When Laughter Turns to Tears

I came home today, opened the door, and heard my sweet, delicate flower of a wife screaming at the top of her lungs upstairs. I immediately knew something must be up with the boys, because she usually reserves that kind of exasperation and despair for their antics (although it's an almost daily occurrence these days).

As I ventured upstairs, I noticed many discolored spots on the carpet and walls. The telltale sign of the contents of her makeup case strewn about the steps provided the only clue I needed to understand the depth of her despair. Needless to say, it was a trying evening.

But this is video Laura captured just prior to discovering the mess on the stairs. Little did she know that her laughter would soon turn to tears.

Anyone know how to get lipstick out of the carpet and off your walls?

An Airplane!!! That's Sick!!!!

The boys have begun talking more and more, and are starting to imitate us. Last week Alex started saying what we thought was "a plane!!" Turns out he was saying "airplane!" He just wasn't getting the "r" sound in there very well. But his enunciation has really improved. Yesterday, we were out in the back yard playing, and he pointed out every airplane that flew overhead... which was a lot, since we live only about 10 miles or so from the airport. Finally, it occurred to me to get it on video. Here's he is... he needed a little prompting, but this is it.

Another funny story from yesterday -- we were watching the USA men's Olympic basketball team play China, and as expected, the Redeem Team (I hate that nickname... why does the media try so hard to make things "catchy"???) was getting a few easy steals and dunks. LeBron James put down a particularly nasty jam, and I said "Whoa! That was just sick!!" Suddenly, I heard a little voice say "Sick!!" It was Alex. He pointed at the TV and said it again. "Sick!" I was cracking up!

I don't have footage of Will's improving speech, but he's really making progress as well. He says "elephant" and "digger" and "dump truck" and many other words. It's really amazing to watch it all start coming together! So... even though I have no talking footage, here's a very short video showing tons of Will cuteness! I just missed the dance routine he was doing on top of the water table.

Breakfast Hats

I met a friend of mine at 5:30 this morning to do a 14 mile run as part of my training for the Denver Marathon. I stopped for bagels on the way home so that Laura, Alex, Will, Atlas and I could have breakfast together (yes, Atlas got a puppy bagel).

Anywho... when I walked in the door, Will and Alex had put on hats. Laura said Will pulled out his old winter hat and put it on. Of course, Alex then just had to wear his, too.

This was our breakfast this morning.