Smiles and not smiles

We finally captured William in good form this morning. Love those smiles. Unfortunately it was followed a while later by this:



Unfortunately Isaac is learning the power of violence this week. We had to get a book called "Hands are not for hitting". It is kind of embarrassing to have your kid hit other kids at the playground, even though I know it is not abnormal toddler behavior (believe me I have been reading about it like crazy). But still I do not enjoy having to pull my child away from some innocent kid. I am pretty sure that it must be related to William coming in to the family and the decrease in attention that Isaac is getting. He definitely gets more attention this way. Any ideas or experience with this one?

The other night Isaac decided to help me out with cleaning. It was great. Hopefully this behavior continues.



William has also discovered toys. It is nice to see him becoming more aware of his world, even if it is only the fish on his swing.

Training

Naughty

Isaac has recently become very good at helping us out in a new way: he lets us know when he is being naughty. It is now not uncommon to hear him say, "I'm being naughty". This picture is from this morning when he was climbing on the desk to get to the cabinet with "treats". He knows that is very naughty and was vigilant in pointing that out to me. He said "I'm being naughty" over and over again.

Let the weekend begin!

Last night we rented and aerator for the lawn. Isaac was really interested in this and wanted to be a part of the action. It turns out that he is not quite big enough to help push, so we resorted to this approach. It was a win-win. Aleks could aerate and I could make dinner and tend to William. Isaac was having the time of his life. When Aleks would grunt because the aerator was really hard to move around, Isaac would grunt, too.



This morning we have been making pancakes. Isaac was a good helper. Most of the ingredients stayed in the bowl.



Yes, that is a wet wire whisk going in the canister of flour. Needless to say, cleanup was a bit more involved than usual, but Isaac really had fun and enjoyed his pancakes (he ate five).



We also had some tummy time this morning. Isaac got jealous of William getting all the action, so he had me place him on the ground on his tummy, too.



No post is complete without a picture of our adorable William. We really like this guy. He has started to bust out some smiles this week. We will have to work to capture them on camera. He has a lot of similarities to Isaac at this age-we will see do managing two hyperactive kids. Aleks has already starting talking about getting covers for the furniture.

some random pics

The weekend before William was born, Aleks' dad came out and brought us bunkbeds that he had made for Aleks and his brothers when they were kids. We had a great weekend with him and really appreciate the beds. Here they are at the public gardens.

I love newborn sleep poses.

Some more photos

Here are some more photos.

Isaac giving William a smooch.

Some photos

I have been having some strange errors every time I upload photos, so here are a few that managed to upload without errors. We are overdue posting photos of William. He is super cute and a really great baby.

His favorite pose.

Bathtime-he is not getting one again until our water starts flowing in a safe way. We have been under a boil water alert since Saturday.


This from last night. He is a lot chubbier than Isaac ever was.


We have had a large box around that Isaac has been enjoying.

Isaac is still doing well with William. He likes to give him hugs and kisses. We find ourselves saying "gentle" a lot. Last night he was telling us about what he learned at nursery at church and said that Jesus loves Daddy and Jesus loves William (or Wim, as he says). I somehow got left out, but I guess that is ok.