Destructo

Austin has many nicknames around our house- Sticky Fingers, Concussion, Little Monkey, Wild Man- but I think the most fitting is Destructo. One of Wes’s favorite quotes from my dad is “There is nothing more destructive than the male child.” We are finding that statement to be nothing short of absolute truth. This weekend Austin climbed up on the counter and knocked our Nikon camera onto the floor, breaking the lens in the process. Lovely. Shortly before that, however, I was able to capture these pictures of him hard at work.

What, you don't kiss your legos?

Counting: "twoooo, fife."

I knew I recognized that look on his face, so I looked back and found this one from about 30 years earlier:

Guess there will be no denying who is father is.

Our Life

Life with 2 little ones is crazy at times. I try to enjoy the crazy moments instead of letting them overwhelm me. I’m not always successful, but I try. Oftentimes after the kids go to bed I will find something they’ve done during the day that makes me laugh- toys tucked in strange places or their cups in the pretend fridge instead of the real one. I look forward to a day when they can tell me what’s wrong instead of whining or they can use the bathroom instead of my changing their diapers, but I’m sure I’ll miss the laughter as they knock every single magnet off the fridge and the pitter-patter of wobbly feet as they run through the house and that little voice desperately whimpering, “Aah-Aah? Aah-Aah? B? B? B?” as he searches for his monkey & blanket.

I have to post this next picture because it cracks me up. He is not falling. This is Austin's attempt at getting out of his Cozy Coupe head-first. I think his hands were occupied holding his Cheerios...

Aquarium & Friends

We had the pleasure this past week of having Grammy in town, and I’m now realizing, didn’t take a single picture with her! I hate it when I do that! We decided on Saturday to take the kids to the aquarium to break up the day a little. They really enjoyed seeing the fish and running through the shark tunnel, but their favorite attraction was the cage display that was set up near the shark exhibit. We kept having to pull them out so that other people could take pictures of their kids in the cage. But it accomplished the goal at hand- keeping them entertained and happy.

I’ve put these next two on facebook, so most of you have probably seen them, but for those of you who haven’t, I thought I should definitely share this photo & video: