Tonight I went up to Paige's room and knelt down next to her on the floor and said
"I love your sparkly lips."
She said "It's for a wedding."
"Your wedding or someone else's?"
"Mine."
"Who are you marrying?"
With a sparkle in her eyes "My rapend (pretend) boyfriend."
"What's his name?"
"Uncle Jeff!"
He's a great catch....but he is 29 years older....and your Uncle.
Paige debuted in her first Primary Program Practice last Sunday. The part she was given seemed a little over her head and I had meant to call the counselor and ask if we could 'dumb it down' a little for her, but never got to it. The primary room was all abuzz on Sunday so I just let it go. Sure enough, the reports that came back were pretty funny. She had memorized "1 Nephi 3:7 I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands." But for her other part she said "I can choose the right by living princess gossiples." Intepretation...I can choose the right by living gospel principles.
Kate has an entire talk about Nephi. We'll see how they do tomorrow.
This morning I was so tired when I left for the gym that I thought I was forgetting something as I went into the garage. Nope, keys check, cell phone check. As I climbed into the car I realized I didn't have any shoes on! I was also distracted because I was still laughing at Paige who had come into our room and said "Who shotted my door? I was scared of the dark." Our smoke dectector in our bedroom was 'chirping' all night. Rick thought it started at 4am. I thought it started at midnight. Anyway, at 6:45 I stood on Rick's shoulders to get it down (14' ceilings in our bedroom) and it came crashing to the floor...luckily missing Rick's head, but waking Paige who thought her door was being shot through! All three of us are a little tired today..luckily the rest of the family didn't hear a thing.
Kate came home from school today and said "who did you vote for Mom?" "I voted for Mitt Romney because we looked on the computer about them and I liked Mitt Romney better because he likes to ride horses and his favorite animal is a dog. And because Barrak Obama was already the President so I think we should give Mitt Romney a chance. And Barrak Obama likes to play basketball and eat chili."
Wow...guess she missed the Romney sign we had in the front yard...and all of the conversations we had about the campaign and the issues. But she did learn that it's important to vote and to know why you are voting for who you are... in a first grade sort of way!
The votes are being counted....Rick is heading to a political event tonight in Bellevue. Alot of nervousness and excitement here.
Paige came home from Preschool on Friday and said, "look Mom, the blue guy won (showing me a picture of the candidates) and he's going to be the President for 4 more days (which she later switched so years)!
Tonight I was brushing Kate's teeth and noticed one of her top teeth was so loose I could see the top of it as I brushed it. I quickly said "Ooh, that's loose and it's really dirty, let me brush that." And pop it came right out and that was it! Quick and easy as can be!
Yesterday Paige said to me "Mom, I like you the lotest because you....bought me yellow string cheese." Really!?
When I got home last night from Enrichment Paige said "I want to watch Justin Bieber". He was going to be on the finale of America's Got Talent and all the kids where watching.
This morning she said "Mom, I really wish Taylor would let me play with her and Betsy. Taylor needs to listen to Jesus (hand on her heart). You have to share to your heart and share your toys. And Taylor did not do that." "Where to you learn that Paige?" "I didn't learn it anywhere, I just knowed it." (She learned it at Bible school, and is always telling all of us when we do something 'wrong' to listen to Jesus).
We made rice crispy treats today and we all had one. I said I'd like to eat 3 more to which Paige said "you don't want to do that or you'll get fat like our other Grandpa." "What other grandpa?" "You know that one we met at Darla's house, he's fat." Sorry, I had to post it.
We tried to have a happy 39th birthday for Rick, but a deadend realestate prospect stopped us from our Red Robin plans, then there was a rushed dinner at home before mutual. He tried to make it to a movie all day since we discovered he could go for free on his birthday and he just could fit it in. He was having bookeeping drama until 10:00, when does that ever happen? When it was all said and done, we scrapped the pictures, lighting of candles and singing and just ate the cupcakes and opened presents at 10:30pm, poor Paige had her cupcake at 8 and went to bed.
Luckily the presents came through, a Wenger backpack and a 'spa pillow'.
Hopefully the big 4-0 will work out better.
Paige came into my room on a partly sunny morning this week and asked, "why does the sun keep coming up and down and up and down?" After patiently listening to a lengthy explaination of the sun going behind the clouds, she replied, "Oh, I thought it was MONSTERS!"
This week Paige wanted some cookies or something sweet and I said no because I didn't want her to have anymore. She exclaimed "But Mom, Jesus wants you to make me happy!" That put the pressure on....as I scurried for a response, I explained that Jesus wants her to have a healthy body and I would teach her how to have one. Luckily it worked, phew, she almost got me there!
We all swam out to the dock in the middle of the water.
