Happy Birfday to my Mama!

Only like three days in and I've already missed a day.  Oh well.  This post is dedicated to my one and only mother, who not only bore me, but has also put up with me for 21 years.

So here's to my mommy:

She really has done so much for me.  I remember her making every Halloween costume I wore (she even made one for Lorin, my brother, who's 22 this last Halloween), and taking us on field trips to the zoo and other fun places.  We ate out on rare occasion, and she would always have something on the table for dinner.  We always ate as a family, and the reason I stuck with piano all these years is because of her gentle reminders (force).  But I'm grateful.  Because she loved to read so did I, although I think she started regretting it when she had to start taking my books away so I would do my chores. And ohhh the times I was weird and looked hideously awkward.....observe:

 

And she still loved me.  Bless her. :)  Because she's the bestest!

Playing UNO the five year old way.

So, I suppose I should give a little background before I get into this story. I am home from BYU-Idaho on my off semester working at a daycare close to my house.  Towards the end of the day we start to combine classes and just play games for the last hour.  And management has encouraged us to be more interactive with the kids.  Well, some of the Pre-K kids wanted to play UNO, so we did.  They picked up on the rules real quick and understood that.  What really got me was how they played the game.  The following conversation ensued:

(By this point, their hands had grown to like 15 cards in each of their hands)

Me: "Okay, do you have a yellow card?"

Lilly: (Name has been changed): "I dunno.  Let me look".  (Proceeds to spread out cards on table like so)

"Nope"

Me: "Well what about a 6?  Do you have that?"

Lilly: "Just a second. (Proceeds to re-spread out cards) Yes!"

Me: "Okay. (Turning to Alex) Now you can play any blue card or with another 6."

Alex (Name has been changed): "Well it's hard for me to look through with all my cards"

....Lightbulb

Lilly: "Here Alex.  Just do this."  She proceeds to assist him in spreading his cards out all across the table until they do indeed find a blue card.

And that's how the game proceeded. And I didn't cheat. But I had to suppress a laugh once or twice.

They would be so good at poker.

This is Me

I am short.
I have curly brown hair.
I sing.
I have never broken a bone.

This is me.

I can change a kid's diaper with them standing up.
I scrapbook.
I have blue eyes.
I am the oldest girl.


I am the fourth child.
I don't have a favorite color.
I hated dresses from elementary-middle school.
I am loud.

I have a good cry every now and again.
I love children.
I want to go skydiving.
I love fourwheeling (and I didn't almost kill my roommate).

I didn't get my driver's license until I was 17.
I play the saxophone.
I never practiced.
I love jazz.

I think Neville Longbottom is attractive.
I have never held hands.
I am the shortest person in my family.
I love the spring.

I play the piano.
I was born in Utah.
I fell off a brick wall and got stitches on my forehead the day before we moved.
I cried when my first dog died.

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
I love playing board games.
I like making up songs on the piano.
I can sing like a black woman.

I had braces.
I donated my hair to Locks of Love.
I am legally blind.
I have never had a boyfriend.

I read books for fun.
I like finding a good deal.
I love my family.
I do not enjoy exercise.

I love the outdoors.
I prefer tents to cabins.
I can leave the house without makeup and be okay.
I love the temple.

I write stories.
I climb trees.
I am semi-good at volleyball.
I went to State with a speech about yawning.

I have no living grandparents.
I stink at keeping a journal.
I am a spaz.
I like to chill sometimes.

I am not good at homemaking.
I want to have six children.
I want to be a wife.
I want to be a mother.

I am a daughter.
I am a sister.
I am an aunt.
I am a friend.
I am a niece.
I am a teacher.
I am a roommate.
I am a co-worker.
I am a child of God.


This is me.