Peter and his play group friends were talking in the car. Peter confessed that a girl in his kindergarten class had given him a kiss!! One of his friends was not impressed. Peter was concerned about his friend's reaction: "Don't get mad at me," he defended. His friend replied, "I'm just saying that's totally uncool, dude."
(For those of you Activity Day leaders who wonder if Activity Days has an impact) I walked in to Rebecca's room one morning, when she had been worried about being able to get up to finish an assignment, and asked if she had remembered her prayers. "I was just going to, because of the prayer pillow." She had made a little pillow with a jingle bell on it that week in Activity Days.
We were talking about which movie Rebecca wanted to watch for Friday night. I thought she said "Mormon Barbie." We started to chuckle at that. "I can just see it now," Rebecca started. "Barbie walks into church. 'How are you doing? I'm Barbie!'"
Nate, when Peter got a stuffed buffalo for a gift: "Buffaloes are making a comeback." (Peter loves this buffalo which came from Cody, WY.)
Anna was in her birthday suit one day when I asked her why. "I feel like I just can't wear clothing."
Anna prayed, "Thanks for Jesus and his apossibles [apostles]. And I'm sorry Jesus died on the cross."
We went out to lunch. Peter got pop with his children's meal. He made "Sprite" out of rootbeer and fruit punch!
Anna talked to the shark toy she had just gotten from the dentist's office: "Open up big and wide for me..."
I marveled at how gently Lane handled a misdeed. He was driving in from work when he saw Peter sitting on the corner of the neighbor's yard. He asked him if he wanted to hop in the truck with him for a ride up the driveway. Peter glumly declined. Lane joked with him, and tried to cajole him, but could not get him to budge. Lane asked if he'd had an accident. No, he hadn't. Finally, the reason for his immobility: "Daddy, I accidentally borrowed your hammer." "Accidentally?" Lane asked, trying to hide his amusement. "Yes." "Should we go get it?" "Yeah." Peter climbed in the card, and they retrieved the hammer together, Peter's burden obviously lifted.
We were listening to songs from the movie Mulan. Anna, obviously puzzled, asked, "Her name is Mulan. Why do they keep singing 'Anna to us all'?" (You have to know that we pronounce Anna "Ah-na").
Eliza was working on a survey for school. "Which of these five sports do you play best?" The list included volleyball, baseball, football, soccer, and tennis ball [sic]. "Is dressing up a sport?" she asked me, deadpan.
Anna challenged Peter, "Tickle me. If I don't smile that means I'm not ticklish. Daddy said so." (Can you hear that nah-nah voice?) I went over with a tickling hand, and that stoic little girl kept a stolid face the whole time. I think it's more just her iron will than her ticklishness!
Anna finished singing the Alphabet song: "'Next time won't you sing with me.' That means next time you actually have tosing with me," she accentuated.
I was eating a succulent pink grapefruit for breakfast. Anna asked for a bite. She decided, "I like it. It's just a little bit yucky."
Looking forward to playing with Paige after school today, Eliza prayed in family prayer, "Please bless school to go fast!"
