Turkey Pics

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Saying "Cheese"

Today Jr2 put the turkey shirt on himself.  He put it on backwards.  We decided it was appropriate, since it looked like the turkey was running away.

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Jr3 now says quite a few words and some phrases including "outside", "shoes on", "socks on" and "puppy".  She is also starting to assert her fashion independence.  She will bring me bows to put in her hair and pick out socks to wear (today she wore two pairs at once).

Jr2 still likes cleaning and driving the car.

Halloween

Jr2 was a cowboy / farmer this year.  Levis, a John Deere shirt, cowboy boot slippers and at the ward party he had a big silver (aluminum foil) belt buckle.  I don't think they sell cowboy hats in this state.

Jr3 was a ballerina (ward party) / elephant in a ballerina tutu (halloween).  So the elephant wasn't finished, but it was enough if we pointed it out you could tell.  I'm going to try and finally finish it in time for Christmas.

The pictures we took were somehow deleted, so I'm going to try and dress them up again sometime soon and take another picture.  (I was going to try for tonight, but Jr3 got the elephant suit dirty and it needs to be decontaminated before she wears it again.)

Belated Halloween

Here is a halloween picture of the cowboy and the elephant ballerina.

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.