Taking Requests

"Thanks, everybody, for the compliments! What kind of song do you think we should do next?" M & E

Another Smash Hit!

A note from M & E: "After we saw how much our fans loved our first song, the "workers" at Sis Recording Studios got busy to produce a second hit for them. We hope you like this one as much as our first performance!"

Lyrics:

M: The Sisters are in the house

E: In 2008

M: M. L. R.

E: E. J. R.

M: We're sisters

E: Uh-huh, that's right

Both: Do wacka do wacka do do do. Do wacka do wacka do do do.

Both: We stick together like paper and glue

Both: Uh-Huh. Shicka bow wow

Both: Sis

They Learn So Young

Last night during part of our weekly family home evening, Daddy was reading stories out of the Friend magazine while M worked on a puzzle and E was working on tying one of two quilts she & M have been making (one for our new baby cousin, Lily, and an identical one for the church's humanitarian project). He read and read and was ready for a break, so he said, "Do you want me to put a movie on for you?"

I said, "I don't know if she can concentrate on her sewing and a movie at the same time."

E replied, "Of course I can, Mom. That's what womens do! I can do two things at once just fine!"

Notes for M's Future Wedding Reception

Tonight, M wanted to know all about our wedding...what we did at the temple, (were there flowergirls? A ring bearer? No, and no) and then what we did at our reception (bed & breakfast locale, harpist, food, receiving line w/P&I and our parents). She said,

"I think when I get married, we'll have it in a gym and have a big dinner and lots of music. And then, we'll play bingo."

I laughed and asked, "Why bingo?!"

"Because it's a good party game and you need games to liven things up at weddings."

She's still deciding what the winners will get...

R.I.P., Snapper

This post is from M:

"A few months ago, Mom let us get some pet hermit crabs. I named mine Snapper. We loved them very much. Today, while we were watching General Conference at our house, I thought we could play with them. But, when I grabbed my hermit crab's shell, it was empty! I searched around the cage and there, motionless, white, and shell-less, was Snapper.

After coming to the conclusion that he was dead, I yelled out, sobbing, "Snapper's dead!" I sobbed heavily for about 45 minutes, and then me, mom, and E prayed that I would be able to overcome the loss (as I said in my prayer). Immediately, I felt the Spirit and felt better. I found an empty necklace box and along with his shell and some smaller sea shells and some tissues for softening, I put my dead pet in.

If Dad lets me, I'm gonna buy a second hermit crab with my own money. This time, having learned my lesson, I'll take better care of him (or her). If I can get one, I will name it Snapper the Second.

May Snapper 1 rest in peace."

Shout Out to Laura, Field Trip Coordinator Extraordinaire

SOTD: (Scripture of the Day) Doctrine & Covenants Section 58:27

Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause,

and do many things of their own free will,

and bring to pass much righteousness;

Toward the end of summer, my friend, Laura, asked a bunch of moms in our ward at church if we would be interested in doing "Field Trips on Fridays." Since E doesn't have kindergarten on Fridays, I jumped at the opportunity. She has called around our community and has arranged all kinds of fun activities and places for the kids to go. We are all having such a good time spending our Friday mornings together! It also works beautifully because I babysit E's friend, A, on Fridays, so I look like the funnest sitter ever, when, really, it's all Laura!

The events are definitely popular and are filling a need to get the 5-and-under crowd together during the week. Today at the pumpkin farm, even in the rain, we had 26 kids! The thing I love is that while we all keep track of our own kids, we also do our best to herd and care for all the kids. I have always wished for a community of friends where I knew my kids were safe and loved. E got separated from me during the corn maze and was quite upset when she finished the maze. I hugged her and said, "Do you know that every single mommy here knows who you are, and knows you are mine? They will all take care of you. I was anxious to see you again, too, but I knew you were ok with all these mommies." I hope that these "Fun Friday Field Trips" make it easier for our kids to grow up together and have good, strong, healthy friendships as they go on to school and *gasp* become teens someday!

So, I just wanted to award a "Gold Star on the Forehead" to "Sister Johnson!" No one asked her to do this, and she's certainly not being paid to do it. She just put it together to benefit her own children, and in the process, is blessing all of ours. She's a great example of the "SOTD," doncha think?! ;)

Sisters and Friends - a Debut

M & E made up their own song & dance routine last week, bringing back many childhood memories for me.

Here are the lyrics (in case you want to sing along):

M: We are sisters

E: We are also friends

M: Sometimes we quarrel

E: Sometimes we fight

Both: But we always make up in the end

'Cause we're sisters

And we're also friends.

We stick together like paper and glue

M: 'Cause we're sisters

E: We are also friends

Both: Yeah!