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3/4:

I hear the kids playing saying, "you be mommy, I'll be daddy." I suggest that they play something else as there are plenty of other games. Amara says, "Can we play nice mommy and daddy?" …. what's that say about us???? :)

3/7:

A: I know how you can lose your tooth. Let someone run over your face. 

S: Well THAT sounds painful. 

D: Well that sounds DUMB!

3/7:

First Tooth = Gone. Why does that make him seem so old. :(

3/12:

Dominic: Mommy, look what I can do (as he makes armpit farts)
Me: (dripping with sarcasm) Wow! What an AMAZING skill…
Dominic: No mommy, it's AWESOME!
Jon as he passes through the kitchen: Some things mommies will just never understand…

3/18:

(D) Please don't take me away from Max (Uncle Greg's dog). 

(S) I have to when we leave. I'd miss you. 

(D) You could visit!

3/20:

I'm not raising normal kids. 

(D) Mom, this tastes like chocolate pudding! 

(S) I know, it's chocolate chip. 

(D) Yeah! It's gross! 

Apparently the chip doesn't fall far from the cookie….

3/28:

And....Dominic's 2nd tooth is gone. that has got tone his biggest stalling tactic. There was nearly as much root as there was tooth!

3/31:

Amara finally got her first hit of the season - and it was a double! So excited for her it brought tears to my eyes. :) :) :) :) :)

4/3:
I've had the opportunity to sing with some fabulous voices in amazingly beautiful cathedrals around the country and world...but my favorite "concert" is for my scared little guy who says it's only my singing that keeps the scary thoughts away when he's awakened by nightmares.

4/11:

After baseball practice, D stayed to work on switch hitting. I went to relieve Jon so he could watch Amara's game. After my first pitch D said, "hasn't daddy taught you anything?" A couple strikes later he said, "now you're getting the hang of it!" Smarty pants.

4/12:

Me to Dominic who was being a know-it-all: "Your old mom is smarter than you think." 

D: You're not old! 

Me: ok, your YOUNG mom is smarter than you think. 

D: Well...you're not young either. 

Me: well what am I then? 

D: you're medium!

4/13:

Oh my...when I drop D off at school it's early and he's the first one there. Today I'm later... 3 girls drop what they're doing and run to the fence calling, "hi Dominic!" I've got my hands full with this one...he is his father's son!

4/16: 

Because Jon and I both have to work out of town this week, we took the kids to redeem their Book It certificates. Our waiter (in an empty restaurant) is very attentive. D says: "That guy IS a really good guy." Laughing at his logic, I said, "ha! You're cute." D responded, "You're cuter." Buddy, don't waste your charm on me! :)

4/16:

Amara's FAMILY acrostic poem:

Fun families are the best kind of family. 

Animals can be in families. 

My family is the best family in the whole wide world. 

I love my family. 

Love is important to my family. Do 

You want to meet them?

4/23: 

I dropped off Amara this morning and was reading the artwork on the walls. Their assignment was an autobiographical poem and they were to include their nickname as a conclusion. Amara's said HOPE-A-BICTH (her spelling). The teacher came out and I said, "I feel the need to tell you her nickname is Hope-a-VITCH! We had a good laugh - Enunciation is a beautiful thing.

Facebook Updates

It's weird to me that I had a blog before I had Facebook. And I started my blog to keep track of my kids' hilarities… yet it's Facebook that holds them all. So once again, I find myself cruising back through my Facebook statuses to get my kids' funnies recorded. What happened to a simple "baby book?" :)

7/27:
D was ready early this morning so asked what he could do. I asked him to find my black heels. After several wrong (flat) attempts, he figured it out. Amara joined him in the search and he told her, "They're the ones with the line down that only girls can wear."

8/23:
Uniform rules: tuck in your shirt. I'm not sure Amara has ever tucked in her shirt. It's driving her crazy. It's hilarious! (For the record, I don't think that even lasted a week!)

9/2:
Amara's birthday is tomorrow, but tonight we took the kids to a movie and out for pizza. We told her we were going to make it a birthday weekend celebrating instead of just a day. After pizza she asked, "Mommy, can we do a long celebration for almost every birthday?"

9/3:
Amara singing "Away in a Manger" --- her version of the last verse, "and FEED us to heaven to live with You there."

9/16:
Amara got an art desk / chair for her birthday. We got it all set up and she's SO excited. Amara's sitting in her "art chair" and Dominic is "posing" as a sketch model. He's got this crazy serious face, a funky pose, and Amara's all business. It's so hilariously cute.

9/24:
This morning I was awakened by a 7-year-old serenading me. If that doesn't start the day with a smile, nothing will.

9/29:
As I'm upstairs getting ready, I hear A&D downstairs making their lunches and eating breakfast. D says, "Mommy's gonna be SO happy!" When did they grow up?

10/1:
I've got a sick and twisted daughter: "Not for your cake mommy, but it would be a good joke to put rats in a cake and light its head for a candle." Where does she come up with these things?

10/3:
I happened to run into Amara as she walked from her room upon waking this morning. I hugged her and said good morning. She very groggily said, "Are you already going for a run this morning?" I said, "Nope, I already did." Rubbing her half-closed eyes and still walking the stumbling walk of one barely awake, but without missing a beat, she said, "No wonder you smell."

10/31:
Line of the night: at two consecutive houses, Dominic and Rachel (who were trick-or-treat buddies, thus holding hands) got asked, "Are you Roy (Rogers) and Dale (Evans)?" To which Dominic answered, "No! I'm Dominic!" (All 5 kids were cowboys / girls.)

11/9:
Morning conversation, me to Jon: "We have bigwigs coming in Thursday, so I'll be home a little late." Dominic to me: "Mommy, you don't wear a wig!"

11/12:
Amara: How come they skipped Thanksgiving?
Jon: What do you mean?
Amara: They've got all the Christmas decorations up, but we haven't had Thanksgiving yet.
She gets it. She's 7.

11/15:
The kids decided to "scare" me this morning by putting a plastic mouse and spider at the bottom of the stairs. Their giggles gave them away… my "scream" scared them!

11/16:
Jon: Should daddy get a tattoo?
Amara (digging through her trick-or-treat bag): There's a bat one in there!

11/18:
We're in St. Pete at the race expo debating where to eat dinner. Dominic suggests, "Maybe you should ask Siri." Oh goodness….

11/22:
I was going to go yell at Dominic to go to sleep and stop messing around. Then I heard what he was singing: "There's only grace. There's only love. There's only mercy and forgiveness, and that's enough." How do you yell at that? (Answer: You don't. As soon as the song was over, he was asleep.)

12/5:
Amusing conversation with Amara this morning. She listed all the reasons she doesn't like princesses and would never want to be one…but if she was…she'd be just like she is now, live in our house, not act spoiled…but she'd never want to be a "dainty duchess." Her words. Dainty duchess???

12/10:
At "A Christmas Story" the musical with Amara. Girls in pink rabbit costumes are selling souvenirs. I told Amara she'd understand in the 2nd Act why they're dressed up as bunnies. She said, "Oh…. the battery bunny!?" Apparently the Energizer bunny got it's start in "A Christmas Story."

12/24:
Quote of the day from Dominic as he opened up a pair of khakis…"Pants…." as he shook his head with a scowl.  Haha!

12/24:
Amara did a very interesting puppet show of the Nativity narrated by my dad. She named her angel "Sally." That's a new one….

12/30:
Amara was traumatized by a cockroach tonight. I got her under control then went to tuck Dominic in. I then went to her room where she greeted me with, "Mommy, my clock just told me that if we have a bug problem to call Sun Coast Pest Control, or go online to suncoastpestcontrol(dot)com. They're a family owned business." I asked, while laughing, if I was supposed to call them to come get the cockroach (since I wasn't about to and Dominic missed). She grinned and nodded yes. Dominic then chimed in with, "I saw on TV that if you see 1 bug, there are lots of other bugs hiding that we can't see." Good grief!

1/1:
Amara's really struggling with Grandma and Grandpa leaving. Being that it's nap time, we told her she needed to just go lay down. Because that's where they slept last night, I said, "I bet if you go lay down, your bed will still smell like Grandma." Boy did that get her mad, she said to me, "Grandma DOESN'T SMELL!"

1/8:
Little Miss creeping out of bed tonight, peeking around our bedroom corner.
A: Mommy, I'm afraid I'm going to die tonight when I sleep.
M: Why? How?
A: I'm afraid a python is going to get me.
M: How would a python get into your room?
A: Animal Planet says snakes make good pets.
M: I'm not about to let you get a snake. There's no way a python's going to get you in your room. Stop stalling and being silly and go to sleep.
A: What about doggy doors?
M: Our doggy door is bolted shut because we don't have a doggy. And python's don't live here, unless they're someone's pet -- and we don't and won't have one. Bed!!!
Oy.

