Lauren is in Heaven

We got a swing set from Toys R Us two Saturdays ago and Matt and I (mostly Matt) put it together. I was helping until a gigantic piece of metal fell off the top of the swing and hit me on the forehead. So I spent a lot of time laying down and icing my wound. Anyway, we got as much of it done as we could because there were a few missing parts, but enough to put up a swing for Lauren and Will, the slide, and the glider swing. The kids absolutely love it, especially Lauren. The next was Sunday and even before church Lauren was begging to go outside and play on her swing set. It's a good feeling when you know, through roundabout ways, that your children really love and appreciate what you gave them.

Now she just needs to learn how to pump her legs and we'll be set.

Lauren is giving a thumbs up, but she put it right in front of her face so it's hard to tell. Yesterday, Lauren went out to play and she came running back in the house yelling, "Mommy, a dog pooped on my swing set!" I told her that no dogs could get into our back yard because of the fence, but she was adament that there was dog poop on her slide. I went out to investigate because that would be amazing if a dog could jump our fence and go poop on her slide. So I look at her slide right where she's sitting in this picture and there was a giant bird poop splatted on her slide. I told her it was bird poop, but she didn't get it. Hopefully the rain washed it off last night. I haven't looked.

Nap Time

The other day I opened Will's bedroom door a crack to see if he was awake from his nap yet. Well, there he was just sitting at the end of his crib with his legs dangling over the side. He was just hanging out. This is the side that faces the bedroom door so when I opened it, he was right there to greet me. I thought it was so cute I ran a grabbed my camera before I got him out.

A little blurry, but I'll take what I get I guess.

More work on the house

Before

We tore these bushes out a few weeks ago from the front of our house. They were just getting too big and really hid the house so we got rid of them. Matt's brother, Scott, came over and helped Matt tear them out with our truck. At first, the house looked naked to me, but now I'm used to it. It's nice to be able to see out the windows now. Now, we just have to figure out what to put there instead. Sorry, I don't have a picture with all of the bushes totally gone. It took four loads to the dump to get rid of all of the bushes.

After

Silly Willy!

Sorry this one is sideways.

William loves to stick objects (or himself) down the air vents in our bedroom. We find all kinds of things down inside them or he just backs down into them like he's crawling down the stairs. It is so funny!