Dispatches from yet another playground

I'm writing this while Laura is STILL sleeping (at nearly 10 am!). This is, from my Early Bird Special from birth, highly unusual but she's a bit under the weather. And, like her Daddy, she is very pitiful and dramatic about it. Will and I are more in the minimal-complaining-just-deal-with-it camp but the other half of the family fully embraces the the-more-I-make-sad-faces-and/or-moan-the-better-I-will-feel philosophy. Oh, well. To each his or her own, right?

We've had really nice weather this past week and we've been to various parks and playgrounds to celebrate Jamison not having to go to Vegas this week.

She looks so old in this picture. How did this happen?

Will is learning how to propel himself on the swings. This is a surprisingly hard process, apparently.

Will is showing Laura some ants. Laura will pretty much look at anything her big brother wants to show her.

Just for some perspective, when I said that Laura looks older, it's not because she's tall or anything. This outfit is a size 6-9 months. I was digging through her "outside" clothes looking for something short-sleeved since it's apparently mid-June around here and this is what I came up with. It's kind of tight, but it still fit her. It's hard to believe she could squeeze into something so small just a week shy of turning two.

We're not planning on squeezing her into all of last year's clothes, though. We got her some new clothes this past weekend.

The kids love watching the garbage trucks. Simple pleasures.

Laura loves going into her closet and putting on whatever she can get to. All she needs here is a mismatched legwarmer or two.

I'll leave you with a small glimpse of my pitiful girl.

This doesn't quite capture her level of pitiful-ness accurately but it was also taken yesterday before she started feeling really out of sorts. And right now, she's crying in her bed saying "Sad" every few seconds just to reinforce her condition. Even when she's sick she's a funny girl.

I realize that I've kind of been lazy writing-wise, since pictures and commentary don't really take any thought. Maybe I'll try something a little more thoughtful here soon. Deep Thoughts with Sara or something equally serious.