Most recent posts in Ascending order?

I want my homepage to show the 3 most recent posts in ascending order. The code I have now is:

<?php query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC"); $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args ); ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>

This makes my homepage show the 3 oldest posts in ascending order, rather than 3 newest posts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.