Big Picture Day

A good friend of ours, Buck Butler, volunteered to take pictures of Beta and the boys a couple of weeks ago.

Week Number Three

I used to be under the impression that John and I were in charge of our house and children, but with the addition of Beta there has been a slight shift of power. Jonah Kane and Koji are completely under her spell and are going to great lengths to make her happy. In the last several days Beta has decided (or ruled) that when in the mini-van the two older boys must hold her hands; they sit behind her so they must lean forward in their booster seats and reach over her headrest. It is uncomfortable to look at. If either of the boys let go she barks at them until they grab onto her pudgy paw again. We reassure them that this is not necessary and that they should ignore her commands but they both wearily respond “it’s o.k. it doesn’t hurt our backs too bad”. We went to Jonah Kane’s science fair at his school yesterday and Beta and Jonah pranced around with each other, each showing the other off. Though we females are still outnumbered it is great fun to have another xy chromosome in the house. We will celebrate her second birthday next week when Stanley and Fumiko are in town. Life is good and very loud!