A Child's Prayer

Anyone with kids knows that occasionally they come out with the best, most heart felt prayers. They also come up with the ridiculous and slightly irreverent. I thought I'd share one of Emma's most recent, just for kicks. This was a prayer at dinner.

...Please bless I'll feel better.
Please bless I won't get scared tonight that no witches will get me in my bad dreams. (Curse you Halloween.)
Please bless our fish that they won't die.
Please bless the frogs that they won't die.
Please bless Santa will come tonight and leave me a surprise.
Please bless that the surprise will be a toy because I like to play with them.
Please bless mom can go to the mall.
Please bless dad and Madilyn that they can work.
Please bless my plate has flowers on it....

It continued into silly giggles. Consequently, I whispered the end part to her so that we could actually eat the food. I can't remember everything she blessed but you get the gist of it.

Moral of the story - Have three-year-olds say the prayer at every meal possible.

V-Day with Kids

Its funny how before you have kids you have all these romantic ideas about what makes a great Valentine's Day.

Yesterday we had a romantic dinner at home. I'd fallen asleep on the couch after church because Garrett insists on waking every 2 hours all night long, finally getting up at 4:45, when two big blue eyes woke me up and told me it was time for dinner. The table was set. The girls were giggling because Jeremy had put candles on the table. Madilyn made the napkins fancy like a restaurant by rolling leftover birthday napkins around the silverware.

Dinner was great because I didn't have to make it.

Valentine's Day was great because I felt loved.

All You Can Do Is Try

We took the kids snow shoeing. We were realistic about this venture into the mountains. We knew that the kids would probably only last 30-45 minutes but we wanted to try it. We drove to Snoqualmie Pass looking for somewhere open enough to try our snow shoes. Turns out they charge you $17 a person to walk around the ski area with snow shoes. Nice.

We tried a place across the freeway owned by the forest service. They charge $20 a car and we had no cash. Soooo, Jeremy dropped me and the girls off at the Sno Park and he drove the car back to the ski area to park. That's when we figured out we'd forgotten Madilyn's coat. She got mine and I used my slightly shrunken wool ski sweater. Jeremy then hiked 1/4 mile back with Garrett in the backpack.

Emma whined as soon as Jer drove away that she wanted to get back in the car. We had about 20 minutes of fun before the real whining began when Madilyn joined in. The other fun part was the dog and people doody all over the trail. Again, nice.

We avoided poo and left exactly one hour after arrival. Kids were crying, except for Garrett, parents were grumpy, the van was muddy, a typical Saturday at the Nash house.

You have to try, right?

Woohoo!

Not only did I get a new modem (I've been without for two weeks and I'm having withdrawl symptoms), but I've got a functioning computer at home during the day. Woohoo! Now I've got some serious blogging to do. Ok, not serious, nothing I do is serious. I've got some blogging to do!

Oh Library, How I Love Thee

I love the library. Can there be a better place than the library? Where else can you go and check out a CD of Tibetan Singing Bowls just for kicks? Turns out I don't like Tibetan Singing Bowls, but now when anyone asks if I like Tibetan singing bowls I can say - No, I don't like Tibetan Singing Bowls. And I didn't have to spend $13.99 to find out.

I love it. Plus I've requested the first two seasons of the original Star Trek and I'm number 543 of 640 for Night and the Museum: Smithsonian something or other.

L-O-V-E IT!

Surprise!

My sweet little girls had a surprise for me yesterday. I'm sure you've already guessed. Yes, you are right, they made me my very own two quart bottle of perfume!

Ok, Madilyn was the mastermind behind the plan which is why I included her picture. She found the empty juice bottle on the counter and filled it with water, shampoo, and soap. The final touch was mixing it all with a candy cane to give it a nice minty smell. (I found the candy cane remains on several towels in the bathroom).

Emma colored and decorated two pictures for me to complete my surprise. I told Madilyn that was a lot of perfume. She said yeah, you can use it for church. I must really stink on Sundays, none the less a very cute and creative surprise.

Synchronized Sleeping

Ahhh, kids. We've been bed hopping. So that Garrett can cry himself to sleep (which only takes about 5 minutes) we've been laying him down in the crib. Therefore for the girls to go to bed at the same time (and so they won't try to play with him and keep him awake) we've been laying them in our bed. Then when WE go to bed Jeremy carries them into their room.

This was the picture on evening. Girls asleep in the exact same position legs and all.