Monday, May 23, 2011

Haircut

"I am going to get my hair cut for your birthday, Daddy." And she did.

(Side note: she keeps asking me if she looks like me. I asked her if she wanted to look like me and she said, "Yes, you are beautiful." It is hard for me to see that. I responded that many people think she looks like me and she was happy about that. My lesson in all of this is that I need to love myself so my children will love themselves.)

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Animals Don't Do...

by, Marcus Andrew Bahlmann
(Marcus wrote this book. I really enjoyed it and wanted to share. Not bad for a 9 year old. The words precede the drawing.)

Hippos don't eat at the buffet, and elephants don't wear t-shirts.


Also, you'll never see a giraffe wearing a skirt. Bears don't ride in double decker buses
and goats don't comb beards. But you could see a monkey acting all weird.
Pigs never take baths, and alligators don't skate.
You'll never see a fish baking cake. You'll never notice a painting tortoise.
Lion's don't give hugs and lizards don't snug.
I'd never sleep with a slug. A rabbit won't ever sing Home on the Range.
And piranhas don't bike. No bugs flying kites will ever appear, no matter what year.
Snakes don't read
and spiders don't write words. But especially words like
He entered it into this contest. Way to go, Marco!