Some Conversations With The Kids

Me: Tate why do you love me so much?

Tate: Because Jesus made me!

Emma: It's like heaven is our home and this world is our school and we come here to learn and then we go back home.

Me: Your right Emma. Did you learn that in primary?

Emma: No, I just figured it out!

Stuart Little

We finished Stuart Little by E. B. White today. It is a cute book. The children and I all felt unsatisfied with the ending though, as it is not your typical happy ending, rather the book is left wide open to all kinds of possibilities.

I love a happy ending. I think, "what is the point in reading fiction if it doesn't have a happy ending". Some might say, "real life doesn't always have a happy ending".

Maybe I lack imagination, maybe it is good to wonder and create your own ending.

I like a neatly wrapped up story, I like to know what happens to all the characters, I like for the boy to end up with the girl, I like happy ever afters.

With stories like these I am always left to wonder what the author was thinking, how did the story end in his or her mind? I guess I'll never know.

Finished, At Last!

Darren, Michael and I went to Ikea a couple of weekends ago (thanks to Fred who lent us his truck and Julianne who held down the fort). I just love that blue and yellow sign! I am now a sofa owner again - after 2 years without them! I also finished the painting I started back in November. I made curtains out of drop cloths from Home Depot for CHEAP. I got some beautiful side tables from Walmart...yes, Walmart! I think the living room is finally finished (except for a book shelf that Darren is going to build for us). Our main living area went from being a place we never used to a place that we all love to sit and read or play games or legos on the carpet. I am so grateful for my husband and all the hard work he puts in for us and our home. I love sharing this house, this life with him.

One thing off my list, 100 more to go!

The pictures are not the best as I took them at night and let's face it, as much as I would like to be, I am not a professional photographer by any stretch of the imagination - someday when I have the time and $ for a really nice camera, I will have Shannon teach me how. Where is Shannon when I need her - she can make a bowl of chips look like a piece of art! (I've got to try those by the way)