Happy Valentine's Day 2010!! I took the kids to get pictures taken together and show how much they truly do love each other despite the fighting. I have not taken them to do pictures together by myself ever. The last time we did pics together was when Grace was 2 weeks old and of course I had help. We went to the newer JC Penny's in town that has a much more kid friendly layout with a waiting area with seats and TV. The kids did great,cooperated with the photographer, listened and stood still. Grace was a little nervous so we had a very hard time getting her to smile, but at least she didn't cry or refuse to stand there. They also knew they could have some candy and their skittles from their lunchable lunch after the shoot. So they ate those while I picked out which ones to buy. They got rowdy just at the end and were running from me. But it was past nap time and they had just had candy, so I thought it went really really well. So we headed home and attempted a nap. That ended in disaster. Westin got into his desitin and squeezed out the whole tube all over his room, walls, toys and carpet and himself. So, when I found him he got to scrub his floor and toys for about 45min, he did not like that. So maybe he won't make such a huge mess again. He had attempted to clean it up with a whole box of wipes before I found him.
Grace played and read books in her bed for the 2hr attempted nap. So I guess that is the price I payed for keeping them out for pictures and for good pics was no nap. So they were fussy and lazy all evening and just wanted to watch TV. They did play with daddy in the basement after dinner. We also finally got them to bed earlier and had some time for ourselves and got to bed at an earlier time for us too. So, all in all it was a good day.(This is the one I bought of them, I love how they were looking at eachother, it shows how much they really do love eachother. In fact Grace is all about Westin lately and calls him, "my Westin" and gets mad at us if he is in trouble and says, "don't talk to my westin.")
(certainly not my favorite but think how Westin was on my shoulder is really cute.)
(ah, I love you My Westin)-- Just recently have they been willing to hug eachother. they have really been having some good play time most days, so I think they like eachother more and more.)
