Tor with Basketball

This picture is for Ty and Brock.  Tor has on his Jordan basketball shirt and is getting the feel of the basketball.  Ty remarked the other day that he could hardly wait until he could play basketball with Tor or throw around a football, since with the girls both he and Brock have to play Polly Pocket or Princess pretend.  This rainy weather isn't helping since he and Brock can't take the girls outside to the play fort or bicycles.

Painter

Bridget can be very focused at times.  She wanted to paint so we got out the watercolors.  She spent a lot of time working to cover all the white and surprisingly staying within the lines, which is super for a new 3 year old.  Here is her finished picture.

Open house

Jillian took Daddy to open house at her school yesterday. We went to her classroom and met Ms. Cheatley, who had many nice things to say about Jillian. One of the first things Jillian showed to Daddy was the behavior chart where she was at the highest level (purple) ... Ms. Cheatley said she is almost always at that level each day.

One More Present

Bridget was thrilled to get one more birthday present yesterday from the Dolans.  She was thrilled as she loves the pony and it talks.  She was busy yesterday making thank you cards to Ava and Harper.

She is one funny girl sometimes.  Lately she has been telling us that she can't go downstairs without one of us since Mommy and Daddy said she couldn't go downstairs by herself.  I think she just thinks it's scary down there by herself.  Then at nap time she said Mommy and Daddy said she doesn't have to take a nap since she went to bed early last night.  Nice try!  She has a good imagination.

Two New Teeth

Surprise! Both of Tor's bottom front teeth have come in ... if you look very closely (or zoom in) you can see them. Mommy happened to get chomped by Tor the other night, so she felt his gums and found the little daggers. Now that they're in, Tor is in much better spirits and back to his 24/7 happy self.

3rd Birthday Party

Bridget had her "Longview Birthday Party" today at home, and lots of guests showed up. Both Bridget and Jillian were extra excited to have their neighbor Hazel come over, and they all played hard for quite awhile. Bridget didn't have her nap, so she was a bit delirious, but she still had a great time. Here's a picture of her with her Princesses in the Park cake.

Soccer-mania

Jillian had a soccer game today at 7th Avenue fields, and thankfully it rained only a little bit. Jillian had been telling us before the game that she wasn't going to play in the rain, but we kept reminding her that soccer is still played in the rain. The game was a blowout, with the other team scoring tons of goals and our team getting shutout. But Jillian wasn't too concerned afterward, only saying that she needed to practice so she could score goals, too.