Where does she come up with this stuff????

Many of you out there do not know my Bitsy (4). It is just sooo hard to give you an accurate idea of who this girl is. I think I can say that all who know her would agree that she really is one in a million. A complete firecracker, no reservations whatsoever, owns any room she walks into, unbelievably cute, sharp as a whip, almost impossible to keep still, curious beyond belief, hmmmm. I could keep going, but I'll get on with the story.

A friend at church told me that her daughter (10) was playing house with some younger girls in the nursery on Sunday. Elizabeth was assigning everyone a role to play...you be the sister, you be the baby, etc. Then she looked at the 10 year old and said, "And you can be the sugar mama!" SUGAR MAMA?!?! I swear we have NO idea where she got this!!! We don't even have tv! Does she know what she is saying?!?!? With her, I never know! I can't tell you how afraid I am of adolescence.

One cute baby!

Katie REALLY enjoys the Jumperoo! Try to ignore the pestering children in the background! :)

Books

I LOVE books. If I am completely honest with myself, it is sometimes to the detriment of my children. I squeeze in a moment of reading any time I can. If I am in the middle of a really great book, that might mean a movie for the kids. There you go, I said it. OK, don't freak out on me!! My kids are in no way overloaded with electronic stimuli...we don't even get tv reception for crying out loud. Which brings me to my next point...a REALLY good book.

I have very few books on my "must read" list. While there are a ton of books that I enjoy...REALLY enjoy, my "must read" list is reserved for those extraordinary books that I think everyone would benefit from reading. On goodreads they are the only books given 5 stars. Well, I just finished such a book.

You should ALL get your hands on Papa Married a Mormon. It is especially great for all of those dogmatic Mormons (which, let's face it, there are a LOT of) and any other religious zealots. It is a beautiful, biographical story of one family's experience of a Catholic father and Mormon mother. It tells the tale of how profoundly this family loved and respected all people, and how they were loved and respected in return. It is also a wild west story with plenty of adventure that I'm sure my kids will enjoy when I read it to them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and will continue to.