Indians?

Tonight when Jack was talking to my mom on the phone she asked him what he learned at church today. He began to tell her the Bible story that he was taught. It went something like this, 'And then the Indians ran into the pigs and ran off the cliff'.

Indians?

Really?

Thankfully Mom knows the Bible well enough to know that it was not 'Indians' but 'demons'! I think we would get a fail in cultural sensitivity and awareness. We'll work on it! And our apologies to our Indian friends!

Our little lady

Addie's latest hobby is to walk around the house with a handbag and a big medal around her neck. No one has taught her this - she just does it. She even insists on taking her bag (with play keys inside) to church, out to the orchard, etc. The medal, which is a gawdy old race medal, is a necklace in her mind. Today she added a hat to the ensemble. She is my fashion plate - and she was very happy to have her picture taken!

Parks in Turkey

While we were in Turkey we visited a great city park. Istanbul has not done the best job of planning so 'parks' are not plentiful. That said, they are trying to develop parks and just happens that a really nice one is not far from our friend's house. We had a lovely time wandering through the park and playing on the 'exercise' equipment that was around.

As a souvenir, we have been trying to get the boys football jerseys of the places we visit. Turkey doesn't have any great football stars so we opted for Lionel Messi's Argentina jersey for both our boys. We also got the Robles boys jerseys as a thank you gift for letting us come. I think it is safe to say that these jerseys got their monies worth just in our visit alone. All four boys would not take them off - it was fun to see them enjoy them so much.

Addie in the Hagia Sophia

Now that Addie is a walker videos like this are even funnier to watch. While we were in Turkey, Addie scooted her way across many famous landmarks and building - this one being the Hagia Sophia.

Three Year Olds

A week ago at dinner -

Erin: Theo you need to eat your carrots if you are going to have anything else to eat.

Ten minutes pass. No carrots are eaten.

Erin: Theo you need to eat your carrots if you are going to have anything else to eat.
Jack: Come on Theo. You like orange.
Theo: I don't like orange. I like white.
Jack: We could put some flour on it and then it would be white.
Theo: Okay.
Erin: You want me to put flour on the carrots?
Theo: Yes.

Erin gets the flour out and covers the carrots in white all-purpose flour.
Theo quickly eats his carrots.

Theo: I like floured carrots.

Oh the logic of a three-year-old.