Helping

The girls are really good helpers! At times, their "helping" makes more messes, but it is fun to see their innocent, serving attitudes. Last week, they helped me cook dinner.





And then they helped clean up the mess after dinner!

They are very sweet!

Erika went in for her three-year-old checkup on Tuesday. She now weighs 34 pounds and is 38.5 inches tall. She is in the 80th percentile for both height and weight. Quite a bit different than our little 10th - 40th percentile Laurel. Erika is doing great and checked out well. She enjoyed the doctor's visit.....especially since she didn't need any shots.......although she was a little stubborn in responding to what the doctor wanted her to do. She seems a little flat-footed so her doctor was having her do some exercises to determine if perhaps some of her muscles were not as developed. Well, she wanted nothing to do with the squatting that he wanted her to do. He showed me what to watch for at home with her. After a couple days of observations, I can't see any warning signs that he told me about, so I think she's perfectly fine. He did say that most kids are slightly flat-footed and it is something they will grow out of. The only concern with this issue is that it may lead to higher probabilities of ACL damage when she gets older and involved in sports. We have a ways to go before we need to think of that!

And now, for the riddle of the day:

How many Hammars does it take to complete our family?

One.

Two.

Three.

Three. My friend, Jen, was right in guessing that the blog post title, "Three" suggested we are having a third child. This little one is set to arrive on December 6.