Business As Usual

This week was back to business as usual. I conquered the mountain of laundry (which, of course, is already reforming), cleaned the house (which, of course, is already dirty again), made a Costco run, organized a Mommy School planning meeting, went to IKEA, made it to the YW activity, sorted mail, etc. Nothing terribly exciting but all terribly time consuming. In fact, all that is worth sharing from this week are some stories about the girls.

In primary today Kate’s class was doing a puzzle of animals as they talked about Heavenly Father’s creations. When it was Kate’s turn to help with the puzzle she refused to take out the piece shaped like a cat. She said, “I don’t like cats.” The teacher asked why and she said, “Because my mom hates them. They make her sick.” The teacher then went on to explain that Heavenly Father loves ALL of the animals he created. To which Kate replied, “Except cats!”

For those cat enthusiasts out there who think I am passing on my bigotry to my children, you should know that yesterday Kate was tearfully insisting that she “NEEDED a cat.” When I asked her why she said, “Because I love Henry the Cat so much.”

Jane’s phrase of the week is “What’s this called?” She points to every picture in every book asking, “What’s this called?” She points to every object in the house, “What’s this called?” She points to people, “What’s this called?” She points items on her plate, “What’s this called?” I can’t wait until the question of choice turns to “Why?”

Kate asked a couple of good questions this week: Why does it get dark at night? Why is it light during the day? Why does it rain? Why does the moon sometimes shine in the morning? And, who is Heavenly Father’s father? In attempting to answer those questions we had a couple good science lessons, I blundered my way through a few answers, and told her to call Grandpa on the last one. Children never will allow you to feel too smart.

One evening as I was getting dinner on the table Kate started getting really excited. She was bubbling over about to burst out of her chair when she spurted out, “Mom, Friar Tuck chose the right. He didn’t like his doodles but then he tried them and he DOES like them!” I sincerely hope that lesson learned transfers to reality.

Jane is showing her independence more and more each day. She has an opinion on everything. Some days she wants her potty seat. Some days she doesn’t. Some days she wants to drink milk. Some days she doesn’t. Some days she likes Mom. Some days she doesn’t. Some days she wants you to read to her. Some days she wants to read by herself. Just don’t cross her or she will let you know that you did. Her new response to yes/no questions is “No way!” I have been trying to steer her more toward, “No thank you.” Her compromise was, “No thanks way!”

Josh’s interviews for summer internships start this week. He has nine scheduled interviews so far. I don’t know what the average is, but that seems like a lot to me. He has a new suit, a new shirt, a new tie, and new shoes. Whatever happens he will look good!

Keep us in your prayers this week.