"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Sunday, March 27, 2011

All I've Got


M's favorite ballet pose - which she thinks she made up - is, ironically, an "attitude." She's actually really good at it too, for a 3 year old. I'll have to post a picture of it - you know, once I get around to taking one. (I've been meaning to for 3 days now.)


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GQ is very disappointed to discover that baketball is over for the season. He actually calls Justin's Itouch "baketball."


I just realized that I don't even know what GQ's first word was. E's was "all done." (She didn't like having her face washed.) M's was "quack." And GQ slurred for so long we didn't realize there were real sentences in there. So, I think we'll just say it's "baketball." And soon enough, I'll have forgotten so much I'll even have forgotten that I just "decided" that.


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Today, I finally got set apart for my calling at Church. E, M, and GQ were all present.


While my eyes were closed, E and M started giggling.


Justin - who was helping with the blessing - shhhed them, and I put a finger up to my lips.


Soon enough we got to know what they were giggling about.


GQ turned the lights off.

Then he turned them back on.

Then I managed to get him on my lap.


Whereupon he reached up, put his hand on my head, and helped with the blessing himself.


I guess he's growing up more quickly than I thought.

2 comments:

Scott and Karin said...

Kids are the best, even though they drive us crazy sometimes! What is the new calling?

Paula Wood said...

Grandma's thought is: "Grant is just getting ready to walk in his wonderful father's footsteps!"

Thanks for sharing, Jamie!

Can't WAIT to see M's "attitude" picture!

Love,
Grandma Paula