Oh man!

For those of you that don't already know, Jr1 took the PACT and scored in the top ten in the nation on the mathematics portion.  He only missed one question!

Jr2 likes to start most comments now with oh man.  He also takes after his great-uncle d and his grandpa.  He loves to take pictures.  If we come across the cord for the camera (not the video recorder, the camera), we will upload some we took at the aquarium.  He is pretty good.  And I dropped the camera twice in the past few years, so the shutter doesn't always close right and the batteries portion is duct taped on, so it is a good camera for him to use.

Jr3 point to a tree and said, "tee" the other day at the park.  She did this a few times, so she knows trees.  She can also climb into the recliner and onto the kitchen chairs now.

Lello

The other night, Jr2 ran across the room with his arm raised and let out a war cry.  "Lello".  I believe it was yellow, his favorite color and not jello.  I also think he might take after his Uncle Coo.  Lately, if he won't eat something, we have started pulling out the BBQ sauce for him to dip it in and he likes it so much better.

Jr3 likes to sit on her brother's lap.  Jr2 does not especially like to have Jr3 sit on his lap.  Maybe because she is about 2/3 of his size.  She is also really good at saying "mo" (more) and "ba" (ball) and "tay too" (thank you).

Friday was their last day at day care, so everyone prepare for the phone calls.

Jr2 now says prayers and has started saying parts of them without assistance.  You can tell what is important in his life.  First he blesses the food, then he blesses the vacuum, then he thanks for the vacuum.  If we forget to bless the vacuum when praying, he will assist us in remembering it.  Today he also added in blessing his puppy, who is sick and has been throwing up.  (His puppy is a stuffed animal.)

Jr3 got new, larger Sunday shoes of which she approves.  She also is still big into all things belly button and is starting to get the hang of trading a toy for a toy.  I also got her a new swimsuit for next year, since they are on sale now (hopefully I got the right size).  Sr was not sure what he thought of it until Jr3 saw it, grabbed it out of the bag, carried it around with her, and would not let Sr even hold it.  Hey -- maybe she will take after Auntie Roo and it can even help potty train her next year.

New Pics

So I have decided that I should sometimes get to do something I enjoy -- and I don't just mean playing games on the computer.  I mean doing something I like more than that.  I have decided to sew a few nights a week.  I have (mostly) completed my first project.  It is a balloon skirt I made for Jr3.  While balloon skirts are always a flop on project runway, they look pretty cute on little girls.  There is a bow to go on it that I have not yet finished.  The clock struck midnight and I didn't want the skirt to turn into a pumpkin.  (Uncle P probably thinks it looks like a pumpkin already.)

Anyway, this inspired me to take a few pictures.  One has Jr2 showing off his new haircut I gave him.  Another one has Jr3 in her new skirt she wore to church today.  Don't worry Auntie Roo, she wore a solid pink shirt with it.  The last one has them both posing with Jr2's favorite item in the house, which is asleep since it is Sunday.

My favorite hairdo of Jr3

I'm not good at doing Jr3's hair, but sometimes the daycare does it up cute.  They did today, so I thought I would take a picture and post it.

Jr3 and her cute hair (ignore the rest of us)

Jr2 decided to jump into the limelight with Jr3

And with the obligatory rabbit ears

Cousins are great!

Thanks to Jr2's cousin that was his buddy on vacation, life is coming along great.  Jr2 has significantly improved in the potty training area due to his cousin's stellar example.  Jr2 saw him going to the bathroom one day and was fascinated that his cousin would do such a thing.  

He has also begun actually closing his eyes and folding his arms during prayers.  Plus he now likes to say the prayers - in a whisper - even if we didn't whisper when we were helping him.  I again attribute the improved praying to his cousin's awesome example.  We have tried to teach him, but I guess this just underlines the importance of having good friends.

I'll post more about Jr3 and her birthday celebrations later.

Only in the South?

Liam likes to dance.  So we turned on the radio to find some music to dance to.  The first channel was a gospel preacher, but the next channel had music.  Polka music!  Wait -- polka music in the south?  I listened a little closer.  Yes, it was southern polka.  It was a polka song all about Jesus.  Only in the south can you dance to a Jesus polka.