1/14:
D: Daddy, can you do a donkey?
J: Not anymore. My knees hurt too bad. And I really like that you call it a donkey…but it's really called a dunk.

1/15:
Last week as we walked into church, Amara told me excitedly that Sunday is her favorite day of the week. I'd have to agree. I pray that perspective never changes for her. I guess I'm not the only one excited to have found a church I look forward to each week.

1/16:
Tonight's stall tactic: Dominic came downstairs with a HUGE grin on his face and said, "I know how to do this now." Then he proceeded to make armpit farts. Lovely. Go to bed so I can lose my stern face and start laughing.

1/16:
There's something wrong with my family… I went to raid the kids' Halloween stash looking for Skittles. All that was left was Snickers, Butterfinger, Milky Way, 3 Musketeer, and Crunch. Isn't that what's supposed to go first?

1/29:
Amara lyrics: Oh Mickey, you're so fine. You're so fine you roll my eyes….

2/4:
Amara's full of funny this morning. She's excited for our tea today (Mother / Daughter tea at church) and full of ideas. First we can do a craft, then paint tea cups… then have a Gatorade drinking contest. She had me til Gatorade. Then we were out looking over the bay and saw a dolphin. As we watched, I said, "Oh, there's two!" Without missing a beat, she asked, "Mating?" Um… no.

2/10:
Amara's lyrics today (don't ask why she's still singing "Silent Night:"…"round yon VERTICES mother and child."

Funny Stuff...

More catching up. More funny kids.

4/11:

(Amara, a Kindergartener) Mom, a cube has 6 sides and 8 vertices.”

Yeah… had to look that one up. Those classes were ages ago!

4/16:

We’re playing the alphabet game with road signs looking for the letter Z. Amara said, ‘Z’s hard. Let’s just find a zucchini store!”

Um… yeah… a Z might be easier to find.

4/22:

(A) Mama, do whales have teeth?

(S) Yep.

(A) But do they mostly look like ropes that have been untangled?

(S) Um… I guess so.

I thought it was odd and random….then I looked up and saw they were watching Nemo and they’re stuck in the whale – and sure enough – the teeth look like ropes that have been untangled.

4/29:

We’re playing a “passing time” game. Amara told us to name all the heroes in the world. Dominic answered, “Jesus. God. Ironman…”

4/29:

(D) I now know who Justin Beaver is. And he’s a human.

(A) Did you think he was fiction?

(D) No. I thought he was a beaver!

4/30:

(A) I’m thinking of something that has 2 wheels.

(S) Motorcycle.

(A) Nope.

(S) Bike.

(A) Nope.

(D) Then  it must be a haystack! (that was yesterday).

Today, D says, “I’m thinking of something with 4 wheels.”

(S) A haystack!”

(D) No! That has 2 wheels!

I’m thoroughly confused.

5/4:

According to Amara’s mommy / daddy tribute books, I’m 70lbs, 2ft tall, Jon’s 60lbs, 6ft tall, and I’m best at making cookies. She must not think much of my cooking, because I never make cookies.  Her Teacher’s Aide did pull me to the side and told me Amara’s her favorite – and that it’s a no-no to admit, but she didn’t care.

5/9:

You know your kids are growing up when they’re watching cartoons, they’re told to ‘use your binoculars” and mime the action, I prod them to use their binoculars, and they say, “I can see just fine, mom.”

5/11:

(D) I’m going to be a firefighter.

(A) I thought you were going to be a dolphin trainer.

(S) You could probably do both.

(D) Yeah, I’ll do both!

(A) But what will you do first?

(D) Hmmm… that’s a good question. I don’t know.

(A) Well, you can decide when you grow up.

(D) Nope. I’ll decide today.

Gotta love a decisive kid.

5/11:

A justin Bieber promo just came on. D excitedly asked, “Is THAT Justin Bieber?!” I said, “Yep, see, he’s not a beaver.” He said, “Yep, that proves it!”

5/11:

I took Amara to the doc today; Spongebob was on in the lobby while we waited (he’s banned at our house). The doc we saw, I didn’t care for. As I complained about her to Jon following the visit, the kids listened. When I hung up, Amara asked why I didn’t like the doc. I told her, “She treated me like I didn’t take good care of my kids, was stupid, and she rolled her eyes all the time.”

Amara’s response: “She must watch Spongebob.”

