I Should Start Charging for the Awesomeness...

...that is Lily.

She just keeps me laughing and smiling all the time. I apologize, in advance, to those of you who won't understand the tidbit I'm about to share, but I just loved it too much to keep to myself.

We've been reading the Book of Mormon with the kids for part of a Scripture Treasure Hunt they're doing at church. So, we have a kiddie version of the BOM that we read to Lily every night. You know you never think the kids are really listening and you're just wasting time you could be spending playing spider solitaire, but every once in awhile they prove to you that your efforts might not be completely in vain. So I'm reading to Lily the other night about the Anti-Nephi-Lehies, you know the people Ammon converted and who swore the oath to never take up arms against their brethren. We get to the part where the wicked Lamanites come to attack them and start to kill them, and Lily puts her hand up and says to me in the most matter-of-fact voice you can imagine "What those guys need to do is go to the Tree of Life, then they'll be happy and they'll stop trying to kill everybody."

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, it was so stinking cute, especially if you've ever heard Lily's "dissertation voice". She's the awesomest of all awesome 4-year olds ever.

Another favorite of late is her habit of telling Connor (usually when he's getting scolded for something or other), "We have rules for a reason Buddie."

Am I wrong...awesomest or what?

The Great Travesty

"In Game 2 of the NLDS, the Cubs were undone by two errors during the Dodgers' five-run second, as Chicago now heads to Los Angeles in a 2-0 hole in the best-of-five series. Ace Carlos Zambrano did not have the game that he was looking for, giving up seven runs over 6 1/3 frames. "

Ahhhh, who really wanted to see Zambrano go down in flames like that?...

I DID!!!

I swear, watching that second inning I was actually giddy! I laughed, I cried, it was a pretty emotional experience. With the Padres humiliatingly bad year, I can in all honesty say that this was the happiest moment of the season for me. Thanks Cubs, I owe you.