The Parkinson Pencil

I wanted to get down some of the cute, funny things our little McKindrey and Calise have said and done recently. A couple days ago McKindrey was playing with her baby doll and sat down with her in the recliner, puller up her shirt, and held her baby up to her nipple to "nurse" her! Calise must have seen this because just yesterday, she came over to show me how she could "nurse" her baby, too. She pulled up her shirt and held her baby doll up to her belly button! It was hilarious.

McKindrey is a little frightened of toilets flushing right now. She always talks about whether a toilet is going to be loud or quiet, and the other night when David heard her crying and went in to see what was wrong, she told him "Calisey got flushed down the toilet!" Yesterday she did some art therapy ;) to cope with her fears, and drew lots of circles and told me it was a toilet. Then she added a little "handle" off to the side and told me she was getting flushed down with the poop.

Another funny thing McKindrey is that McKindrey can't remember the name for penis. She says "tuberis" instead!

Well last night we joined David at Bodacious Bob's Barbecue for dinner. Steve Wilson, a friend of his (and now ours-- he took us ice fishing!) is leaving his group, so they were having a going away party. It was yummy! The weather was nice yesterday, about 27C around midday, and it was still fairly warm outside when we got to Bodacious Bob's. The girls and I had fun "exploring" outside, and playing I Spy.

Calise is expanding her vocabulary rapidly. One of the phrases she copied me on recently that gave me a real kick was "OH yeaaaah." She uses it a lot now, only hers sounds a little more like "Ah yaaaaah."

I am singing in church on Sunday with Julie in Relief Society. Florence asked us to to "How Will They Know" for her Mother's Day lesson. It's a beautiful song, and even in the Children's Song Book, but I had never heard it before.

David and I are going to plant our garden this Saturday! We think we are a little late with this possibly, but at least now we won't have hard ground and we won't worry about freezing. I really hope we are successful growing some beets this summer. We didn't try them last summer, but I love them I've recently learned!