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Here’s a picture from a week or two ago. Rachel was trying to get Win’s pants on, and having an unusually difficult time. She pulled and pulled but couldn’t seem to get them up over his diaper. Somehow, Win didn’t even protest as she kept trying to cram both legs into one hole. So, obviously, before we set him free we had to take a picture.
Here’s a random shot of one of Win’s favorite activities: looking out the window. We have the box from his Radio Flyer set up by a window in our main room, and many times each day he climbs up and stares out. Any person who comes into view on the street is greeted by some window slapping and a few excited grunts.
As a mother I am constantly reminded by friends, acquaintances and strangers that kids grow fast. That became quite apparent this morning when Jared and I noticed that Win has started to grow facial hair. They DO grow fast!
What do you think of his crustache?
Last weekend Jared, Win and I spent 2 days in Detroit at Jared’s parent’s house visiting family. Win has a new cousin, Willow, that we had not meet yet. Winfield is one of 10 cousins, all 5 and under, on that side of the family. Seven of them were there this weekend. Here are a couple of pictures that Bruce caught of Win playing with his cousins. As you could imagine with a family this size and age there is a constant tornado of energetic children whipping through the house. Win’s goal for the weekend was to remain in the center of the storm at all times. He loves commotion and this is heaven for him.
Win greeted most of his guests last weekend at his party by standing by this window, smiling, and waving. Here’s a cute picture my dad got of Win waving at Matt and Johanna.
On Sunday night I heard a sermon about a woman who lives and ministers with underprivileged children. She kept referring to them as children who “don’t even have mittens”. Yesterday, as I was bundling Win up for a walk I realized that my kid was one of those kids. His parents haven’t bought him mittens. I take an old pair of Jared’s socks and put them on his arms when I think that he needs mittens. Really they work great because he can’t take them off very easily. After our walk he played around the house for a while in his “mittens.” Poor kid ;-)