Because I find these amusing:

Before I took the photos with my phone that I posted earlier this week, I tried to take these photos with my real camera.  Spencer was NOT in the mood.  I think the photos are hilarious.  Just be glad I didn't post a bazillion more.  Eventually Justin started acting like a monkey... at which point Spencer looks more pleasant and the older kids stop looking at me entirely:

Girls Only:

(I skipped the boys only picture since Spencer was obviously soooo interested in the whole thing.)

And yes, our kids have parents:

Photos

I took these pictures of Ellie and Grant after I had taken Spencer's 1 year photos to have some nice updated photos of them.  (Meg had a ring around her mouth at the time, she sucks on her lips, and in the Winter that results in the red mouth ring, so she got to skip.)  Ellie is growing up!  I look at her and cannot believe it.  She will get baptized this year, and is so excited.  I am always extracting promises from her that she will love me forever and that when she is a teenager she will come home every night at 10:00 to play Uno with me instead of insisting that she stay out late with her friends.  She agrees... for now....  

Grant currently spends his time throwing toys at the wall.  When I tell him this in not okay, he tells me they are flying.  And since he actually believes they are flying, it is hard to convince him that he really needs to stop.  I have always planned on our landlords keeping our deposit (especially after Meg removed the wallpaper in the bathroom) but the way things are going, I may have to actually pay them to let us leave.

One Year Old Photos

I have pictures of all my children at 1 year old on my wall.  Ellie and Meg have matching dresses at a professional studio.  Grant is on the lawn at the park wearing clothes that clash with his socks... but he is cute and so I picked it anyway.  Today I worked on getting Spencer's photos.  He pretty much rebelled and wanted to eat the camera, but I gave him a bottle to drink and then let him play with the fingernail clippers while I took the pictures.  Fingernail clippers are really cool.  So, now you have to vote on which one I should print out for our wall.....

#1 - Actually this is just a good photo of the fingernail clippers.

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#6

"Look at this dumb place my mom made me sit..."

Honorable Mention:  "Please let me eat the camera, it looks tasty!"