Peer Pressure At Five!

I noticed when Emmy started going to school that she would come home and tell me that so and so had this or that and could she have this or that. It was the first time Emmy took notice of other people and what they were wearing or doing. And....so it begins...peer pressure. Emmy wears lipstick to school everyday because every other girl in her class does and therefore, so does Lydia. The list goes on and on, but the latest is hair and earrings. There is a little girl who goes to our church who is also in Emmy's class at school. This particularly cute little girl has short hair that is stacked in the back and short in the front as well as earrings. Well, Emmy has been begging me for weeks now to get her hair cut like the little girl and get earrings. Emmy and Lydia have both got their hair cut, and after going to church on Wednesday, we came to church on Sunday to see yet another little girl in the church now has her hair like the rest of them. It has become such a joke in our church that when Jim used it in a sermon illustration on Sunday, the crowd went wild. Anyway, this is what the finished product looks like. Earrings are still on the "to do" list.

Mr. Mischievous!

Jim's mom has always told us that Jim didn't deserve the kids we have (Emmy and Lydia), for he was well known for his antics as a child. Well, though I don't think Rhett is to the level of Jim yet, he is close enough for me! I feel like he is a Tasmanian devil on a cartoon. He blows into a room and disaster follows where ever he goes!

Oh how Rhett loves to climb...EVERYTHING!







Emmy can't even get her homework done for Rhett climbing on her.

Markers....I hate markers! My kids love to body paint themselves by way of markers. Well, of course the girls left some markers unattended for a certain little brother to find. I was so glad to find out that he was a little artist. Look at his work on the table, and don't worry, he didn't miss himself.




Here he is modeling a bathrobe.




But how can you get mad at a face like this?

The Rhettster is the big 01

February 26th was Rhett's first birthday, which we enjoyed spending in Charlotte with friends and family. It's hard to believe it's been a year, but I am so looking foward to getting to know Rhett's personality better as he grows.

Rhett started out the day with climbing in his sisters' stroller. Climbing, what a fun stage that is...

Later that night we went to watch Calvin's basketball game. Rhett loved it and watched most of the game.



This is Rhett on his first piece of cake...



This is Rhett's second piece of cake...



This is Rhett's third piece of cake, yes I said third...

And this is the finished product. His belly hardly fit in the chair after all that!



Where would a 1 year old be without his super hero pjs?