Empty Photos

It is now my favorite time of the day. Andrew is sleeping. Josh and Claire are lying on the floor with pillows and blankets, watching a movie on the portable DVD player. So I get a break. I think moving has made me soft. I normally don't let them watch movies during the week, but lately, I've given in a bit. Oh well. We all need a break once in awhile.

We had a ball taking photos in our now empty house, so here we are cruising about the house:

Devin and the kids relaxing after a quick run around the living room. :)

I took this picture all by myself!! :) I suppose I could have put on the timer and set it down somewhere...but where?? :P There's nothing to set it on!! :D

We let Joshua take a picture of us. He did a pretty good job, too...except he missed some of Claire's face. He got a little over exuberant as he was pushing the button to take the photo, and the camera shook. Oh well. You can still tell that she's smiling! Ha! What a nut! Behind us is the dining room sans table. Weird. The kids are enjoying eating on the floor, though. We've had Andrew strapped into his stroller, but this morning he figured out how to get out on his own, and now terrorizes us as we run around the room, screaming, holding our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches high above our heads so he can't steal them! (Claire let him steal hers, though, and he very thoroughly enjoyed eating it...and getting jam all over the place!! I must admit, though, that it is much easier to clean the floor without having to move the benches out of the way and crawl under the table...)

I even took the kids grocery shopping with me today, and we had a ball!! Why are they so good for me in public places lately? It's been SO nice! They have these shopping carts at Wegman's that have to be my favorite. It has what looks like a miniature park bench attached to the regular shopping cart. So Josh and Claire sit on this little bench, all strapped in, and can face Andrew as he is in the normal infant shopping cart position. They all love it! They keep each other happy and entertained through the entire store! I like that one much better than the cars and trucks that they usually have. Claire won't stay put in those, and Andrew gets mad because the scenery never changes. Mom is not as entertaining as Josh and Claire, obviously!! :)