5/16:

Amara began a joke with “What’s Spongebob’s favorite song? …oh, I can’t tell you, those are bad words.” I asked what they were and where she heard them. “The H word, S word, and D word.” Choking back sobs so strong I could barely understand her, I finally learned the words are HATE, STUPID, and DIE. Lord, please protect her innocence.

5/24:

(A) Mama, who will I marry?

(S) I don’t know.

(A) I don’t know either, because there aren’t that many special boys around.

5/28:

Dominic has chosen to clean the kitchen rather than go to bed. I’ll take that trade….

6/9:

Amara had the opportunity today to sing on the school’s TV broadcast; a completely random opportunity that was a result from a fire drill happening during a talent show. The song she chose to sing…. “Away in a Manger.”

Completely the right song choice for June….

6/10:

Started the day by dropping Amara off to her last day of Kindergarten. I then ran home while Jon dropped off D. I walked ½ block to warm up and apparently Dominic wasn’t happy. He rolled down his window and shouted, “RUN mommy… RUN!!!”

6/13:

Talking about D’s birthday present:

(J) I’ll give you a hint. It’s bigger than a breadbox.

(S) Do you even know what a breadbox is?

(D) Yeah! Just kidding. No.

(A) I do! I know what a Redbox is.

Clearly a new generation.

6/17:

Dominic wants to know how many seconds until his birthday. The answer: 605,800.

6/19:

From Dominic: “Amara, when you die… can I play it?” Boy did that sentence start out strange. Glad they were talking about games on Jon’s phone.

6/23:

From Amara about Dominic, “We should put him in a cage when we go places.”

6/23:

Amara made the sweetest birthday card for Dominic. “Hello birthday boy! How old are you? I’m _______. Here’s a guessing game for you! How old is daddy? _____ great! Now how old is mommy? ______ How old am I? ______ This card shows how much I love you. I have a song for you! Starting now! Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. You act like a monkey and you’re silly and crazy too. Love Amara.” And then she made him a “Brother Award.”

6/25:

Like father like son… we were in the Rack looking for Jordan’s to buy with Dominic’s birthday money. They didn’t have any, and he said, “Aw man! I was gonna buy 8 pairs!”

6/29:

Dominic’s favorite animal is a dolphin. He happened to see some on TV and excitedly announced, “A bottle-capped dolphin!” Close buddy….

7/1:

The kids, Grandma, and I spent the morning shoveling a pile of dirt into a wheelbarrow and filling the low ground on their property. Amara said, “Mom, I’ve decided I don’t want to be a farmer when I grow up. This work is too hard!”

7/3:

On Thursday we went to the church and Dominic sang, “God Bless the USA” for the music director. Today they sang it in church. Dominic said, “Mommy, I’m so happy Pastor Joel sang the song I taught him!”

May you never lose that confidence!

7/7:

Dominic’s quote for the day: “Daddy…. I was thinking…. You really look a lot like Grandpa.”

Funny how that works.

7/12:

Dominic was helping Grandma wrap the vacuum cord… his favorite chore. She said, “Is that something you help mom and dad with at home?” Dominic answered, “No, they don’t really vacuum anymore.”

The truth hurts….

7/17:

Amara: “Mommy, this is how boys show they like you.”

Then she pretended to lick her hand and slick back her hair.

7/23:

Because we’re in the process of moving out of the apartment, we’re significantly lacking the food department. The ONLY option we really have is mac and cheese. I literally had to bribe them to eat it – my kids hate everything that “normal” kids like. Amara approved the meal so long as I added ham to it.

7/24:

Amara: “Mom, did you know my ponytail could be a paintbrush?”

More Catching Up...

I've been COMPLETELY out of the blog world. I think there's just too much going on sometimes to stop and document it! I'm almost 2 years behind in scrapbooking, too. Yikes!

So.... let me surf through old facebook updates, and I'll be able to update my blog at the same time.

1/7
You know it's a new generation when they believe that TV's are made out of phones... only bigger.

1/17
Teacher Amara's lesson of the day: She wrote the word "Something" and said, "Dominic, this is a compound word. If you want to say 'some' and 'thing' you use the space bar... that's this thing [pointing to the space bar] to make it two words instead of one."

1/19
D: Mom, I had a great sleep last night.
S: Awesome possom!
D: UH-possom
S: Well, you can say possom OR opossum. But for you... Awesome Opossum.
D: Thank you.
(yes, that was the first conversation of the morning.)

