stitching while watching shows with TJ after the kids went to bed.

Lauren is going through a phase* where she seems to enjoy making her parents lives as difficult as possible.  On Thursday I planned on feeding her some spaghetti for lunch and feeling proactive I took her shirt off before she started eating since she tends to be messy. Apparently since I prevented her from staining her shirt she figured she'd do the next best thing and smear her dirty hands all through her recently cleaned hair.

*I am going to go ahead and call her sassy-ness a phase and hope, hope, hope that she mellows out as she gets older.

Friday was our first day of "vacation," (vacation because Tony is off work). After some early morning doctor's appointments and Christmas shopping, we went to Wonderscope for a few hours. We had a pretty fun time and our kids seem to be at a great age to enjoy the museum. Will really enjoyed the motion room where you used golf balls in various ways (roller coaster, loop the loop) to see how gravity works.

I said goodbye to a friend today and upgraded to a new phone. This baby is basically the same age as Will. It has some quirks. Like the fact that it always says my most recent call was to Anthony's work phone on January 5, 1980, despite the fact that neither of us were even born then. And it doesn't hold a charge for more than about 8 hours. But despite these quirks I will miss my old buddy, even though I am loving my new phone.