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I was up all last night with He Who Refuses to Sleep.  His inability or lack of desire to sleep for longer than three hours at night is killing me.  That’s simply all there is to it.

I like to play a fun game while I’m up with him.  I look at his sweet baby face and think that in about 15 years his upper lip and chin will start sprouting facial hair.  Then I imagine him with a mustache.  And a full beard.  Sometimes just a goatee.

Wanna play?  Go ahead.  Here’s a picture so you can visualize better:

If you didn’t find that wildly entertaining, I invite you to try again at about 3:30 a.m.  I’ve found the game works best at about that time.

And hey, while you’re up, want to come over and man a shift for me?

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Golden Art

I’ve been storing up kid artwork for a while, so here’s a post dedicated to our aspiring artists/graphic novelists.

Brooke’s school papers continue to be used (for better or for worse) as her sketch pad:

Holidays bring out her creativity:

She saw our bananas and couldn’t resist giving them a little personality:

And then we have the endless doodles and comics she draws on every scrap of paper she can find:

Caroline isn’t quite as prolific of an artist, but she does do cute drawings as well:

Spencer enjoys drawing also. Here we have a self portrait:

Another child who can’t resist doodling at school:

Spencer went through a phase where he was really into flags. He’d look up pictures of different flags and recreate them in miniature:

Lately Madison has been joining the artistic ranks.

Madison drew this one in church. Her friend Norah is sad, so she’s giving Norah a doll to make her happy:

This princess got caught in a rainstorm and wasn’t happy:

Madison brought this paper home from preschool. I was shocked at the adorableness of that zebra and had to text her preschool teacher to see if Madison actually drew that. Turns out she did draw it all by herself. It’s especially surprising how good her zebra is when you compare it to the other two animal blobs beside it.

One day we played Pictionary as a family. We told Madison she could draw whatever she wanted. The category was “animal.” She drew this:

After guessing every animal we could think of we finally asked Madison what it was. Her response? A giraffe. I continue to chuckle to myself every time I think of her neckless giraffe.

Seven-Year-Old Spencer

Spencer turned seven!

His favorite food lately is cheeseburgers. The week of his birthday he earned a pass to get a free burger at the Burger King right by our house, so I busted him out of school, and we had a fun lunch date.

We went to a bounce house place to play for hours after school. This is the only picture I got of him. A moment earlier he had been smiling at the camera. He wasn’t able to hold that pose long as he was itching to get bouncing again. At least you can still see the remnants of the thumbs up he was giving me:

Slushies are mandatory after all that bouncing:

Spencer has turned into the cutest little artist. I was impressed with the bird he was able to draw after looking at the picture in his bird book:

One day we had been driving in the car for a while. I noticed Spencer had been quiet. I found him meditating:

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We sure love this sweet little guy!

8 Comments

  1. Gina
    July 8, 2011 @ 6:32 pm

    That innocent face? I don’t believe it’s capable of being such a stinker.
    (I hope he starts sleeping for you soon!)

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  2. sarah
    July 9, 2011 @ 7:20 am

    How have I never envisioned Eli with facial hair?!? Maybe because Eli has been a pretty good sleeper and I haven’t needed entertainment at 3:30 a.m. night after night? You poor thing.

    I love the updated pictures! And that He Who Refuses to Sleep has joined your blog family.

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  3. Dallas
    July 9, 2011 @ 9:11 am

    Sarah,

    I forgot we updated the blog pictures since our last post. I’m glad you noticed. Yeah, we figured it was about time to include Spencer and to post a picture of toddler Caroline instead of baby Caroline.

    –Reb

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  4. Kim
    July 9, 2011 @ 7:23 pm

    Do you ever visualize Spencer with hair on top of his head once again?

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  5. Gina
    July 10, 2011 @ 5:52 pm

    (I hope that’s Dallas’ hairy leg under Spencer’s head) 🙂

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  6. Dallas
    July 11, 2011 @ 9:07 am

    Hey Gina, cut me some slack! It’s hard to find time to shave with three kids!

    Just kidding. That’s Dallas’s leg…though there have probably been days my legs haven’t looked much better. I’m just careful not to take leg pictures on those days…

    –Rebecca

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  7. Molly
    July 11, 2011 @ 10:05 pm

    I’m sorry he’s still not sleeping for you. Have you tried doing “Baby Wise” with him? I don’t follow it’s philosophies exactly, but it’s basic sleep schedule idea has worked awesome with all 3 of my kiddos.

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  8. Dallas
    July 11, 2011 @ 11:46 pm

    Molly,

    Yeah, I’ve read the book and Spencer has settled into a pattern of eating, being awake, and then sleeping. He does great during the day but at night he just can’t seem to get into a deep sleep for very long. I actually think that this particular night he was having tummy troubles.

    –Rebecca

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