The two older children have been busy, which means Kate has been busy by default. It was one of those weeks we were so busy that Lindsey went to ballet, and when David picked her up he heard the teacher say, "Lindsey, please remember to bring your ballet shoes next week." Whoops.
On the 100th day of school, Lindsey's class had a celebration and dressed like they were 100 years old. Dressing a five-year-old like a 100-year-old was not an easy task, but I think the result was a decently-old looking five-year-old. While the majority of the outfit was not authentic, she did have on glasses that belonged to her great-grandfather and a brooch of her great-grandmother's.
The next dress-up day was Circus Day after a week of studying the circus. As I was creatively trying to turn her dress-up clothes into acrobats or trapeze artists, I had an epiphany: we have a friend whose son was a clown for Halloween last year. So the circus costume turned out to be a breeze, and Lindsey was the cutest clown I have ever seen.
On to Benton. This year both kids are in the choir at church. Lindsey loves the idea of choir; Benton, not so much, but he does love going to "chuch" for any reason. Lindsey's choir has been busy rehearsing for their performance next Sunday in church, and Benton's WOW (wee ones worship) choir will sing in church the following Sunday. They had a warm-up singing in the Wednesday night service this week. We did not have high hopes for Benton and would consider the night a success if he stepped on stage. Because of our low expectations, we were not disappointed. Benton got on that stage, found me on the front row, and just smiled at me. The whole time. As others were singing and dancing. Until he turned around and saw the big screen behind him that showed him "singing," so he spent the last part of the song faced backwards. We couldn't be prouder. 
Lindsey later asked him why he didn't sing on stage. "Were you scared because all of those people were watching you?" "No." "Were you sad because mommy was in the audience and you wanted to sit with her?" "No." "Then why didn't you sing?" "I just not want to."
And a Kate update: that girl is into everything. She can walk now, but we often still find her walking on her knees, which is just odd. She eats everything in sight. Lindsey was a picky eater from birth; Benton ate random foods as a baby but now is picky. Kate is the best eater we have had yet, but we literally have to remove her from the kitchen every meal or she would spend her day in there eating. She has six teeth and is currently cutting a molar, which is another odd thing about her. Someone pointed out that they are called "two-year molars." Her two tricks are nodding her head and waving bye-bye, but the fun part about it is she gets the two confused. So if you tell Kate bye-bye, she nods her head at you. Kate also loves to walk around on her knees nodding her head anytime the older kids dance to Wii Just Dance.
That's a little update of what's going on around here....stay tuned for pictures of Lindsey in her choir robe next week.
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