The fox and Grandpa Kerry

Riggs was international correspondent at school today, which means he had to get up in front of class and say something about international affairs. Tim spent some time last night showing him (and Avery) online clips of Obama's press conference of his nomination of John Kerry as Secretary of State, and trying to explain to them what the SOS does and how he meets with people all over the world and works for the president. Avery was more interested in the whole thing than Riggs and she made some comments that were pretty funny. First, as soon as she sees Kerry on CNN, she says she likes him. "Why?" Tim asks. "Because he looks like a grandpa," which I suppose is true enough. But when coverage rolled back to the CNN newsroom and Wolf Blitzer, she wanted to know who he was and what he was all about. Tim said that, well, he's a reporter - sort of like an international correspondent, to try to tie him into the exercise. When we saw him again, she said "there's the fox again!" "Fox? Do you mean Wolf?" "Yeah, the Wolf!"

Happy 4th birthday, Avery and Riggs!

Happy 4th birthday! 

Over the years...fun to watch them grow! 

Kisses for Mama! 

Avery and Dearie 

Riggs (who only wanted to stick out his tongue) and Dearie 

Mama and Evelyn 

Sweet Robert getting fussed for standing on the coffee table. 

Cake time! 

Big wishes! 

Riggs getting help from Daddy.

Not so sure how Avery feels about that. 

Present time! 

Avery checking Emma's heart. 

Back to school

I told Avery I would wake her up tomorrow for school. She responded with: Don't wake me up! I will cry if you wake me up. I want to wake up alone (meaning on her own)!

I think they are ready...Avery even remembered to lay her clothes out!