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Today on the way to take Tatum to dance, she was admiring the Bluebonnets. Here is conversation:
Tatum: When are we taking pictures with the Bluebonnets?
Me: Soon
Tatum: I wish he had gone to church. (she meant had gone with our 'church' friends to take photos in the bluebonnets) We would already have our pictures, but were in Boston. I don't mean that I am glad we didn't go to church, I like to go to church and learn about God. There are SO many stories that I would like to learn, but sometimes you need alittle Spring Break.

NYC and Boston

So we are on our vacation which started with a short stay in NYC.  We ice skated at Rockefeller center, saw Times Square in the day and at night, rode in a limo, went to the M&M store, did LOTS of walking, ate NY style pizza, saw a Ferris wheel inside the Toys R Us, went into a 4000 sq. ft. Barbie house, saw some interesting people and explained what a Bedit was to the kids. Then we were off to Boston.

What was suppose to be a simple 3 hour drive ended up being a drive that took the whole day.  We took several little side trips, which are always fun. 

We got to see alot of nice scenery in Connecticut and Rhode Island.  We also went to Plymouth, Massachusetts and saw Plymouth 'rock'.  

Yesterday we went to an outdoor market and got our first taste of the Boston culture.  Today we wen to the New England Aquarium and to the Boston Museum of Science.  The kids are having a great time, but getting on each others nerves.  Tonight we ate at a restaurant on the harbor and Jarrek and Tatum shared a 3.75 lbs Lobster! Keaton just kinda played with it.

Cowboy Keaton

Today was Cowboy day at Keaton's school. He was so excited to get to wear his boots, jeans and 'cowboy' shirt. He also wore his cowboy hat that his Ma and Pa got him. He looked so cute! At school they got to sit on a real saddle, play cowboy games, race stick horses and they got to see a real horse. Keaton loved all of it.

Ma and Pa came over this evening. Tatum and Keaton were so surprised when Pa WALKED in the door! He got his new leg today and they were both very interested and curious about it. Pa showed them the 'leg' and they asked lots of questions. They were all so excited!

Let me see those teeth!

Tatum went to the dentist today. I am one of those horrible parents...this was her first visit. It was just in time too...she lost her second tooth last night. Anyway, she did great. They gave me a questionnaire to fill out and one of the questions was "is the patient feeling anxious or nervous about this visit?" Our conversation:
Me: Tatum are you anxious or nervous about seeing the dentist today?
Tatum: No, I'm scared.
Me: Ok. About what?
Tatum: What if they hit my teeth with a hammer and then they all fall out and then they have to fix them? (I'm thinking...WHAT? but not a bad scam for a dentist to pull)
Me: They wouldn't do that. They are here to help your teeth.
Tatum: Good!

All in all the visit went well. She was very grown up about it and didn't argue or complain about anything they did. She does have to go back and get some work done on her molars, but not too bad. It hurt the pocket book more than it did anything else. Maybe in my next life I'll be a dentist.

Now all we have to do is convince Keaton that the Dentist is not out to get him so he will go.

Watch and learn

Weston is constantly watching the kids, picking up on everything they do. Sometimes that's good, sometimes it's bad. He LOVES his big brother and every time Keaton comes into the room Weston just gets so excited. Weston rolls around on the floor with Keaton, climbs on him, 'screams' with him and does just about everything Keaton does. He plays differently with Tatum, but still watches her intently. I think he know she is 'teaching' him different things than Keaton is.

This evening, Tatum, Weston and I were in Tatum's room reading. Tatum was reading her daily reader and Weston was crawling around playing. The next thing I know he is in her bathroom. Weston had climbed up on her stool, grabbed her toothbrush (which he had to really reach for) and was 'brushing' his teeth. He look so proud when I looked at him.

Here are the pictures.

Anatomy lesson

Several weeks ago we went to the zoo with some friends of ours. They have a little boy that is just around Keaton's age. We were walking through the zoo enjoying the animals, when Jarrek noticed that the little boy was 'adjusting' himself. Jarrek asked "Do you need to use the restroom?" His reply: "No, my penis itches". Well, Tatum and Keaton just thought that was hilarious. We very quickly had a talk about that word: it is not a bad word, it's the doctor word for a weewee (that's what we call it). Keaton and Tatum found numerous times to use the word penis. Every time we had a talk about how it was not appropriate to use that word the way they were using it. Finally, they got the idea of when it was OK to say and when it was not. Well, apparently I didn't explain it too well...a few days ago the kids were playing with some wooden poles and Tatum grabbed her 'area' and started groaning. I asked her what was wrong and she said "I hurt my penis". I tried so hard not to laugh out loud and had ANOTHER talk about that word and made it very clear that only boys have those. Tatum just said "OHHH".