CTR

Last night at the dinner table we were talking to Madi about things that she loves that she got from her grandpa Hodges. She loves this pajama shirt that says Colorado on it. She also loves her Zebra that she got from him. Then she mentioned how she loved "Minnie" but that it wasn't from grandpa it was from Colton's house. Minnie is a stuffed giraffe that she got from her cousin Colton. Colton liked her cow and she liked his giraffe, so they traded. However, last night Madi said, "This is Colton's giraffe. I need to give it back to him, because that would be the right thing and I want to choose the right."

Ryan and I just looked at each other and smiled and told her that is a good choice.
What a good kid.

Irreverent behavior

It was my turn (Ryan) to take the girls to church recently and we were in sacrament meeting, trying to be reverent, when Avery ripped a huge one right after a prayer. She then shouted with pride, "I tooted, Daddy!"

I was a little embarrassed (maybe a lot!) and tried to hush her up, but then she did it again. Other pews full of people started to glance over in our direction, some of them suppressing giggles. I again tried to hush Avery. She responded to me with a look of fervent concentration. Her face began to grow red and her eyes squinted together. Just then, another one ripped through the air!

"I tooted again, Daddy!"