words of a 4 1/2 yr. old

i do not often have the chance to have good one on one time with my girls- we always travel in packs! you know girls, they all go to the bathroom together even if only one of them really has to go. that's what it is like with the little ladies in our family too. anyway, i had the opportunity to take a drive with miss m on sunday, just the two of us. i was impressed by her deep thoughts and wanted to share my joy with you. every year the local boy scout troop comes and picks up our christmas tree for disposal. it is a nice service which we really appreciate, but after the tree is gone i don't put much more thought into the whole situation. well, my imaginative 4 yr. old does. she did not really understand what they do with them and why they were stacked up in the parking lot of her karate class. so she came up with her own great solution. 'mom we should take the chopped up wood to a waterfall and feed it to the beavers they could use it.' i just had to smile. i would not have come up with such a creative idea.

later in the car ride she also told me that her skin would soon be turning that tan color, like in the summer time. this of course began an entire dialogue about how we are thankful that God made so many different colored and types of people because life would be boring if we all looked the same. and that is when i found out, 'but you know that monsters are red! sometimes they have spots and are rainbow colors like blue, yellow, red, pink, orange, green.....'

i hope that you have learned some things that you did not know before and giggled a bit too. i can't wait to hear what is coming next. ahh, from the mouths of babes!