Patty-Cake

The breaking news of the week is that Chris learned to patty-cake. Now he wouldn't do it every time, or for anyone else but me, but I know he knows what he is doing because he did it many times upon request. Decide for yourself, did he patty-cake or not? I say definitely. For a 5 1/2 month old, that is very, very good.

Here you can see that Papa and Chris are gearing up for our late Fall Hawaii trip. Chris got this really cute Hawaiian shirt from a friend, in two sizes actually, and I think the next size will be the one that needs to be packed. This one will never fit in 4 months. Chris practiced traveling by plane this weekend and flew with his Mommy to Montana for a cousin's wedding. Mommy reported that he was the perfect traveler, (no surprise to me) and was happy as a clam on the airplane. So glad they are home safely. The girls spent the weekend at home with Daddy and had a great time too.

A funny incident this week happened when we picked up the girls from their pre-school one day. Claire, particularly, always introduces us to the teachers and all of her friends when we come. Of course we have met them several times but she insists on re-doing it each visit. This week she said to one of her teachers, "This is my Papa and Grandma and they are really, really, really old. Now, there were more "reallys" than that, actually, but I lost count. We, as well as the teacher had a good laugh. On the pre-school front, one of the teacher's told me this week that the girls were doing such a great job learning their Bible memory verses. Their verse for this week was Psalm 37:7, "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him." We had worked on the verse one afternoon and the next morning when I asked them, Claire didn't hesitate a second and recited the verse perfectly. What great opportunities we had to talk about patience and what it means. The theme at school for next week is sharing. Can't wait to see what they will learn about that biblical concept. I know from experience that these verses stick with you for life. I'm so thankful I was encouraged to memorize when I was a child.

In this little clip below, Chloe was getting some help to combat Papa teasing her and calling her hamburger head. She thought that was pretty funny and she got quite a kick calling Papa, Acey Boy, his nickname from childhood. On Friday we took the girls out to lunch when we picked them up. As Papa helped Chloe out of the car, she took his hand and said, "Papa, I am going to help you figure out what everyone NEEDS to get." She did too, making sure that everyone got what they needed.

Here is Claire in her pretend mode. Can't remember what her name was, but it was a good one. She and Chloe changed Chris' name to Moses this week for one period of time. Glad he is too young to understand, he could have experienced big-time confusion. :)

The last week in July is here and the summer is flying by. Enjoy!