What? You want me to brag about my kids? Gee, I don’t know. Let me see if I can find something to brag about.

PBN and Jenifer Fox are asking that we brag and share our kids strengths for this weeks Blog Blast. I don’t normally toot my kids horns too much on my blog. That’s so boring. Writing and reading about the ugly side of parenting is so much more interesting but if I must…

I have four children that are more different than alike. They all have something that they’re good at that sets them apart from each other. This is a good thing. Keeps things interesting and cuts down on competing and jealousy.

Madeline is almost ten and is our performer. I knew she was destined for Broadway when she was two and would skip around the house in her ruby slippers singing “The Yellow Brick Road”. And she was good. She can also boogie and has been taking dance classes since she was three and has been on the competition team since she was five. Drama is her middle name which is a bad thing when she’s having a tantrum but her bad drama self rocks on stage. She’s trying out for The Muny tomorrow and will be singing “Popular” from the Broadway play Wicked. Here’s a video of her singing. Her siblings were distracting her so it’s not her best vocals. The only vocal training she has had was one year on The St. Louis Children’s Choir. It was too much of a time commitment with her hectic dance schedule so she quit.

You can see some of Madeline’s dance routine’s here and here. She’s the one on the floor in front of the first one and wears glasses so it should be easy to find her in the group.

Isabelle is almost eight and is our artist. She is very crafty and creative. She has made some amazing crafts just from crap she finds around the house and loves to draw. Here is her latest masterpiece:

Isabelle also plays soccer and does an amazing presentation of “Silent Night” in sign language. Both girls can say the sign of the cross and the Our Father is Spanish.

Connor is six and is working on finding out what his “thing” is. He plays soccer and baseball but isn’t that crazy about either. He loves music and playing the drums. He can shoot a mean game of pool and is my go to man when I can’t get Mario out of a sticky situation on Mario Super Galaxy. Unlike his older ADD sisters he has amazing concentration. He loves making maps in his Montessori class and can draw very good penis people.

Marigrace is two and my last baby. She loves music and dancing like her big sis and is pretty good at it as evidenced in this video I can’t get enough of showing off. My sole mission of late is to get the video featured on Ellen. Feel free to email it to everyone in your contact list.

Marigrace is also our clown. She never fails to entertain us with her goofiness. Our neighbor has nicknamed her “Lucy” since she has Lucille Ball-like comedy and red curly hair.

Thanks PBN for giving me permission to brag!

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