I had to have Caroline standing in front of them to get these smiles.
At school the kinders have an alphabet challenge. They have to say all the letters, the sounds they make, the sign language for each letter and sign the animal that starts with that letter. Once you can do all of those things you get a medal! Caroline has been talking about it for about 2 weeks. She will come home and tell me who all has medals (even the kids in the other kinder classes). She also told me she tried it last week but forgot the letter F. Well as we have practiced and talked about it she said she was not ready to do it again... but then she came home yesterday with a medal!!! She succeeded and got the medal!!! She wore it to AWANA's last night and school today.
The other night we were doing bath time and I realized I did not have any pics of them in the bathtub. I knew they would appreciate these pics when they get older so I left them to go get the camera to get a bath tub photo (Greg was in there so they were not unattended)!
I also realized I have not been working on teaching Eli and Elizabeth necessary skills. So I have been trying to remedy that:
Here's the finished product. After the haircut we went to see some friends cows. Greg needed some "natural fertilizer" for our garden and Caroline wanted to see some cows. The super mom that I am did not bring the camera for the cow-time we had. Caroline had the opportunity to had feed one of the cows but she decided the cow was too big. She did get to see a week old calf though. There were several calves there to see and a couple of bulls. Eli and Elizabeth stayed in the truck. It was their nap time and they were supposed to be sleeping. Eli did but Elizabeth did not.
By the end of the day Eli was all tuckered out. When I walked into the living room Eli was all folded over with his eyes closed. Elizabeth was trying to find a way out of the living room. I went to get my camera to get a pic of Eli and Elizabeth saw me so she headed over... which then woke Eli up... so this is what I have....
You get the idea... just imagine Eli with his eyes closed!
Caroline learning to shake hands properly and get her Terrific Kid bumper sticker.
Getting her Terrific Kid pencil!
The principal is telling all the kids to smile big for the pictures being taken. I did not get any pictures with Caroline smiling! She kept telling me that she wanted me to take her home with me (instead of riding the bus home). I kept trying to tell her she needed to smile. 
Then they were shaking Mrs. Johnson's hand and getting ready to head back to class.
I finally was able to tell Caroline that if she did not smile she was going to be riding the bus home. So here is what I got....
I was still zoomed in from the earlier pics so it is a big smile and she got to ride home with the family instead of the bus!
Greg's aunt sent the kids the cutest blankets. Caroline had an orange one from several years ago, but got a new bigger one with her name on it. She used to sleep with the orange one on her bed all the time, but as soon as she got her new one, she tossed the orange one to the ground and put her new bigger one on her bed. Eli is very good about sharing his sweet blanket with his big sister. That boy loves his big sister. She can always get him to give the biggest smiles.
I don't know what she was thinking other than... "I'm gonna make my brother cry"... and cry he did... he did not push her off or try to get away... he just laid there and cried til mommy saved him from little sister.
The three munchkins! Eli was not too sure about having his picture taken again, but the girls where happy to smile.
