The Love

We were talking in the car about what the kids would like for Christmas. Gordon said, "Mom. What if I don't have my family for Christmas? That is all that I want for Christmas." I told him that was a great thing to want and Gordon said, "Because Christmas. It's about the love."

Palms

Jared has been struggling with a lot of things lately. Seth was gone to choir practice and I was putting the kids to bed. Jared and I were talking about his various difficulties and ways we can make them better. As I was getting ready to leave, Jared said, "Mommy. Do you think Daddy could give me a blessing? The kind when he puts his palms on my head?"

Fasting

Yesterday Gordon asked me if he could fast. I told him that it would be fine. He has been trying to stop wetting the bed. (He wets the bed every single night.) He fasted for help with it and we have remembered him our prayers to help him out.

This morning he got up and told me, "I didn't even wet the bed last night! I just knew fasting would work!"

Drugs

The other day Gordon was using the computer and he said, "Hey Mom. Have you ever learned about drugs at school?" I said,"Yes." Gordon said, "Don't give me a drug."

Flying

Gordon had his first experience on an airplane yesterday. When we took off, Gordon said, "This feels really good." A few minutes later, Gordon exclaimed, "This is how birds feel and I can feel it!"

Bad Day

I woke up to Gordon crying Saturday. He said, "I'm having a really bad day!" Seth jumped out of bed to find out what was wrong. Gordon said, "My stinky won't come out." Then he burst into tears. Poor little guy. He was constipated and couldn't understand why he couldn't go to the bathroom.

Hornets

We have a lot of hornets in our yard. I think that because it has been empty for a year, the hornets just found a safe place to live, on our house. We were talking about the different animals we have seen in our yard; ants, a snake, grasshoppers and hornets. Jared started talking about his friend, Lewis and how he would be so envious because he loves to catch animals.

Gordon said, "How do you catch hornets anyway?"

I said, "I don't know...throw a hot dog out?"

Gordon thought I meant to throw a hot dog at the hornet. He started laughing so loud and said, "Throw a hot dog at it? How about throw a pizza at it?"