Leif's latest project

Try as we might to accumulate interesting toys and get Leif excited about playing with them in the intended fashion, he always ends up finding other things to do that he finds infinitely more entertaining. One day recently, his urgent project for the morning was to remove all of his old board books from the bookshelf in the living room and throw them in the office paper recycling box. Once the shelf was completely cleared off, there was plenty of space for a two-year-old!

Gock, Paw & Bjorn

While Jessica and her girls were in town, Bjorn had some more opportunities to hang out with his paternal grandparents, Gock and Grandpaw G. Here are a few pictures taken at the barbecue at Auntie Sarah's house. Good times!

Three generations

Sleeping on Grandpaw

Playing with Gock

Sprinkler fun

On the few occasions we've tried to interest Leif in running through the sprinkler in our back yard, he's been much more intent on dragging it all over the yard than actually playing in the water. At Auntie Sarah's house, however, with her super cool sprinkler ball, he always has a blast. Sarah invited the fam over to her house for a barbecue while Jessica and the girls were in town, and Rachel and Leif both went crazy in the back yard getting drenched in the sprinkler before dinner.

Smile for the camera!

We learned during Jessica and her daughters' recent visit that, not surprisingly, trying to get both a two-year-old (Leif) AND a three-year-old (Rachel) to simultaneously look at the camera and smile is quite the feat. A feat that I, sadly, did not accomplish this time around. (Libby's off the hook since she does not yet understand English, so she has a legitimate excuse for her noncompliance with our instructions.) Below are my best attempts at a group shot of the three kiddos with Auntie Sarah and Aunt Jessica. Bjorn must have been otherwise occupied when these were taken.