He's got moves like Jagger

Since we last chatted, we have had two choir productions, two illnesses, and one lost tooth. Such is life in the Ruff house.

Lindsey's choir had their much-anticipated performance of "I'll Fly Away" last Sunday. To go with the song choice, the kids wore green choir robes and had motions and clapping. Lindsey took this gig seriously, and she watched the teacher's every signal from her spot on the front row (the short genes come in handy for things like this). David watched her at the 8:30 service, and I showed up for Sunday school then watched the second performance. All those at the first service said she reminded them so much of me, and I am going to assume they don't mean condescending and bossy but rather focused and obedient. That's my girl.

Benton's choir performed their two songs this Sunday and I honestly don't remember the names of them. This is probably because unlike his sister, he did not practice the songs incessantly at home. Which leads to why during his performance, he stood on the front row (short genes!) and did not sing a word. But that boy can dance. He swayed and grooved for both songs, catching my eye every now and then to make sure I was so proud. To quote Benton, he was "amazing." My pictures are not good because we did not have good seats, but it is obvious he is marching to the beat of his own drum on the bottom right of the picture.

Kate had no choir performance, but she did have hand foot and mouth disease. We were blessed with a very mild case that included no fever or sores in her mouth (because she sure can eat). She spread it through her daycare but not the rest of our house. As soon as she recovered, I came down with strep throat. We can attribute this to the fact that we had snow one week ago and today it is seventy degrees. Mississippi weather keeps us on our toes!

Finally, Lindsey lost her second tooth, so she has caught up to her younger brother in the lost tooth category (let's hope she passes him and he has no more traumatic falls). She has been trying to convince her teacher to pull her not-loose tooth for weeks, but she woke up yesterday and the thing was hanging. So, I did what my mother would have done: told her to wait until David got home from the gym to pull it. He pulled the tooth; she got a tooth sticker and the tooth song at school, and the tooth fairy brought her a dollar during the night. Speaking of teeth, Kate now has four molars. At 13 months she has a full mouth of teeth!

I took the pictures of the girls after bathtime to show Lindsey's lost tooth and Kate's adorableness in her hooded towel. Benton, with his hands on his hips, told me to take a picture of him too. I told him he was wearing nothing but a smile, which wasn't appropriate for a picture. He insisted I take his picture in all his naked glory, so I did, but I deleted it before I uploaded pictures. Because I would hate for that picture to surface when he is running for office one day.