Family photo shoot

So last Friday we decided to get some family portraits done. It was FREEZING so Mikey was not in his usual, smiley, cheesy, picture-taking mood. But I think we still managed to get some good ones. They will not all be available for another two weeks, but the photographer put a few teaser pictures up today on her blog. Look how cute! http://photosbysamantha.blogspot.com/
She was great and we really loved working with her. She was great with getting Mikey out of his freezing, grumpy mood. Anyway, you can be sure that I will put up the rest when we get them!

Teach them in their youth

So the other night at dinner, we were trying to get Mikey to calm down enough to say the prayer. He did his usual: kind of stop what he's doing and hold one forearm with the other hand, then as we're saying the prayer, take a bite or two of food while we finish. I often have my doubts about him always "getting" the prayer thing. But this time AFTER the prayer he got out of his chair. We immediately started in with, "Mikey, where are you going?" "Get back in your chair." "It's time to eat." But he continued around the table over to Luke and grabbed both his hands and tried to cross them. So then, while holding both of his hands, he bowed his head a little and started mumbling another little prayer. When we finally realized that he was trying to get Luke to also fold his arms and participate in the prayer, we quickly bowed our heads and joined in. Now every few prayers or so, Mikey goes over and tries to help Luke pray, too. Looks like Luke will have a big brother who looks after him and keeps him in line. :)