Thinking of the whole world...

A few days ago as we were leaving swimming lessons, I had reason to rebuke Theo specifically for not thinking of others. I said something like 'Theo you need to think of others. You were being selfish. It is not good to think only of yourself.' Theo said, 'Mom, I am thinking of others. I am thinking of the whole world.' If you know this little boy this is probably accurate. He gets so into his 'imaginitive world' that he sometimes can seem oblivious to those around him.

How did you spend your morning????

This morning we had to take passport type pictures of all three kids for an application being sent to the British Home Office. One of the rerequirements is that the kids keep their lips closed and not smile.  This is not the easiest to do after kids have been told repeatedly to smile when the camera comes out! 

Here are some of our attempts along the way. Let' just say it took a long time:

Cute, but not acceptable: You are too happy for a British picture (you silly American!):

This is after we starting telling Addie to close her lips - too bad the lighting was bad as we were almost there!

A little nose picking along the way...

A little cheering ...

A little nose attending...

 

A few tears...

Some pouting...

 A few eyes closed...

We did finally get there in the end, and praise God the photo recognition software has accepted them all!

The thoughts of a three year old...

Today Theo was looking at a picture of Jack holding him in the hospital when he was just a day old (see picture below). Theo commented by saying, 'Jack is holding me. He loved me. I felt it.'

A bit surprised, I said, 'you felt his love?'

Theo bluntly answered, 'no, his hands on me.'

Addie get your gun - updated

Addie walked outside today pushing her baby stroller and her baby. She then had a toy water pistol laying on top of the baby. Hmmmm....

Is this due to her American roots or the product of having two older brothers?

LOL.

Theo and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The age of three could be the best bloggable age ever!  Theo is constantly giving us blog material. Here is a conversation between Charles and him:

At 8 o'clock this morning (mind you, he gets up at 7 o'clock)

Theo: Loads of bad things are happening to me today.
Charles: I am sorry Theo (trying not to laugh at the word 'loads' from a 3-year old). Like what kind of bad things?
Theo: It is just a bad day. I was having bad dreams. I want to play with Jack and he said no, he won't play with me. And now you are going to wash meme (his blankie which needed washing because it reeked).

This interchange reminds me of one of my favourite books growing up, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better Theo -- but as Alexander teaches us everyone has bad days, even in Australia!