Birthday Dilemma

Kyra's birthday is June 19. For her birthday this year our family will be in Florida with the McAllister side of the family. Kyra is very happy to go, yet bothered by the fact that we won't be in town for her birthday.

Here are her issues:
1) how can I be baptized if I'm not here for my birthday?
2) I won't be able to wear the birthday crown at school because I won't be here.
3) they won't be able to sing to me at church
4) I won't be able to have a party with my friends

So, here is how we have addressed each issue:
1) you can still be baptized even if you aren't here because you aren't baptized ON your birthday.
2) your teacher will recognize your birthday BEFORE we leave. However, reminding your teacher each week, will not make her happy.
3) they WILL still sing to you at church, it may just be the week before. Again, reminding the primary presidency and your primary teachers each week until June that you won't be here doesn't necessarily help.
4) we can still have a party. However, telling your friends that the party is THIS weekend is NOT a good idea.

As a family we are VERY excited for this vacation. However, WHY OH WHY did we have to tell Kyra back in NOVEMBER that we are going in JUNE!!!!! It's going to be a very long 4 months.

Kyra for President

This morning as we were getting ready for church the following conversation took place:

Kyra: "Mom, where was I born?"
Mom: "In Kansas"
Kyra: Is that in Utah?
Mom: No
Kyra: Is it in the United States?
Mom: Yes
Kyra...has puzzled look on her face. Isn't the United States part of Utah?
Mom: No, Utah is part of the United states. You know how Salt Lake is part of Utah? well utah and Kansas are states that make up the United States.
Kyra: Oh..(obviously still not understanding) ...well it's too bad I wasn't born in the United States because I could be a woman president".

Sunday conversations

After church today we were talking about things the kids learned during church. My new calling is the ward librarian, so I have a pretty good idea what each lesson topic is based on the copies made and pictures gathered. Well, today I know that the lesson was on prophets. So, knowing this I asked Kyra what her lesson was on.

Kyra: nothing...we just looked at pictures
Mom: what were the pictures of?
Kyra...I don't know. They were just pictures.
Mom: (realizing I was getting nowhere, so decided to just give a prompt) Was your lesson on prophets?
Kyra: No, it was about this boy who threw a baseball at a barn and it went through the window and he was honest and told the lady that he broke the window. Then he got old. (Pres. Harold B. Lee? Maybe?...uh...prophets?)

Lucky Mom Part Two

We had the nicest compliment today about Tanner. We were heading into his futsal game and the owner of the building called Scott over to talk. So, the kids and I went ahead and entered the futsal area.

When Scott came in I asked him what Peter wanted. This was his reply:

"He asked me my son's name. So, I told him. Then he said, that he just wanted me to know how impressed he was with Tanner. He said that every week Tanner walks in and waves and says hi. He said that there are so many boys that come in every week and no one else does that. Then he teared up and said that he was so impressed with how sincere Tanner seems to be. When Tanner comes and asks for the goalie gloves, he is very polite and asks to borrow them. Then he asks how I am doing. When he brings them back, Tanner doesn't just throw them on the shelf. He makes sure he hands them back to me and says, thank you. "

I just looked at Scott and said, "wow!" Then Scott said, that he added. "He must have a great mom." (yes, he really said that!)

Talk about proud parent moments. I said it before and I'll say it again...I'm a Lucky Mom! I have a GREAT kids!

Kyra - isms

Sometimes, the funniest things come out of Kyra's mouth. I need to be better about writing them down. This was a serious conversation that happened the first Sunday in February:
Mom: Tanner, you need to get ready because today is Fast Sunday and you need to go do fast offerings.
Kyra: Today is fast sunday?
Mom: yes
Kyra: good, that means it's not slow sunday.

After I have picked myself up off the floor from laughing, I try to explain the true meaning of fast sunday. It doesn NOT mean that today will go any faster. This is how well it sunk in. Last Sunday:
Kyra: Mom, is today fast sunday or slow sunday?

I tried, really I tried.

Then today she was trying to explain to her brother how to play volleyball.
Kyra: You just hit the ball over the net really hard. And you try to not let it go over the line.
I'm not sure where she learned, but she knows how to play volleyball obviously.