How Many Times Do We Have To Do School?

 Our first week back to school after the holiday break didn't go poorly.  It was made more challenging by the anti-naps our four-year-old pulled on Monday and Thursday nights. I didn't mean to sign up to be up for an hour or two in the middle of the night!

Tuesday morning, Litte Miss crawled in bed with me all cute and snuggly.  I kissed her good morning and said, "I love cuddling with you, Sweet KitKat, but it's time to get up."  I made my way to the bathroom and heard her little voice from deep in the bed, "WHY?"  I told her that we need to do school.

I stifled a chuckle when I heard her incredulous, "Again?!"

For a Laugh

 I was running the kids through their bath time.  I was looking down at one daughter's head getting her hair done after asking another girl to please get undressed.  After a bit, I realized that the undressing one's feet were really still for too long.  I looked up to find her excitedly striking a pose.  I mean, she was nearly panting while holding as still as a kid can hold for a whole 60 seconds; she couldn't wait for me to see her.  And she was naked. 

I asked her to go get in the bath, adding that we don't need to pose naked.  She asked why not. How do I get into these conversations?? She said that we should, at least in our family.  "You know, for a laugh."

My nearly-nudist big sister would delight in this one. 💖

Do Prisons Feed You?

Over lunch today my middlest announced she was going to be a missionary.  She plans to travel the world to tell people about Jesus and get imprisoned for it.  She wants to be sure to bring paper and pencils so she can write to people about God’s love and hopes that those delivering the messages won’t ruin them.

Not to be outdone, my seven-year-old interjected.  She says she will do everything the same except pack food so she doesn’t starve.  This gave our middlest—the one most likely to finish her meals—pause.  She looked at me intently.

“Do prisons feed you?”  I said that in the US they do.  Impressively, her eyes grew bigger.

“OK! We WILL need to pack some food, then!  Ramen, potatoes, and spaghetti!”