Show time Sydney

It's been two weeks but I finally got my act together! Sydney and Lior had a show at the Little Gym and they were WONDERFUL!!! Sydney was so proud of herself and we were beaming just as brightly as she was!
Here is her future back handspring.

She was really into following instructions and completing her routine. We saw straddles, pikes and some other skills I can not remember, but they were all amazing!


We even saw a forward roll. Matt's photography skills were a little lacking.

Her amazing beam skills.
A backward roll down the cheese mat.


Followed by a forward roll.
Look at those straight arms and a terrific front support.

Ta da! Look at my gymnast. She was wonderful! What a great show.

What show would be complete without a group photo?

Sydney was wonderful and showed such enthusiasm. She enjoyed every minute and so did we. We could not be prouder of her.

Show time lior

Lior's turn. Words can not explain how proud I was of her. She is so shy but she warmed up and performed beautifully.
Here she is going over the "hotdog" and getting ready for a future back handspring.

She's getting ready to "pop" up.

Backward rolls, it's not as easy as it looks!

She was so excited to show Grandma and Grandpa her monkey jumps.


Here she is on the uneven bars. She is very strong.
She is great at her front supports. Look at her concentration!

They practiced all of their skills on the beam. Lior can walk across unassisted but with all the people looking at her she was a little nervous and shy!


Look at that leg up!

Look at my little super star!

Way To Go Lior!!!!

Poor jordan

My poor poor Jordan, she has the worst diaper rash I have ever seen. I do not even think it is a rash I think they are actual burns caused by a very upset stomach. The poor thing would cry every time she pooped or peed "OOUUCHHH my butt hurts me!!!" It was so bad on Friday night that I actually made her bleed when I wiped her. That is when I decided that she was not going to wear a diaper any more.
Now Jordan is by no means ready to pee on the potty. She has peed on it before but the times were few and far between and she has not really shown any interest in it. We have no choice, which means Jordan has no choice. Her rear end needs a break and it needs air. After two days of limited diaper use (she only wears one for sleeping) her bottom looks better but not great. My plan is to keep her out of a diaper until Thursday when we have to leave the house.
So far we have cleaned up a lot of accidents but we had some major success yesterday when she peed once on the potty before bed. Everyone was in the bathroom when we heard the telltale sound. Jordan stood up and said she peed and sure enough there it was. The big girls were so excited for her. She got hugs and kisses and the pee-pee dance from her daddy. She was so excited she looked up at me and said "I wanna do it again".
If you ask me today went much better, if you ask Matt it was a disaster (she did poop five or six times today and I was out for two of them). He expects more, he expects her to pee on command. I expect accidents and thats what I got. I also got her to pee on the potty three times today. We are celebrating! We will continue her crash course in potty training until her butt gets better or Matt puts his fist through another window!

He doesn't stand a chance

With three part time princesses as big sisters, the poor kid as doomed
to a life time humiliation in the form of dress-up.

JoJo and Goliath

Today when Sydney came home from school she drew this picture of JoJo the clown (see the big clown nose in the center) and her lion Goliath ( upper left corner, lots of hair ). It is a beautiful picture. I love this picture. I love this picture so much I asked her if she could draw a picture of our family. Do you know what she said?
"I drawed it already"
"Sydney could you draw me another one? please!"
"I already did, I am not gonna do another one... I'm not going to tell you five times already!" She threw her hands up in disgust, turned on her stubborn little heals, and stomped away! The sad part is that I never did get my family portrait!

Rx

How can you look at that face and not feel better instantly?

Akiva

When my brother Eric was here at the end of December we went to one of our favorite spots to look for animals. These are the most recent "good" pictures I have of him. I almost had a panic attack, I must have taken other pictures of him. Am I falling down on the job? I must get back to my old ways!

He is very talkative, always trying to get our attention. Today he actually said "Hi" and I have witnesses to prove it! He repeats it after I say it to him. The girls were very excited to show Matt Akiva's new "trick" during dinner.
It is the eyes they melt my heart every time!

Look at those teeth! He has four really sharp teeth! I think I might have liked him to remain toothless until I was done nursing him! He might be done sooner than we originally planned. Matt tells me that I am not allowed to file his teeth down.