From the Mouth of My Babe

I recently pulled out this toy for Kaitlyn, but Skylie took to it like a fish takes to water. It brought back memories.

November 2011

December 2009

How did my baby grow so fast?

TEMPLES

I'm finally following President Monson's (and President Kimball's) counsel to, "have in every bedroom in their house a picture of the temple so [their children] from the time [they are] infant[s] could look at the picture every day [until] it becomes a part of [their lives]."

The pictures aren't anything fancy--just the $1 prints that can be purchased here, and they are even only taped to the wall in my kids' rooms.

Miss Skylie noticed these pictures within hours after I posted them. Some of her comments about them have been:

"It's a temple, Mommy!"
"I go inside someday."
"It's my temple." (When she sees the temple in her bedroom.)
"It's Kaitlyn's temple." (Referring to the temple in Kaitlyn's room.)
"Sing a temple song?"

CUTE GIRL

At breakfast this week:

Me: "Are you a cute girl?"
Skylie grinning in PJ's, with her face covered in oatmeal, and rockin' bedhead: "YES! I a CUTE GIRL!"
Skylie continued pointing to Kaitlyn then Mommy: "Kaitlyn's a cute girl! Mommy's a cute girl!"
Me (seeing if she was paying attention): "Is daddy a cute girl?"
Pause.
Skylie questioning, "Ah... yeah?"
Pause.
Skylie: "He's a BOY!"

If only we could all have the self confidence of a two-year-old.

LOVE

Driving home from Ohio at midnight on Thanksgiving...

Matt and I have just finished talking about how much we love our kids and never want anything bad to happen to them. I was feeling a little sentimental so I reached back, rubbed Sky's hand, and said, "I love you, Skylie."

Me: "Do you love Mommy?"
Skylie: Silence, while she stared in a trance at the portable DVD player
Me: "Do you love Daddy?"
Skylie: More silence
Skylie: "I love movies."