Tuesday, May 28, 2013

random

Claire went a whole day today without wearing a head band.  Even mentioned it to me "Mommy, I'm not going to wear a headband all day."

Favorite phrase of the moment - "lawning" and "lawner".  "Mommy, why is he lawning his yard?" "Look at that lawner!!"  Coined by Claire, but used by Kaitlin also.

Walked up to neighborhood pool today and Kaitlin was sooo excited to get to ride all the slides now b/c she is tall enough.  She rode them probably 50 times while Claire and I played.  She was a kid in a candy store and asked me at one point "Mom, can I just go ride them and not have to tell you?"  Big moment.

Bryn is a huge parrot these days.  Will repeat pretty much anything you say.  She is also very demonstrative and is constantly pointing things out to anyone who will listen and having a whole Chinese conversation with us about it.  Strangers, family, makes no difference.  She often talks to people in the grocery store at length.  She loves to read and is always walking around with a book in her hand, looking for a lap to plop onto.  She walks around saying "Brown bear, brown bear" (sounds like "brown bare", kind of a Boston accent where she doesn't really pronounce the end of bear, I need to record it).  They also all 3 play the game that Kaitlin and Claire used to play, where they run around the house chasing each other laughing and screaming.  It is loud but music to my ears!

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Kaitlin and the Bible

This girl loves to read the Bible.  Our neighbor Jen got us these awesome picture book Bibles - one for the old and one for the new testament.  She reads them every night before bed.  It is safe to say that she knows more about the Bible than both Scott and I combined.  Tonight we were laying in bed talking after Claire had fallen asleep.  She asked me if people who were selfish got to go to heaven, and I told her that as long as you ask Jesus into your heart that you will go to heaven to live with him.  I told her that we should also try to live good lives, so while everyone sins, we should try not to.  She went on to say "Yes, it's like when the Pharisees were going to throw stones at the lady, and Jesus said "Let those who have not sinned, be the first to throw a stone" and they all had to look down and none of them could throw because they all had sinned.  The Pharisees had TONS of sins.  Only Jesus had not sinned, but he did not want to throw a stone, he wanted to forgive her."  She amazes me at what she absorbs!