Conversations with Brianna

Brianna: I wish I were the George's kid, instead uh yours.

Me: You wish you were the George's kid, instead of mine?!

Brianna: Ya.

Me: O.k., ... why?

Brianna: Weyw, I don't wuv you in your jammies. I do wuv you in your dress, but I don't wuv you in your jammies.

This was all said matter of factly, and without malice. I guess my tendency to lounge around in my jammies for half the day is getting to her.

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Brianna: Where we goin'?

Me: Well, we're going to run home, and check some things, and then we're going to run some errands.

Brianna: I don't wanna run some errands. I'n too busy to run errands today.

Me: You're too busy?

Brianna: (Big sigh) Ya.

Friday

There was so much whine around here today that I should be completely drunk!

After picking up the fifteen hundredth teeny tiny lego today, I put a household-wide ban on legos for the foreseeable future.

Just a question: why is it that a dog will methodically sniff half the lawn before choosing a place to pee? Is it all about "location, location, location"?

I made dang-good oatmeal chocolate chip cookies today, and they were beautiful to boot. Come on over and we'll share a cookie and talk!

Snow - by Ben

I love to sled, one time when I went I fell off and did a flip and then I lay there, so I made a snow angel. Before that I went ice skating with my family. It was hard because your in shoos with blades on ice. I like to go sledding because your going down a hill or mountan very fast. Snow angels are fun, but you usually get snow down your back, of course not when you have your hood up. Skating is hard but fun. It is hard becaus your on blades.

Monday

It's Monday.
Monday is one of my laundry days.
Thursday is the other one.
I find that with two laundry days my laundry load (no pun intended) stays manageable. Otherwise, I get overwhelmed.
I get overwhelmed easily.
Most of my laundry today is in our large suitcase;
Waiting to be unpacked and washed from our wonderful, sunny, weekend.
It was hard to get into the car and head back yesterday, because the temperature was 60 degrees.
60 degrees and sunny is heavenly.
Brianna got to plop herself down in the wet red dirt and dig.
Ben climbed trees and beat his dad at the actual old-fashioned Battleship game.
We went to a park where the kids played on the swings, the slides, and on several twisty-spinny playground things that I'd never seen anywhere else.
James and I were able to go to the temple, and even stayed awake for most of the session.
I love the temple.
Caspian got to play at a dog park, and with his doggy-cousin.
James' parents fed us fabulous food, and we laughed and visited.
Great-Grandpa was a delight, as usual, and the kids each ended up with a crisp one dollar bill from him.
Now, James is at work.
Ben is at school.
Brianna is playing in the bathtub.
Caspian is in the backyard (he can hardly bring himself to go out in the 30 degree weather now).
And I'm writing this post.
When I'm done I'll sort the laundry, start a load of darks, and unload and load the dishwasher.
It's Monday, afterall.

You know, Mondays aren't so bad after a wonderful, love-filled, sun-filled, family-filled weekend!