I apologize for being so behind with the posting lately. I’ve been relying on facebook a little too much to keep everyone up with what’s going on… so here is a little July 4th update for those of you all who aren’t on facebook.
brothers
We took the kids to our neighborhood bike parade. I think I spent an hour perfecting the ridiculous bike stroller and push car thingie decorations, only to walk in a parade that lasted about five minutes. Jack wore his grumpiest pair of grumpy pants and acted pretty ridiculous, yelling at fellow parade participants to, “Get outta here!” “That’s MY Mommy!” and “It’s MY turn.” We finished the parade and lined up for our free popsicles and Jack declared, “I don’t wanna popsicle!” Okaaaay then.
Teddy is just about fed up with the whole picture-taking thing.
That night Grandpa and Grandma Z came over for s’mores (and would you believe neither of them had ever had them) and the festivities. We lit a fire in the chiminea, roasted our marshmallows, caught fireflies, played with glow stick/necklace thingies (my $1 find at Michael’s… biggest hit ever), played with sparklers (aka sprinklers in Jack-speak), watched E set off some puny and rather stinky fireworks and later on after Teddy went to bed, Grandma Z, E, Jack and I walked down the street to watch a neighbor set off some pretty amazing fireworks.
master marshmallow roaster
sprinklers
It was probably one of the best 4th of July celebrations I’ve ever had.
Looks like a fun time! And Teddy even got some celebratory stickers on his helmet. PERFECT!
I meant to reply to your FB regarding early wakings, but after I wrote the entire reply, it disappeared. SO….
Hola still wakes at 6am, for the most part. Sometimes 6:45am, sometimes 5:40am. Anything before 6am, we go in there and lay him back down, like we would in the middle of the night, and pray he goes back to sleep. He does for the most part. If he doesn’t, we’ll just try again the next day.
As for his first nap, I am now trying to push it to 9am no matter what time he woke. If I can train him to nap that late, then maybe he’ll sleep in.
So, basically, I have no magical idea that works wonders, BUT I am staying consistent in hopes it will work itself out. :)
It was a perfect 4th of July. Just watching the smiles on Jack’s face all evening was enough joy. Amanda makes the best Smores in the whole world!
That last photo of Jack with the sparkler is a CLASSIC shot. Such innocent joy! So sweet!
She had lots of practice with those smores :) The pictures are precious. Cutest little boys in the world! and I cannot wait to see them!