Little Boy Quote of the Day

Little Boy [looking down the front of his shirt]: "There's a tummy in there!"

Seriously...what did he think was under his shirt?

Tidy Gardens

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"You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds."

-Dag Hammarskjold

Little Boy Quote of the Day

Little Boy: "Mom! Don't sing!"
Andrea: "But I like to sing."
 Little Boy: "But I like to sing ABC's."

The Ending of the Book

"No matter how bleak the chapter of our lives may look today, because of the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we may hope and be assured that the ending of the book of our lives will exceed our grandest expectations."

 -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Gardening in Miniature, pt. 2

Remember three weeks ago, when I blogged about Audrey III? Y'know, the little plant that Little Boy brought home from church that grew an inch overnight?

Well, this is what she looks like now:

I almost killed her a week ago--I put her too close to a heat vent overnight. A couple of her leaves died, and she stopped growing for a few days. But she's back at it now. I took the above picture two days ago, and all of her leaves are noticeably bigger today than they are in the photo. I'm going to start some tomato seeds this week. We'll see how that goes.

Bop to the Top

Every year, the two middle schools in my town put on a spring musical together. This year, for some bewildering reason, they're doing High School Musical. Except that they're not in high school. So it'll really be more like Middle School High School Musical. My baby sister auditioned, and she got the part she wanted:

Sharpay. [The picture is not my actual sister. That's the movie.]

Anyway, I'm pretty excited about it. Because although I'm not a fan of the High School Musical franchise, I am a fan of school plays. And Middle School High School Musical is sure to be...entertaining.

Resurrection

Art by Del Parson "The Resurrection from the dead is a most beautiful aspect of the Atonement and truly a part of the plan of happiness; the Resurrection is universal and applies to the entire human family. We will all be resurrected. I bear testimony of that fact and truth. This is an unconditional gift from God." -Earl C. Tingey