Long time, no post

I think my days of photographing almost everything the kids do is coming to a close. I guess I'm already losing interest in the little guys. The kids just don't do much now that surprises me, and their little antics have certainly become more tiresome than opportunities to take pictures. I'll have try to get the boys to update their tricks.

Some recent news:  We think Henry has a girl that likes him, so good for him. The girl next to Henry below apparently likes hanging out with him and made a point to sit nice and close. Same thing usually happens to me...like father, like son.

Other news:  Cole's bedtime routine is ridiculous. The boys often get out of bed. For awhile we were locking their doors, which I'm sure is a Fire Code no no. Cole will come up with all kinds of excuses and becomes a huge Chatty Cathy. The video below was edited down from almost 10 minutes to 2 minutes (full version is under weekly videos) and I started taping him after he was already talking to me for about 15 minutes. I primarily ignored him, but he just kept going on and on with his so-called "announcements" as he was calling them. I'm not sure what he thinks of me if he believes I need to be given all of these instructions.

He gave Kristin some announcements last night and the highlights included; "if you break something super tall you should use lots of glue, only Dads can change lightbulbs, if you feel dizzy or have to poop you should tell your Mom."  He also told her that he was giving her "Five-teen announcements before he got tired and could go to bed." On the plus side, the teaching alarm clock that Santa brought Henry seems to be working; he is going to bed at 7pm and usually doesn't get up before 7am, so thank goodness for no more 5am wakeups!