Fun with Picasa

I am doing a 52 week challenge to take pictures of myself with the kids every week for a year. It has also made me more interested in trying out photo effects in Picasa. What do you think?

Photo shoot

I felt inspired to take some pictures of the boys. It's hard to get them to look at the camera at the same time, or even at all!

A taste of summer

Yesterday it was just beautiful, over 80 degrees and sunny, so we packed a lunch and went to Tinker Nature Park. Brian has been wanting to go for ages, so it was nice to be able to say yes finally. Here are the boys eating lunch:

And the littlest boy, too small to sit at the table but not too small to have a good time!

After lunch we went for a hike, but it was a little too close to naptime, and one of us fell apart...

Still, it was a nice day to be out and about enjoying nature.

The things they say

Instead of pictures, I thought I would share briefly some of the funny things we hear around here. Enjoy!

• Eli has a Baby Einstein Octopus that talks in English, French and Spanish. Right now it's set to Spanish, because I think that's the most useful. Brian gave it to Eli, and asked him, "Do you want it in fries?" Ummmmm.... you mean french?
• Right now we are coloring a card for our neighbor who is ill. He dictates to me as he scribbles on the page, "Dear Mr. Horton. Please don't be sick. Attack of the Eraser from Super Why."
• We have a picture book of the great wall of China that Brian likes to read. One day, we were driving to the Strong Museum and we got onto I-490, which has a tall concrete barrier on the side and he says, "Look, look, mama! The great wall of China!"

I'm sure there are more, but I don't have time now!

Playing together

Brian loves to play with his little brother, and Eli loves to watch his big brother. They have a great time together!

4 month checkup...we all survived...barely.

Today we went to the doctor for Eli's checkup. Everything looks fine, and everyone loves the boys. The staff dotes on them, and always goes on about how cute they are and how well-behaved Brian is. Maybe it's no wonder then that when I told him it was time to go, he threw himself on the floor crying. Haha! How many kids like going to the doctor THAT MUCH?!? He's been asking every day if it's time to go to the doctor. Seriously. He got his stickers, Eli got his shots, and we managed to get out the door, but he (Brian) cried the whole way home. Eli fell asleep. He's growing well (Eli, obviously); here are the stats:

• Length: 26" (80th percentile)
• Weight: 15 lb 8 oz (60th percentile)
• Head Circumference: 16.5" (40th percentile)

I don't recall what they were last time, but you can check the post about it, I guess, somewhere around 2 months ago. His percentiles keep increasing--small wonder since he is eating all day and night!

It was a tough morning but we all got through it--the staff thought Brian had gotten the shots from the way he was acting, but really he was just tired. Proof:

This was at noon. The ironic thing is that I carried him to his room for a nap and he proceeded to chat loudly with himself for TWO HOURS. I'm a little cranky about it because it kept me from getting any rest. :p

Rolling over!

Eli rolled over today! Here's a little video of this milestone:



No more tummy time on the couch!