Sage means Wise
Me to Sage: "Let's go and get some lunch!"
She replies: "It had BETTER be candy!!"
I had finished making dinner already and so I obviously KNEW what was for dinner. I don't know why I asked, but I did:
"Sage, what ya want for dinner?"
"I dunno, what ya got?"
Kirin was being super energetic one night and basically acting crazy, which Jade and Aspen looked on with much amusement.
Sage was drawing a picture, unaffected, completely in the zone.
After this had been going on for a while, Sage turned to her brother and, pronouncing each word clearly and solemnly: "Brother, is it... FUN... to be stupid?"
I found some Fun Dip candy in the store, and I thought how much Sage would enjoy it. So I bought it and introduced it to her one day when she was watching her princess movie. Because I am a good mom like that. I showed her to suck on the dipping stick to get it wet so she can dip it into the colored sugar. She thought the whole process was pure heaven.
After a while I asked if she had finished it. She showed me the much smaller dipping stick in her hand and announced: "I finished the Fun, but not the Dip."
I got a card from Sage for Mother's Day. She made it in preschool.
The bolded part is what she filled in. I really like her imagination.
My Mom is 159 years old.
My mom looks beautiful when it's my birthday.
All day, my mom goes shopping, takes me to my friend's house, and makes cookies.
In her defense, all my kids wish they had a mom that would make homemade cookies, served to them warm with a glass of cold milk. I did start making some pretty-looking cupcakes, if that makes any difference.
ONCE UPON A TIME Mormon Prom 2011
With a month left to Mormon Prom, I got demoted from a Stake YW's calling to a ward YW's calling. (I was kidding about being demoted, though it did mean that on the ward level I have to work harder.)
Emotions were high for me when the bishop extended this call to me, with one standing out above them all - "overwhelmed." Andrew had been out of town in the meantime, and wouldn't be back until after prom is over. The month felt like a whirlwind; even now, after the Prom has been over for a week, I am still recovering from mental exhaustion and physical fatigue. My children played a big part in making it successful - Jade has been pulling some heavy duty baby sitting for me in the last little while, and they have been so very patient with my schedule. I don't know how they survived really, I attribute that entirely to the tender mercies of the Lord.
Last year, I was handed the theme "A Night in Venice". This year, shortly after it was decided that I would take on Mormon Prom again, the theme "Once Upon a Time" came to mind. The youth liked it, and so it was. The invitation to participate with us was extended to 20 other stakes.
Mormon Prom was a success, I am happy to say, but even happier and greatly relieved that it is over. Thank you to Jenni Hale, the Stake YW's secretary, my old comrade who worked tirelessly on the smoke breathing dragon and worked herself into kidney stones.
Here is Once Upon a Time, Mormon Prom 2011 hosted by Seneca Stake. Also, look here for pictures from last year's prom.
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