Guess Who Got Dressed First Today?

 

Marielle won me over this morning by requesting she wear the same outfit I had on. She told me she wanted her black shirt and blue pants. I was thinking, "does she have any blue pants?" when I realized I was wearing jeans and the like mother like daughter image hit me. I'll admit, I was happy to comply. As they say, imitation is the highest form of flattery. Be sure to notice our matching Vans, (thanks Jenn!) which was part of an awesome Christmas gift this year.

Gospel Lessons

Marielle & Mom were reading our Book of Mormon Stories book the other day, looking for pictures of Jesus. While looking at this picture,


Marielle stated, "I like Jesus." After another moment of reflection she added, " I no like Santa." This year's picture doesn't quite capture our daughter's dis-like/trust of the jolly ol' elf. Nanoseconds after the flash went off, Marielle's look of confusion was replaced with earsplitting wails to match those of her visibly traumatized friend Annalee.


As with all the kids we babysit, we provided Annalee (at no extra charge) with an agonizing experience to help her realize just how good she has it with their own parents.

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The Lion and the Lamb

 

I remember an art project I made in first grade that had picture of a lion and a lamb with cotton balls and the title, "March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a lamb." My teacher was a little worried about first graders screwing up the spelling with permanent marker so we came to her desk one by one to write the words with her careful directions and surveillance. I was extremely nervous when my time came to take the marker. When I was almost finished my confidence overcame me and I reversed the vowels in the word "goes", creating geos. AHHH! Mrs Hadad was very annoyed and made me fix it as best we could by making the o really thick so it almost covered the wrong e and squeezing an e before the s. The fact that I remember this scenario so well shows how traumatized I really was.

So while Izzie's towel is actually a kitty and not a lamb, pretending it's a lamb brings a whole lot more fun to my blog post of the day. :)

Aunt Al-guh

 

Although the weather was chilly in El Paso, we still got in some park time. Too bad I didn't get any good pics of the three little ones together. Still, this one of Ally and Marielle is pretty cute. Looks like it could make a great Facebook profile pic. (For Ally, not Marielle.) All in favor, comment "aye."