Jordan cooking

Jordan wanted to help Mom make Lindsay's birthday cake and even help to clean up afterwards!

Another Birthday?

The day after Jordan's birthday, she's still celebrating! While visiting another church, Jordan was presented another birthday cake!

Jordan's Birthday

Jordan celebrated her 3rd birthday shortly after our arrival in the States. In the first photo, she's caught stealing sprinkles from Mom's piece of cake! In the second, she's playing with one of her favorite gifts: a toy computer. (Taking after Papa already!)

Bayfield

Our first church visit this summer led us the northern most part of Wisconsin, near Bayfield, were these photos were taken. If you haven't been to Bayfield, you really should. ... in summer! It's a beautiful little town on the shores of Lake Superior. In the last photo, Jordan was really tired, but wouldn't give up the Teddy Grahams, eventually falling asleep with her hand still in the bag.

It's a Hat!

Now they're a hat! Good sense of balance though, eh?

Jordan's Earrings

What do you think of Jordan's new earrings?

Just Too Cute

We attended the graduation ceremony at Lindsay's school this evening. At one point, a prayer was offered up. Jordan realized what was happening, turned to Mom, said "Prayer," folded her hands and closed her eyes. It was just too cute a photo op to pass up!

ABCs

Here's a short clip of Jordan singing her ABCs.

Following in Mother's Footsteps

I know that it's probably not a challenge, but can you guess which combination of daughter-shoes this is? Yep, it's Jordan. She has this thing for walking around in her mother's shoes and today she wanted a picture of her feet in the shoes.

Mmmm, Rico, rico!

I made a surprising discovery today: Jordan likes green tea! Granted, it is flavored with green apple, but still, it’s a bit unusual. Don’t you think? I was filling my glass at lunch when she asked for some. I gave her a sip, telling her that she probably wouldn’t like it. She promptly sat back, smacked her lips, and said, “Mmmm, rico, rico!” (“Rico” means “rich,” but it is most often used to say something is delicious.) We have a tea lover in the family!

A Day at the Fun Park

We went to the Parque de Diversiones this morning which is a fun park kind of like a small Great America (complete with fuzzy characters walking around!). Meghan and Lindsay went one way while Cette, Jordan, and I went to the small kids section. Jordan had a blast riding the "bullet train,", the semi's, the Tea Cups, and her very first roller coaster! The older girls had fun also, but the lines were so long, they were only able to ride a couple before Jordan was worn out.

Mama's Little Helper

The big girls gave Marcette and I a few hours for a "Date Day!" After eating at our favorite mexican restaurant, we wandered around the downtown, bought a vacuum cleaner (A late Christmas gift. Thanks Mom!) and stopped for coffee (a favorite ritual!).

When we got home, Marcette broke out the new vacuum and found she had a little helper! Jordan grabbed the remaining pieces of the vacuum and started right in!

A Lazy Morning

Everyone was feeling lazy this morning!

A new favorite!

Our good friends from Honduras, Fernando and Jannina Montero and their children, sent Jordan a Christmas gift, a stuffed toy. It's Tyrone from the cartoon Backyardigans, one of Jordan's favorites. As you can see from this photo, the toy has become a favorite also, even accompanying her at breakfast!