Queen Irene

 Have I mentioned how fun/easier/awesome it is to have big kids?  They rock.  They are a huge help, plus they freak out when Natalie does something unsafe around the baby so I don't have to!

Apparently Irene things big kids are pretty great too.  She doesn't smile much yet, but she acts like she enjoys their attention (unless she really wants Mommy and only Mommy).  She likes to hear them sing and we make up new words for songs all the time.  I like to have a "how to spell your name song" for each of the kids, so I've been trying out tunes.  I'd like to find another one, but the one I made up most recently is in danger of sticking.  There was this Dolly Parton  song called Jolene and all I could remember of it was "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene - I'm begging of you please don't take my man."   So I changed it to "Irene (x4) - Irene is spelled I-R-E-N-E" - the lyrics are fudged a little to fit.  I told the kids the song origin and now Natalie likes to sing "Irene, Irene!  Please don't take my man!"

I really want to find a different tune, but that just sticks in my head!