1/21
Amara's trying to be polite and let us all walk downstairs first. She says, "After you..." and Jon told her to follow it with, "I insist." So I got to the stairs and she said, "After you... I exist."

1/25
I love that the kids say, "My foot is buzzing" when their feet fall asleep. Took me forever to figure out what they meant.

1/28
I almost hit a squirrel this morning, so I said, "Watch out, squirrel! You're gonna get hit!" Amara said, "Yeah! We'll crack your nuts!" She literally meant acorns, but I suggested she might not want to say that.

2/7
Watching Amara read bedtime stories to Dominic.... priceless.

2/10
Dominic is laying in bed crying because I put Amara to bed first. Think someone is tired?

2/15
I called home before boarding the plane and talked to Jon and D. WHen I finished with D, I said, "Bye buddy... love you..." pause... "Have a good day!" And he said, "Do you know how to hang up on your phone?" He is his father's son.

2/16
FaceTime with the kids is HILARIOUS! Amara hugs the computer, and Dominic sticks out his tongue and makes all sort of faces, completely thrilled when I imitate them back to him. Jon laughs that even online he has to separate us so that we don't cause trouble!

2/23
D: Mom, can I play on your phone?
S: No, my phone's not fun.
D: Yes it is, it makes me quiet.

2/24
Amara: I'm going to go to college in the daytime, not the night time, because I really need darkness to go to sleep.

2/27
I was making a shopping list this morning so we have all the food / cleaning essentials for the apartment. I asked, "Is there anything missing that we need to get?" Dominic said, "Um...stairs (we're on 1st floor)...a dog." Well... he's right. We have neither.

2/28
The first day of school went without a hitch and without tears! Amara told her teacher all about our moving adventures and that Dominic stole her blankets last night. Dominic told one of the dads who was dropping off his son, "I'm the new guy!" Can't wait to hear all about their day!

3/2
Dominic gets to go on his first field trip tomorrow. When asked where he's going, he responds, "On a bus!" He's more excited to ride a bus for the first time than go to a children's museum!

3/4
Amara had an ear infection today, so came with me to work. While I was working, she was reading books. She paused, and out of the blue said to me, "Mama, sometimes you push yourself too hard." Compassionate sweet girl...

3/16
I laid out the kids clothes for the week on Sunday. The forecast for today at the time was 76, so I put out some light khaki pants, versus khaki shorts. Today, the forecast had changed to 81, so I swapped out the clothes. As I explained my actions to Dominic he said, "Well of course mom, every day is warm here!"

I asked him if he liked that, and he said, "I LOVE it!"

Spelling

Dominic: Daddy, I know what you start with.... "J."

Jon: Yep, do you know what comes next?

Dominic: No.

Jon: An "O" and then an "N."

Dominic: That spells Daddy?!

Some more catching up to do...

Slacker.

Yep, that's me.

How bad that I have to go through my Facebook status updates to find all the funny things the kids say. There are a LOT of them!

12/27:
D: Mommy, I'm the same age as some of my friends, but I'm just a little bit taller.
Me: That's because you have a tall daddy.
D: No, it's because I have big toes.
Me: What's that have to do with it?
D: It all goes up from there!

12/22:
I was getting the kids cereal this morning and put out a Tony the Tiger bowl and a Toy Story bowl. Dominic said, "I get the Tony the Tiger one!" I made sure he really did prefer it over Toy Story -- and he did!

Also this morning, I gave the kids an upcoming promotional cereal. Amara took one bite, hesitated, gave me a questioning look, and said, "Mommy, this kind of tastes like *a not-to-be-named-competitive-cereal*" and she started to put it down. I said, "Don't worry, it's not!" She said, "Oh good, because I like it!"

I'm raising them right!

12/19:
D: Mommy, I see a wishing star!
Me: What did you wish for?
D: I can't tell you. (pause) Well, I wished for something for our whole family.
Me: What?
D: I wished for a reindeer!
Me: Where would we keep it?
D: In the garage!

12/19:
Heading to Fayetteville Square to see the "shivering" lights. We can't convince Dominic they're really "shimmering."

12/18:
We got some cash in the mail today, so Jon and Dominic were looking at it. Jon showed Dominic a picture of the White House and told him that Barack Obama lived there. Then he read the rest of the words on it. When he read "In God We Trust," Dominic said, "We need to show THAT to Barack Obama." Smart kid.

