The Talented Miss Marie
Marie was planning on gussying up the living room with banners and string all day. This was serious. And only 30 minutes long
During the Living Room Party she talked about talents and humbly said, "As you've seen tonight, one of my talents is throwing parties."
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Apparently Marie had to fill out a get-to-know-you sheet for third grade. The teacher asked, "So, Marie. What are you talents and interests?"
Marie's answer: "Well, I'm really good at detective work."
Charlie sometimes indulges himself by whining more than he probably should and we've been trying to gently coax him out of the behavior. One day when he was singing a resounded chorus of whines, I said to him, "Charlie, when you go to kindergarten, you aren't allowed to cry or whine."
He stopped long enough to say, "But, Mom. . . you do."
I cry? Me?
He nodded his head confidently and replied, "Yes. You cry. . . when things are sweet."
So true. So very, very true.
Marie the Analogy Queen
During the past few months, Marie has become brave enough to bear her testimony in front of our congregation of about 300 members at Church during Testimony Building. She calmly walked up to the from and talked about her baptism in July. She compared it to a feast and how feeling the Spirit is like being able to try the very best foods (she's obviously a girl after my own heart. . . and stomach).The next month she bore her testimony about how trials are like coconuts. She said that even though they seem hard and ugly like the outside of a coconut, once you get through the trial, it can be sweet and soft and delicious on the inside. (Maybe all of the food analogies come from the fact that we don't eat for two meals before Fast and Testimony meeting?)
First Day of School 2016
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