Gifts for Mommy

Mother's Day continues to become more special and entertaining as the kids get older.  Here are the gems my oldest two brought home from school this week.  There were tears of laughter and joy.  (You may have to click on the pictures in order to read the text more clearly).

From Keira:

After Keenan and I finished reading Keira's worksheet out loud, Ari turned to Keira and said:

A:  Don't you know how old Mommy and Daddy are?

K:  No.

A:  I've told you before, they're 34.

K:  Oh.  I forgot.

A:  (turning back to us)  Sometimes when she goes to sleep her brain gets all mixed up!

From Ari:

Ari's teachers compiled a "Cook Book" with "recipes" (I use those terms very, very loosely) from each of the students.  If you ever need a good laugh, just ask me to show you this book.  I've only included Ari's excerpt here.  (Sorry, I cannot for the life of me get it to orient properly, though.)

Asher and I even had a fun moment today when we ran into one of our labor/delivery nurses at Target.  She was so sweet then and now.  It was a nice reminder of how I came to be a Mommy in the first place :)

Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow Mommies out there!

Keira Says

Lately Keira has been giving us glimpses of what's going on inside her head.  She used to clam-up if we caught her singing and her conversations with us were mostly about things she needed from us.  The following all took place today and I'm mainly documenting it for my memory, but hopefully it'll give you a peek into Keira's personality too!

On the drive to the YMCA -

K:  If you want to fly for real you need a button that says "fly for real."  Then you push it and you fly for real.

On the way home -

K:  Mommy, I want to go to a store and get a button to fly for real.

Me:  Um, I don't know of any stores that sell a button like that.

K:  Awww man!  (said much like Swiper the Fox from Dora).


We are starting to get in the habit of having the kids do chores around the house.  Ari and Keira got started on the bathrooms while I finished up in the kitchen.  While walking towards the bathroom where Keira was, I heard this song:

K:  Hallelujah, make it shiny.  Make it shiny...

I walked in to find her wiping down the potty.

K:  I'm making the potty shiny 'cause Jesus likes it to be shiny.  He makes his bathroom shiny so we should too.

Me:  Oh really?

K:  Yeah.  Jesus is doing the same ting as us right now.

Me:  He's cleaning his bathroom?

K:  Yeah 'cause it's messy and dirty.

Me:  Do you really think Jesus' house is messy and dirty?

K:  Yeah.

I guess we need to talk more about where Jesus lives...

Silly girl!  :)