Rocking Chair

When I was a little girl, a friend of the family gave me a small rocking chair. It's been at my mother's house for years until she brought it up to me a few weekends ago.

The Girl loves it.

Permanent

They have been working on the water main on our block for over a month. They tore up the entire sidewalk on our side of the street. Yesterday, they finally poured a new one. Wet cement and a little boy? We had to make a hand print.

The Boy's turned out great. The Girl's? Eh....it's pretty much just a smudge. I sort of regret this now since this isn't our house, but we just couldn't pass it up.

Stake Conference

My grandmother and two of her friends came up this weekend to attend my stake's conference. They did that because our former Stake President from long ago was going to be there. It's this man:

We got to sit close and listen for both sessions. On Sunday morning, the Boy came with us. I asked him if he wanted to meet Elder Bednar and shake his hand. He was indecisive at first but finally settled on being shy and not meeting him.

While we were sitting in conference, the Boy leaned over to me and asked, "What's he like", meaning Elder Bednar. I said, "Well, he's nice, and smart, and he loves Heavenly Father and Jesus very much". The Boy got excited and said, "He's just like me!"

After that he decided it would be okay to meet him. He drew him a picture and went up to give it to him after the meeting. They shook hands. Elder Bednar squatted down, asked the Boy his name and his age, and thanked him for the card. It was very sweet and I felt so blessed not only to be there myself, but also to give my child the chance to hear and meet an apostle in person.

St. Patrick's Day

We didn't go to a parade or have cute food. We didn't celebrate in any other way, but dang it we wore green.

Self Inflicted Time Out

Feels Like Summer

Yesterday was a full day for us. Since we had a playdate scheduled and it was over 80s degrees out, we decided to meet the Boy's friend in the park.

They had a good time playing together for nearly three hours.

In that very same park, on that very same day...this guy showed up.

The playground ended up being a very strategic and uncrowded spot to get a look at him. My camera is not zoomed in - we were that close and exchanged a "Hello, nice to see you".

After we got home, I made carrot cake balls for the Book Club I hosted last night. I only had one that turned out pretty. But they still tasted delicious.

We all crashed hard at the end of the day.

Wacky Wednesday

The Boy's school celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday last week by having Wacky Wednesday. They encouraged the kids to dress up and look crazy.

How handy was it that he was Thing 1 for Halloween?

Let the Spirit Move You

The Man came home to both of the punks in the bath tub. Almost immediately the Boy had something to tell him. He said, "Dad, I almost pooped in the bath but then I decided to poop in the toilet instead". When The Man asked him what caused him to change his mind, he replied, "The Holy Ghost".

It's My Birthday

I plan on celebrating with two recently acquired passions.

Because I love it and because The Man got me beautiful new cups (not the one in the picture), I'll have a hot cup of Peach Tranquility herbal "tea".


And I'll catch up on this lovely little show, which goes perfectly with my drink.

I may also do a little work out with the present I bought for myself yesterday.