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Try to get 3 kids to pose for a Christmas card shot and this is the best that we come up with.  So much for everybody looking at the camera picture perfect.  I didn't even notice Isabella had her hands in her mouth in every shot.  I was too busy trying to pin down Vincent for more than 2 seconds. 

This weekend was teacher's appreciation weekend at all of the Louisville Museums.  Since we didn't have every minute of Saturday booked, we decided to cram 3 museums into one day.  I think I was the only tired one at the end of the day.  Originally we were just going to go to the Frazier Museum.  They had a toy story exhibit we had heard about.  The kids loved it, especially Isabella because they had a lot of drawing/art spots to go along with toy story the movie.

Here she is drawing Mr. Potato head.

   Connect 4

A tasty ornament! He has been doing well this week, despite a new back tooth coming in.

playing old fashioned toys at the toy exhibit.

 Next, we walked by the Kentucky Arts and Crafts Museum.  It was a real downer, because they had an art therapy exhibit from Kosair and there were lots of pictures of sick children and art related to kids with cancer.  The other 2 floors of art didn't contain very much at all and it was my least favorite museum.

Finally, we went to 21C which was really cool!  This museum is free, even on non teacher days, and the kids loved it.  Modern art, although sometimes creepy, can be really fun too.

This interactive piece was of falling letters that you could bounce off of your head and arms.  The kids had a blast with this one!

The red penguins.  Isabella looks a bit frightened.

Other stuff this week:

 Isabella shows off her own artistic skills by painting a pilgrim turkey pumpkin.

Vincent has really gotten into books.  I was a bit afraid that he wouldn't like to read because he was always pushing books away.  But now, he sits and "reads" on his own and even talks gibberish as if he is reading!  It's cute.  His absolutely favorite book is "brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?"

He also loves looking at the "Sibley's Guide to Birds"!  Don't ask me why!  He's always pulling it off of the shelf.

Other Vincent facts:
favorite activities - bathtime, dancing, climbing stairs, playing piano, brushing teeth
favorite words - Up, Mommy (directed at everybody), dog,
                         B (translated "I want that")
new words - Thank you, please, cookie, eye (and he points to his eye),
                    belly (and he tickles his own belly)
shoe size - 6.5

Zachary made a comic book and was so excited he wanted me to take his picture with it!