A Child's Insight

Two nights ago S was talking to her daddy.
S said, "Heavenly Father made it snow today!"
Daddy said, "Who told you that?"
S said smugly, "No one. I figured it out myself!"

It's Great to be 8

Little Miss S turned 8 yesterday. She is so excited to be baptized. We are waiting until Grandma Margie and Grandpa Greg come to visit for Christmas. We told her that if she learned to ride her bike without training wheels, then she would get a new bike for her birthday. It took her about 10 minutes. Learning to start by herself and turn without stopping took another 2 days, but she got it. So, we had to break down and buy her a bike. She also got a new helmet to go with it (thanks to Grandma Connie). She also got 2 dollars (in her words). She did get 2 bills, but it was a total of $25. She thought that was great. I don't think she has ever had that much money at a single time.

Happy Halloween

My kids love Haloween. For the first time since S has been able to decide what she wants to be, she decided Not to be a princess. She decided to be a farmer. Why? You ask. Well, we finally received all our household goods, and she discovered some boots in with her shoes. She also has pink overalls. She put two and two together and came up with a farmer. A6 didn't really have much of a choice. There wasn't any good costumes at the PX. Someone offered a princess costume that their daughter didn't want. Luckily enough, she agreed. Although, she did ask if she could be a cat (she wore that costume out before Halloween last year). Matthew wanted to be what everyone else was going to be - a Farmer, an Dalmation, a Vampire, Scream. Whenever he heard a new one, I had to tell him he was going to be Harry Potter. He didn't like that very much. Oh well, at least we got a picture of him in his costume. Well, here's to next year!