Don't you wish your office had a tutu?

You smell good...

I had a friend stop by my office yesterday and when he left, I hugged him goodbye. I'm going to completely embarrass him, but he does smell good. So afterwards...

When I got to Raspberry's school, I picked her up and she said, "mom you smell good"
Her teacher who was standing next to her said, 'you do smell nice'.

When I was IN THE GROCERY STORE LINE... the older lady behind me said, 'you smell really nice.' What kind of perfume do you use?

The male kind.

sure you're not.

'MOM!!!
I
am
NOT
TIRED!'

What she yelled at me through her tears Sunday afternoon when I lightly suggested she take a nap because she was a little, (very) ornery.

Where I found her 10 minutes later.

TMI Mom! TMI!

*this is one of those mother/daughter talks so if you are easily offended, quit reading.

So this morning while I was drying my hair (head upside down of course), getting ready for work, I looked up to see my sweet raspberry shouting at me.

'Mom! Mom! Mom!'

'What's wrong? You are supposed to be getting dressed.'

'Mom! What are these?' ...pointing to two certain parts of her anatomy.

Sigh... I'm sure we've had this conversation before.

'Those are called breasts.'

'What are they for?'

'well, nothing right now really, but when you are older and a mommy, you will be able to feed your baby, it's called nursing, and they produce milk for the baby.'

horrified look...

'What! you mean you drink milk and it squirts out for the baby? That is SO dumb! Why don't you just give them a bottle.'

'No sweetheart, it...'

'stop mom! stop! no more talking!'

I guess I could have explained that better...

In case you get lost, leave a trail.

Me: Why is this game spread out in the hallway?

Raspberry: It's my trail to help me get to the bathroom from my room and back again.

Me: Wow. I like your trail, but we need to clean it up because it's bed time.

Raspberry: Mom! Don't ya know, that's when I need to find the bathroom the most! What if I can't find my way back?

Me: okay, okay, -- I wouldn't want you to get lost in our hallway. The trail can stay.

Raspberry: If I can't find the trail to my room, I'll just sleep in your bed tonight.

She's tricky.

Veggie Bible Tales or - FHE lesson gone awry.

I promised CC I would blog about our FHE lesson, since they always turn out so well. So here it is:

Setting-kitchen table Mood-serious, studious
Activity-mom giving a deep and meaningful family home evening lesson on Book of Mormon and Bible heroes.

Mom:
One of the Bible heroes we read about is Gideon. Do you two remember who Gideon is?
(bible open, ready to assist)

(long pause)

CC: YES!

He's the cucumber! He beats all the hairy pickles and saves the day! Oh...wait...wait...wait... and... and... he plays the tuba!

Raspberry: (laughing so hard she chokes and spits out her food on her plate)

Mom: Very funny.

Halloween.

Go Vote!

Although I didn't vote for our new President, he gave one of the greatest victory speeches I have ever heard.

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. Confucius