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Here are some pictures from the last several weeks I haven't posted. They're just of everyday things around the house, but I think some of them are funny. The pictures are:

Top: A rare moment of nice, quiet playing together.

2nd - Xander and Brian.

3rd - Will and Grace climbing on Will's crib.

4th - Sitting on the counter watching American Idol.

5th - They were supposed to be napping, this is what Brian and I walked in and found. Three naked, jumping children with empty cribs (they had thrown everything onto the floor, including their clothes. Don't laugh, it wasn't funny to us at the time. We just wanted them to sleep!!)

6th - Xander in his plaid shirt and camoflauge hat, he looked like a farm boy that day.

7 and 8 - Will and Grace playing in containers in the kitchen. Please note, those containers house the legos and Mr. Potato Head pieces. That means, those pieces were strewn about the entire upstairs.

We had an interesting weekend. There was lots of attitude around, and it was mostly Will's. They hadn't been anywhere all day Saturday, it was a cold and dreary day. So, we decided to take them to McDonald's for dinner and some play. Will was in a terrible mood, and after a short nap and not eating much dinner, we tried to get him to play in the play place. Well, there were a handful of older kids there and once they started running around him, he lost it. Brian had to actually climb up into the play thing to get him down (he was screaming the whole time). Then, he wouldn't calm down, so Brian took him to the car to stop his screaming fit. That cut short our playtime. He did the same thing again on Sunday at church, he ended up in time out during lunch. We're not entirely sure what the problems were, but by Sunday night, we had had it. He was better today, but his attitude had better improve. Luckily, the weather will be nice this week, and we can get outside. He also climbed out of his crib on Sunday. He hit the floor with a thud and a huge scream. Brian went in and calmed him down, but he was mad! We're hoping it hurt enough that he won't try it again (and he didn't today).

Xander is doing much better these days. He still was coughing and had a nasty green runny nose on Friday, so I took him to the doctor. He had a sinus infection and lots of lung congestion (reactive airway disease, they call it). So, he's on antibiotics and it makes such a difference. He was so good today and entirely pleasant. He must not have felt good these last several weeks, because he hasn't been this well behaved in a while.

They're all talking up a storm all the time, now. I can't even tell you how fun it is to hear complete sentences coming out of their mouths. They even do and say funny things. This morning right after breakfast, I was changing Will's poopy diaper. It was pretty stinky, and as more of a rhetorical question I said "Whew, what did you eat?" He replied "cereal, strawberries, bananas, milk." (all of the things they had for breakfast). I had to laugh, because he answered exactly what I asked. Grace and Xander are counting to ten flawlessly, and Xander can get to fourteen by himself, to twenty with help. Will does pretty good, but needs some help around 5. They are saying/singing the alphabet some, but not all of it and they need help. For some reason, Xander doesn't really like that song and everytime I start to sing it says "no ABC, no ABC". He prefers itsy bitsy spider. Books that are now in favor are the Clifford the Big Red Dog books that I've been checking out at the library. They also like all the Iza Trapani books that are songs (Itsy Bitsy Spider, I'm a Little Teapot, Row Your Boat). I've been singing those a lot lately. So, that's about it. I hope you enjoy the little slide show of the swing set pictures. They really do like it and we're grateful to grandma and grandpa Niebuhr for that gift and the gift of helping put it together! Have a great week, everyone!