Bloopers!

I don't have any new pictures to share this week, so I will share a couple of bloopers from last week's park pictures. Kara was trying to get a picture of them all smiling through the little window at the playground. It was impossible. She snapped these 3 pictures before we just gave up. It is nearly impossible to get 3 toddler to hold still and smile at the same time to get a picture on a slow camera! Of course, once we started putting Will back behind the window, it became a game to run away and get chased to be hauled back. Oh toddlers!!!

Well, the latest development in our house (and has been for about a month now) is whining. There is almost constant whining by someone in this house. They have been whining about most everything, when they can't do something, when someone takes what is theirs, when they are bored/hungry/tired, want something, etc. It is getting very annoying! We are trying the ignoring technique and praising when they use their words or don't whine about it. So far, no change, really. I'll let you know. We are still having tantrums, but they typically don't last long. I say Typically because Xander threw a good 20 min tantrum during our dinner the other night. He accidentally got a hold of a potato chip off the table and he loved it. When we wouldn't let him have another one, he freaked out and screamed for a long time. Who knew a sour cream and onion potato chip could be so important!

They are all finally healthy, which is a good thing. No trip to the doctor for Grace, the boys finished their antibiotics, which helped tremendously and the Singulair seems to be working for Will with minimal side effects. Our follow-up appointment at the NICU went well, sort of. The actual part with the doctor was fine. She thinks they are doing great and had no suggestions for me of things they need to work on. The part that was not fine was being in a new place, with new people. Will just doesn't like that. Xander and Grace warmed up right away and started doing the things she needed. It took Will about 15 mins to finally do anything she wanted him to. I am getting really frustrated with this behavior. He seems to take a while to warm up to just about anyone and it's very limiting. We can't leave them in the nursery at church without someone they know, and forget about going anywhere else that I would leave them in a daycare kind of situation. If anyone has any suggestions, I would take them!

Other than that, things are fine. One nap seems to be sufficient, most of the time. Some evenings they are incredibly tired, others not. If they would sleep 2 1/2 hours or longer, they would be fine. On days that they don't, then we're in trouble! We have been enjoying lots of walks and park time lately, because the weather is cooling off. We love cooler weather! Being outside seems to help with the grumps! We're seeing lots of extended family this weekend, so we should have neat pictures to post next week. Later!