bless her heart

Warmer weather means skirts, shorts, and scraped knees for our sweet Audrey. It's been a rough week. She's agreed to wear pants for awhile to let these heal. And I think she's learning to listen when I call out, "Au-drey! Slow down!"

peepers

As I tucked Audrey in for her nap I said, as I so often do, "Close your peepers." Audrey cheerfully replied,
"You want me to close my peepers because sometimes I wet the bed, right?"

I stopped to take in what she'd said. I thought of all the times I've told her to close her peepers, and all the times she's said, "Okay, Mom! I will!" and it broke my heart a little.

We had a chat to clear up her confusion and had a good giggle about it. Then she snuggled down, her eyes shut tight.

needs vs. wants

As part of Lauren's economics unit in "soshle stodeys," she was asked to make a list of needs and wants. This is what she came up with:

aunt jan

Kim's Aunt Jan was a big fan of this simple, little blog. So it seems fitting to record a conversation we had around the dining room table this afternoon.

While the older girls did homework, Audrey played with a gospel-themed felt activity board Aunt Jan gave the girls years ago. I mentioned to Audrey, "Aunt Jan gave that to us, but now she lives with Heavenly Father." She gasped, then smiled, and her huge eyes grew even larger than usual as she exclaimed,
"That's nice!"
"Actually," Lauren explained, "It's not really nice because she's dead."
"She's not dead!" Audrey was quick to correct her. "She's still alive. She just lives with Heavenly Father."

So, this post is for you, Aunt Jan! I knew you would appreciate it.

sine of the times

Lauren was asked by her first grade teacher to draw and explain her favorite part of Spring Break. One thing outranked a visit from cousins, the Air & Space Museum, Pierre DuPont's Longwood Gardens, and Independence Hall, birthplace of the Constitution.

It reads: "Wen I went to Pilidelpea and saw a fuzzy butts sine." She also drew an accurate depiction of the very tall and unusual sign (for a dog day care) that we saw along the highway on our way to Philadelphia.

She's so funny, that girl. Her teacher seems to think so, too.

thank you, J. K. Rowling . . .

. . . for writing a story so magical that my 3rd-grade muggle created a special place to read it.

busy body

As Kim read aloud during family scripture study Audrey flipped through the pictures at the back of her Book of Mormon. She pointed to Samuel the Lamanite high on the wall and whispered to me, "That would be really busy with so many people throwing arrows at you."