Pet Drama

I do not like animals. I mean, it is not like I hate all creatures (some for sure), but I am not an animal aficionado. I do not choose pets. Last night I was painting Grace's nails and she was telling me about her friend that has a guinea pig that she wants to give away FREE. Grace was asking for it. Of course, I said no. Then Grace proceeded to ask me, "If we had a guinea pig, where would we keep it?" I (errantly) said "in the woods". Oh my gosh....what you would have thought I said was "I would step on it's head and grind it into the ground." Grace started bawling....really heavy bawling. Between sobs, she said "How would you feel if you were a guinea pig and someone wanted to keep you in the woods, where something could eat you? Huh, how would you feel? Mom, what if Jadyn was a dog and you said that we had to keep her in the woods? How do you think she would feel? Terrible, I tell you, she would feel terrible." Honestly, this was exactly what she was saying. I couldn't make this kind of stuff up. It was extremely hard for me not to laugh my head off. Because on one hand it was really funny. But on the other hand, it made me sad that I thought it was funny. Because the truth is that she loves animals and really wants one. Her heart is so full of love - for everyone and everything.

In the midst of all the animal drama and sobbing, the phone rang. Greg answered it and as soon as he said hello, Jadyn asked, "Is it my boyfriend?" I was almost crying I was laughing so hard. She really does have a "boy-friend". His name is Kenton and he is in her preschool class. They play together everyday and when I talked to his mom yesterday I learned that he talks about her like she talks about him. It is cute, but then it makes you wonder - is this the start of something we are not interested in? A boy-crazy daughter?

Then Grant was standing next to me and he picked up my Our Daily Bread devotional. He opened it (upside-down) and started yelling "Donalds! Donalds!" One of the devotions started with a "w", which when read upside-down looks like a "golden arch."

And through this whole thing, Jacob lay on the couch playing his DS, oblivious. Yep.

I love my children. They are such a tremendous source of laughter and joy to me.