I love my kids. I don't know why I am so blessed, but I am so grateful for them and the laughter and love they bring to my life.
Cali and I were talking last night about the things we had to do today. We are going to a YW Camp fundraiser dinner for our ward tonight. Cali asked if we could wear our nice clothes. When I told her we didn't need to, Kensie clarified helpfully, "We just need to wear our mean ones."
Kens and Cali did a lot of yard work this summer and earned a toy they've been begging me for: an Easy Bake Oven. We finally bought it a few weeks ago, brought it home only to find out that it needs a certain wattage of light bulb to generate the heat to do the baking. We went the next day and bought the light bulbs. When I pulled the oven out to install the light bulb, it says in all caps "DO NOT USE 'SOFT LIGHT' BULBS". Oops. I'd bought soft light. I explained to the girls why we couldn't try out the oven and Kensie said reassuringly, "That's ok, Mom. We can get some hard lights tomorrow."
Kens has a pretty solid grasp of opposites.
We had so much fun this Halloween! Uncle Errol, Aunt Megan, Brennan, Kaylee and Ashlyn came to visit us for a few days and go trick-or-treating. It's so fun to spend time with our family and even better when your family are some of your best friends!
Cali was asked to give the talk in Primary on Sunday. The topic was grattitudein all things, so I asked her if there was a time she could remember telling Heavenly Father thank you for something. I gave her a few scenarios as examples and she decided she wanted to talk about when Mollee was born. I had her tell me what she remembered about it and used a lot of her words when I wrote her talk. After I finished, I asked her to read it out loud to me and make sure she thought it was ok.
As she read through the talk, she came to the part where she said she was nervous for Mollee when she was in the hospital because she was so small and weak. Little tears slipped down her cheeks as she read that we prayed for Mollee as a family and were grateful she is part of our family today. A few tears escaped my eyes too. I was so touched to watch as my daughter felt and responded to the spirit. She then made me laugh (even though she didn't mean to) when a minute or so after she finished reading her talk she sniffed, wiped her tears away and said, "I guess these memories are gifts from the past to help us feel happy." All I could do was hug and kiss the little sweetheart next to me. I have no idea where she gets these things, but I am so glad she shares them with me.
I don't know why I am so blessed with such sweet daughters. Yes, they drive me crazy on a regular basis, but my life is enriched daily because of them and I am grateful, so very, very grateful they are mine.
