With three kids it's nearly impossible to get them all to pose perfectly for a picture, let alone stand close enough to get them all in the same picture. So we just take what we can get around here!
Sam is one of the funnest kids you'll ever meet. He loves to make friends, tell jokes, and be silly. Sam always has some sort of random song in his head and sings or hums almost everywhere he goes. He is very thoughtful of others, especially his sisters. He is definitely a peacemaker in our home. We are so blessed to have Sammy in our family!
A couple weeks ago, Kate came home from school and sang "The States" song for me...from beginning to end...with no mistakes. I didn't even know they had been learning it. I was shocked that she knew this only a month in to 1st grade! I think I was in 3rd grade when I learned all the states.
Anyway, ever since then she's had it in her head and sings it all the time. She has sung it for us and her grandmas and grandpas but she gets "too shy" to sing it for anyone else.
Today, when I picked her up from school she said she sang it by herself in front of her whole class! Once again, I was shocked! Are you kidding me!?! What happened to being too shy?!? But then she said that the kids who can sing it by themselves earn a chocolate bar! Oh, I see how it is!
The moral of the story: Kate is not shy when properly bribed!
