I'm getting worse and taking pictures!

 Adrian

He follows our direction when we are praying for meals, and we think it is so cute. He is starting to figure out a lot of different things and will go upstairs when I say it's time to change his diaper, or if he wants to go to sleep. I think I can understand most of the words he is saying because they sound close to what they should be, and he is usually near or pointing to the thing, like going outside is by the door, 'snack' is in the kitchen, and sitting is by a chair. He also has a funny way of walking around while drinking from his cup and doing little projects like opening the drawers in the kitchen while I'm trying to cook. I've started allowing him to eat at the table during other meal times to give him practice because he wants to be included when we are all eating dinner together, and he has always wanted to sit on daddy's lap, which makes it hard for him to eat. 

Shay

Since Adrian was being so cute, Shay wanted to taste the sour cucumbers that he was playing with, so I got a video of her, and I can't tell if it is fake or not. This week was picture day, and I had fun practicing curling their hair overnight in different ways last weekend, and then it turned out so cute on Thursday! Of course, I forgot pictures here at home, so I get to share them when they come back with the girls in a few weeks. Daddy even had them practice their pretty smiles, which I think the photographers should help with when they take the pictures as well. They liked getting pampered, too, and having their hair curly and pretty, so they might ask in the future for church. By the end of the day, the curls were pretty flat from all the fun they had at recess and school.

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Claire

Another fun thing at school for the girls is their fundraiser fun run that was on Friday. They had the same one last year, and they got a few more laps than last year! The prizes for raising a certain amount of money are really cheap, but one is free games and Chuck-e-Cheese, so now we have to take a trip to one soon. I don't think I've been to a Chuck-e-Cheese since I was a kid, so it will be interesting to see how things are different. Claire wanted to help us with the painting project we started on Saturday, but she doesn't understand that watching Adrian is the best help she can give! He wants to be involved too, but it is both dangerous and the opposite of helpful, so having him play with his toys inside would be best.