Risky Business

We were trying to get some pictures of the kids for our Christmas cards which is almost always a painful process. Nobody sits still, looks at the camera or smiles nicely. You would swear that Will & Lauren were competing to see who could annoy Drew the most.

Every year I think that the Christmas pictures are a little misleading. You see the smiling children in the photo but what you can't see is Josh & I yelling at them to "Smile nice!", "Put your hands down!" ,"Look at Daddy/Mommy.","Sit still!", etc. At the end of the 20 minute process we were all crabby.


Here are Will & Lauren in their awesome capes from Superfly Kidz (Etsy). We have playing "Wonder Pets" quite a bit these days. Lauren's cape has a crown and jewels on the back so it also serves as a princess cape.

Drew has been climbing everything in site. I find him on top of the coffee table, dining room table and kitchen table all day long. I remove him, we have an ineffective chat "No Drew! No Climbing!" He smiles and repeats. My first two learned the meaning of "No" a little quicker. Here is a rare picture of him on the ground and standing relatively still.