We are making progress!

We wanted to get Daniel's room finished before he started school, so we put most of our efforts into getting it done. It's not done. But, it is close enough that he was able to move in 3 days before school started. We still have some outlets and baseboard to replace, decor to add, and furniture to arrange. Daniel is very pleased with his current no-sharing bedroom, especially after spending the last 2.5 months sharing a room with both of his brothers. So the progress in photos:

First Haircut!

Today, Nathan had his first haircut. It's been a tradition in our family to wait until the boys' first birthdays to have their first haircut. Nathan didn't quite make it, since we wanted him to shed the shaggy look for Uncle Jon-David's wedding next week. Still, the difference was rather startling. In honor of this first haircut, I'll put up the the other two's before and after photos. Joshua still gives that dumb face whenever I try to get a picture of him. Getting his hair to lie down is still impossible.I just noticed we lived in a different place each time: California, Winfield (IL), and Orchard Downs (IL). Today, Daniel laughed and laughed at Nathan saying "He looks like Joshua now. You gave him Joshua's haircut. Ha. Ha. He looks like Joshua." Then, after a pause and in an accusing tone, he said "Did you give me Joshua's haircut?" I'll admit that they're very similar, but he did get his same old Daniel haircut today. From tall to small, I cut a lot of boys hair today.

Visitor from the Past

Daniel was very excited that Oliver Cowdery made a visit to sharing time. Apparently M has been well trained, because she saw the camera and immediately came to get in the picture with him.

Who re-seeds mid-season?

The City of Tracy re-seeds mid-season! Consequently, the soccer game was a bit muddy today, and while Daniel came out of it pretty clean (note Rodrigo, to his right, did not), Nathan needed a bath when we got home. Daniel's team won 3-0 and had fun doing it. Daniel was pretty excited because Andrew, one of the boys in our primary class, was on the Sharks team.

Soccer Time

Daniel had his first soccer game Saturday. He had a lot of fun and spent most of his time playing goalie. He got scored on once, but his team won 3-2. Thank goodness for a great defender (yeah Alex!) and some surprisingly good team work for a bunch of 6 year-olds. Thanks to the binoculars from Aunt Holly and Uncle Drew, we had a prime view of the (clumpy) action. We were glad his game was at 10:00, because it was 90F when we left and only getting warmer. He was surprised by the number of snacks after the game, and felt that it was only appropriate he share with Joshua, which he generously did.