I lost my camera last month. And I've missed somethings. Patrick's first day at kindergarten and Auretta's first day at preschool, but other's caught those moments and sent them to me. But some I've just had to take mental pictures.

Last Sunday, the girl's wore their first matching dresses. Blue with tiny red and pink flowers. Chad held them with his red tie. They were standing under the tree in the yard. Auretta in his right arm, Jessie in his left. They were smiling and beautiful.

The kids have started playing pretend a lot more, house, dogs, doctors and my personal favorite, flu shots. They had three bowls lined up in the yard bent down drinking with their tongues. And for flu shots they line up their babies and stuffed animals and give them a shot with little kid medicine things. I don't know what their called.

And then this morning while I was mowing the lawn, they were lined up perfectly. David half sitting, half standing wearing a t-shirt and basketball pants, no shoes (he hasn't worn them for a few months now). He joined the group last. Patrick sitting in a little kid chair. Blue shirt and plaid shorts, watching  the lawn mower intensely both because he's a little scared and fascinated. Jessie in the bumbo, leaning to one side. A cute pink lion outfit, a little milk coming out of her mouth, and content. Auretta in a little kid chair, mismatched shirt and skirt of her own doing. Every now and then touching Jessie's cheeks because she just loves her so much. Not doing anything special other than sitting and watching and being together. But somehow it was perfect. I want to remember that picture for a long long time.

Also, I've been watching Jessie's hair. And for future hair analysis, she has medium brown hair, fairly long in the back and crown of her head. Underneath the long thin hair, a little darker and thicker hair is growing mostly on top of her head. Also she smiles big, has thunder thighs and is just cute.