12/12:
Both kids asked for reindeer from Santa. Live ones. Now how will I pull that one off?

12/8:
Amara's bedtime prayer: Dear God. You are so great and mighty, I just want to give you two thumbs up and a high five.

12/5:
D: Mom, my poop is a bullet.
Me: What!?
D: My poop is a bullet.
Me: What are you talking about?
D: I'm shooting bullets down into the water and there's bombs in it.

12/5:
D: Mom, is Bethlehem a real town?
Me: Yes.
D: Can we go there some day? And Nevada?

11/24:
Amara: Guess how much money I have?
D: A billion.
Amara: No. Less.
D: Two
That's quite the range!

11/19:
According to Amara, "It feels like the Antarctic out here!" It's 34. She also thought the frost on the window was a result of  snow storm. Have I got southern kids or what!?

11/13:
Amara: Mommy, you wanna know something really sad? They (the pilgrims) had to go pee and poop in pots and throw it in the water. Isn't that sad?

10/23:
Amara: That was called cheating Dominic!
Dominic: Well that's how I play!

Mini Theologian

This was our conversation this morning. I forget exactly how it started or what she said, but my response, and the conversation that followed, was this:

Me: It's not the end of the world.

Amara: Mommy, when is the end of the world?

(Oh no... this is not a conversation to be had 5 minutes before we need to rush out the door for school -- and we're running late!)

Me: Baby, we don't have to worry about the end of the world, because we believe in Jesus. And because we believe in Jesus, we won't be around to see the end of the world.

Amara: Mommy, I think the end of the world is at our house, and we have to just go around the earth 2 times to get there.

OK.... so apparently she wasn't the mini theologian that I thought was was being. Perhaps instead we need to consider Christopher Columbus for that lesson.

Pumpkin Fun!

Another "Catch All"

I think I need an iPod touch so that I can update the blogs as the funny things happen. Or maybe I'd just like an iPod touch (or an iPad for that matter).

Anyway, I've once again fallen behind in documenting some of the crazy stuff, so we'll play some more catch up.

October 9: Go Vikings!
Jon was selected to receive the "Horizon Award" from our Alma Mater. As a result, our family got to ride in our school's Homecoming Parade. We were in a 1959 Austin Princess Limousine, which meant it wasn't convertible. Awesome car though! Anyway, Jon wasn't about to stick his head out the window. The kids, however, had no problem doing so. For the entire parade route, much to the delight of the crowd, Dominic shouted out, "Go Vikings! Go Vikings!" I do believe he was the hit of the parade.

October 9: Little Negotiator
Once we were done on the parade, we went to watch the rest of it. A balloon artist was handing out balloon Viking helmets. She had them pre-made, and apparently didn't have enough, so she gave the kids one to share. She handed it to Dominic, who was sporting his mohawk. Amara turned to him and said, "Dominic, if you wear that, no one will see your mohawk and tell you how cool it is. You don't want that, do you?" He took it off and handed it to her. Slick move!

October 11: Shocking!

Yikes. Made a shocking discovery today. You know those child-proof lids? Yeah... not so childproof. Dominic is quite adept at removing the lid. He may even do it more easily than I do.

October 14: Mini Dentists

The kids had to go to the dentist today. He took quite some time to come into the room after the hygienist was done, so the kids got to exploring. Dominic was in the chair and Amara pretended to be his dentist. Then they traded roles. The only bad thing about that -- Dominic had been watching the hygienist very closely. I was quite worried that he'd push a button and send her chair soaring -- or push a different one and drench her! (He didn't.)

October 19: Piano Practice

Amara started piano lessons a month ago. She's playing beginner, 3-note songs with silly words, such as "What a happy melody..." During practice, she stopped mid-song, slouched her shoulders and pouted, "I don't like these songs! Why can't I play Jesus songs?" So we wrote our own words in the book! She was very concerned that Mrs. Barbara would be upset that she wrote in her book. She's the church pianist, so I doubt she will. If that's what it takes for her to practice, I'll happily write "Jesus song" words to all her songs! Not to mention -- so thankful she prefers Jesus songs anyway!

October 23: Overheard

Amara: That was called cheating, Dominic!

Dominic: Well... that's how I play!

My Friend Alex

 

Dominic was telling me about his friends at his new school. He has one friend he talks about more than others...

D: Mommy, I have a friend named Alex in my class. Alexander.

Me: What's his last name?

D: Zander. His name is Alex Zander.