Harper can't wait!

I think the Barlow household is getting anxious for the arrival of baby Owen.  And none is more excited than my baby girl.  Her and I spend a lot of time discussing how she will help with Owen.  according to her, if Melissa and I need to go anywhere she will stay with her brother because she thinks he might not want to go to the store (she is alredy thinking he will be the same home-body that she is).  What do you say to that, a three year old willing to sacrifice her play time in order to care for her brother!  I really can't wait for Harper to get to meet her brother, she will be an amazing big sister.

There must be something to Barack Obama

I have to admit right off the bat I did not vote for Barack Obama.  That being said, there must be something to Mr. Obama.  Melissa told me that on inauguration day her and Harper were driving home when little miss sunshine piped up from the back seat, "Mom, Barack Obama was the only one who won today".  Melissa was puzzled, and asked Harper for clarification.  Harper quickly repeated her same statement.  This made me realize that Mr. Obama must be a very influential individual if even my three year old understands who he is.  I hope for the best! 

Retired

Just a quick note to let any readers know that Harper is officially retiring from school because she wants to stay home with her baby brother.  On Wednesday I had picked Harper up from school and she proudly announced her intentions to me.  I have to say all I could do was smile, because of her minimal understanding of the whole retirement world.  Also at her willingness to give up her education in order to care for her brother. 

The Baby Jesi

I have been meaning to put up here a piece about Harper's love for baby Jesus.  I believe the official count of Harper's manger scenes is now up to five.  Sometimes at night she gathers all of her baby Jesi together and talks so sweetly to them and puts them to sleep.  Back in November when we first got the Christmas decorations out she spent two weeks sleeping with her Little People baby Jesus in her hand.  And I do mean sleeping all night while clutching the baby Jesus firmly in her grip.

My Son!?!?

It is now official.  Harper has chosen a "real" name for her brother.  No, it is not orangie, or diamond, or Reegie, or even her first sensible choice of Max.  Yesterday morning Melissa asked Harper what her brothers name was, Friday night we were discussing names with Harper and we gave her two choices.  The one she chose Friday night was Owen.  So Melissa decided to ask her Saturday morning to see how she still felt about her Brothers name.  Harper proudly proclaimed that her Brothers name was Owen.  So it has been decided, our son will be named Owen, which was my first choice going back to the night we found out he was a boy.

Little Santa

Today Harper was once again helping me in the garage because she had to go outside today, despite the fact that the temperature was steadily dropping.  While in the garage she found a small light-up santa that I had planned on not putting out this year.  I told her we weren't going to put that out this year...... She was having none of that, she said, "lets go dad, we're putting this outside".  She proceeded to go out to the Front yard and drop the little santa rigt where she wanted him to be.  I will put up a picture and you can see if you can spot Harper's beloved tiny santa.  I love how much she loves Christmas!

Team Chant

This past week in preparation for the upcoming spirit assembly at my school, I was discussing my team chant with Melissa.  She was curious to know what the chant was so I began to sing the chant for her.  As soon as I was finished Harper hollered out, "Sing that again dad!"  So we spent most of last week singing the team chant, and I think Harper learned the chant faster than many of my students.  Harpers favorite part is "look left" (clap, clap), "look right" (clap, clap).  This singing has been a general theme around our house this month.  We have been singing non-stop christmas carols, so my team chant was a very nice break.