Samuel is over 5'1" these days. He loves reading, scouts, camping, working in the shop with Aaron and other "boy" things. Aaron got a four wheeler a couple of weeks ago and told Samuel that if he fixed it up, he could have it. He's already got it running but it still has some problems. It's fun to see his mind work and try to solve problems. For Calista's birthday, we had an actual birthday party with friends and a pinata. Samuel opted to work in the shop with Aaron instead of playing the games, after being told that he would get to participate in the pinata. When it came to hang the pinata outside, I opened the garage door and asked if Aaron or Samuel would be willing to hang it for me. Samuel jumped at the chance, and by the time I had Heidi ready to go outside, the pinata was ready and the girls were waiting in line! Sometimes its handy to have grown up kids!
Jacque is a very sweet older sister. She knows just what to say or do to make her little sisters happy! She took Heidi in the backroom yesterday so Aaron and I could get a Sunday nap. She brought blocks, books, snacks, water and blankets to keep her happy. It worked because next thing I knew it was 3:30pm! I must have been tired. She also enjoys reading, but I think she's going to be my child that wants to play sports. It seems like we have to ask Samuel if he wants to do a sport, but Jacque's already asked if she can play volleyball and basketball next year! In the evenings, Aaron will take Samuel and Jacque over to the church and work with them on basketball fundamentals. He has them dribbling with left and right hands, shooting, layups and passing. They really like it. I took them one night and they let me know that I wasn't doing what dad does! I think they were trying to get out of having to make 50 right handed layups (between all three of us, and not in a row). We were short on time so we only had to do 25 left handed ones.
Heidi, my little ninja! Actually those are a pair of bloomers that she found in Sarah's drawer.
Calista's baptism presents from the Primary Presidency. The towel has her name written in her favorite color, and the date she was baptized. Although since we had to cancel her baptism, the date is wrong. I'd like to get the 14th written on it too.
We also bought her her very own set of scriptures. We wanted to make hers different than Samuel and Jacque's, so we bought her a quad. It also came with a pink scripture case and scripture markers. She was so excited!!
