Jessica is in the middle of potty training. She can go. She just doesn't want to. So if I make her go all day, she's dry. But if I leave it up to her, no deal. One night we were getting ready for bed, and I told her to go potty. She ran to the bathroom screaming, "I'm dry! I'm dry!" When she got to the bathroom, she turned around, looked at me and said (with a forlorn look on her face), "Now I'm wet. I'm so very sorry." Too cute!
Erica has been listening to scripture stories every day. She really caught on to the story of Cain and Abel and wanted to listen to the Old Testament stories over and over. Well, she now says that when she's 11 she's going to be wicked and kill people. We don't let her listen to the stories anymore, but she still persists in this. I got a call the other day from a very shocked school psychologist. Erica visits with her twice a week. One day, Mrs. Diaz asked her what if she could do anything in the world, what would it be. Erica responded that she wanted to be wicked. When asked what it meant to be wicked, Erica answered that it meant killing people. So of course, she called me, and I was able to alleviate her concerns a bit. We're used to hearing it now and tend to ignore it so as to not give it the attention she wants, but it always shocks people the first time they hear it.The other day was laundry day, and Eldon came into my room to tell me he didn't have anymore underwear in his drawer (he should have had plenty, so not my fault). I told him sorry, he'd just have wear his underwear from the previous day because I didn't have any more for him to wear. Well, before the kids left for school (luckily), I went into their rooms to put their jammies in the laundry piles. I saw Eldon's underwear on the floor, and it was wet, so no wonder he didn't want to wear it. So I found him and did a quick check. His solution to the problem had been to stuff his pants with socks until it made pseudo-underwear. At the time I found him, he was trying to keep the socks from falling out his pants legs. I had to give him a pair of Erica's underwear to wear to school. I just told him not to let his friends see and be thankful it was white instead of flowery in case they did see!
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Thanks, I needed that=) You had me rolling on the floor with these!
That's awesome! I think that's why Adam jokes that he doesn't "believe" in the Old Testament.
And yes, I know, she's our first and I do think it's amazing she hasn't figured it out before. This next one will be an adventure. I'll be looking for posts on your new one soon. Congrats!!
yeah, you're a blogger!! how fun to read about your family. eldon's piano recital song was impressive; he really wrote that first song? kudos! yes, i'll be glad when the kids all let me sleep in too; i adore cheesecake and make one every year for my husband's birthday. (you have to let me know when you post your favorite thick, dense cheesecake; those are the kinds i like best.) oh, we have a VERY talented woman in our ward who can do cake decorating classes. if you can get a group of five together, she will come do a class at your house (or mine). i've sadly missed the ones that she has done for enrichment so i would be game. let me know if you want her info. oh, and erica's whole being wicked is hysterical (when your not the parent getting the call from the school psychologist). it's funny, but i just recently recited cain and abel storty to grace in the car (i think her question about "why are there so many religions in the world?" somehow took me to cain and abel).
p.s. make sure you check out laina's blog. it's pretty amazing like everything she does.
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