Reality check...

I have had an awesome day full of laundry, kids, and generally bringing order to our home.  I have felt on top of the world.  Then I started to realize that I need to be serious about planning for our dinner guests on Monday.  Suddenly my list was huge and it included things like "tune the piano" and "buy a larger dinner table."  Planning for friends from Skyler's work shouldn't be so daunting. 

I need to remember that just because some of our friends live different lives than us, that doesn't mean I need to change mine to please them. We have a pretty awesome life around here and I doubt they would think otherwise just because we don't have loads of fancy furniture or a view of the city from our balcony. We do, however, have these two gems! And they truly make the world a happier place!

Song in my heart...

A piano rendition of the primary song, "I'm trying to be like Jesus" was playing on my phone today and Savannah asked, "Mommy, is that the same song I have in my heart?"  When I sang the words along with it to help her answer the question she said, "Yes, Mommy that's the song in my heart!"

Love my girl and love the sweet reminders of how close our children are to the spirit.

"When I was two..."

We went to Costco last night and Savannah saw the coolest thing ever--a box of pull-ups with Cinderella AND Minnie Mouse on them.

Today she dashes upstairs and somehow found her old pull-ups.  She brings said pull-ups downstairs and says, "Mom, I was really big and didn't drop any of them!" as she proceeds to line them up next to the giant box of diapers for Summer.  I ask her why she is playing with them and she explains that she wanted to see if they were the same as the pull-ups advertised on the diaper box and she calls the pull-ups "her diapers."  In fear that she might decide that wearing pull-ups is cool and teach herself how to stop using the toilet I say, "Those are cool, but they aren't yours, you don't wear diapers anymore."  To which she responds, "Yeah, but when I was two [showing me her fingers] I did.  Now I'm three [showing me 3] and I don't.  But I did when I was two."

I had to laugh.  She is so good at reasoning with me and following logic that she does the same with me.  Glad we understand each other. And glad she is three and won't be going back to diapers.