The funny things kids say...

Today, as Maddie and I were getting her ready for her nap, she said another funny thing. (background info: We have been talking to her about how Jesus was born in Bethlehem and about how Mary went on a long journey to get there and there was no room for them to sleep when they arrived. She has been telling us the story and it so cute.) So, I am telling her that I am SO thankful that the Lord gave her to me! She then said to me, "Were you scared?" I didn't know why she asked that so I said, "Scared of what?" She said, "When you went to Bethlehem?" My mind immediately followed her thoughts. She was thinking that I had traveled to Bethlehem to have her just as Mary had went and had Jesus. I just had to smile and explain that I did not go to Bethlehem to get her. It was a funny moment.

Last night after supper, we played Apples to Apples. We have enjoyed playing this together since the girls received it for Christmas. If you have never played you will have to understand how to play so you can follow this funny story. Each player has cards in their hand that have a thing, person, or place written on them (ex: the moon, Washington DC, river, last day of school, Abraham Lincoln, etc). The cards in your hand are red. One person is the judge and he turns over a green card which also has something written on it (ex: round, scary, sad, exciting, amazing, unhappy, etc). Everyone must vote with one of their red cards whatever they think is the best match. You may or maynot have a good match but you must put in a card. So last night, Mark was taking his turn to be the judge (it changes after each vote) and the green card was "long". We all put in our votes. He is reading the cards (he does not know who put in which card). I do not remember the votes but for the sake of the story, we will say fork, last day of school, and Pinnochio. Well, Mark choses the winner to be "Pinnochio." Noone speaks up that it is their card. Finally, Cassy realizes that it was hers but she thought the word was "Pinichilita" (which is not really even a word, which made it even funnier) It was so funny that she had won the vote with an appropriate card but didn't even know what it was. We had already been teasing her that she won the game before without even knowing how to spell or read a lot of the words. It was a fun time for the family. (Sorry, the story was so long and may not have even been funny if you weren't there. I almost decided in the middle of writing it that it was not going to be funny but I had already typed so much of it that I just couldn't erase it!)

Enjoying A's on the report cards:

I took the girls after school the other day to Krispy Kreme to get their free donuts for their all A's on their report cards. It was so fun. We enjoyed watching them make the donuts. It was fun for them to be rewarded for their hard work!

I remind myself that these are the greatest days of my life, enjoying the little things with my children!