Because You Love Me

Tonight Josie and I were discussing what book to read:Me: It needs to be a short book because we are running late tonight.
Josie: How about you read a piece of a long book?
Me: Okay, that sounds fair. I will read a part of a long book.
Josie: Well, I have an idea. How about you read all of a long book because you love me.

How does one respond to that?
Conversation continues:
Josie: I want The Little Mermaid. 
Me: I don't want to read that one again. I am sick of that one. Let's pick one we have not read for a while.
Josie: No, I like this one. You come back later after I read it to myself.

Problem solved. :)

So Sweet

The other night while Josie was taking a bath I put my feet in at the end of the tub.  She asked why I did that and I said, "my feet are tired and the warm water feels good."  She then got one of the washclothes and some soap and began to wash and rub my feet.  She said she would put lotion on them later.  I sat there with tears in my eyes giving thanks for such a fantastic kid.

"Oh Darn It"

The Scene: The end of church last Sunday
Josie: Mom why is everyone saying Alleluia so loud?
Me: Because today is the last day we say Alleluia until Easter.
Josie: Why?
Me: Because now we start Lent - the time when we learn about why and prepare for Jesus to die on the cross.
Josie: WHAT? Jesus is going to die - oh no.
Josie to Jay: DAD! DAD! Did you know that Jesus is going to die?
Josie slapping hand to her forhead: OH DARN IT! Jesus is going to die.

The Scene: Coffee hour after church
Nice elderly woman leaning down: Good morning, aren't you cute today.
Josie - still upset: Jesus is going to die.
Nice elderly woman stunned into silence.
Jay: yes, but then he will come back and things will be okay right Josie- (to the woman) she just learned about Jesus dying.

Some Josie Photos

Here are a few photos of what Josie has been up to lately. Enjoy!

Tea parties with mom's tea set from Mrs. Jones.



























Wearing her princess make up and the bow from the chocolate strawberries daddy got her for Valentine's Day.








Dressing up in her pilot uniform.























Flying her "plane" with her passengers.

Strike a Pose

Josie got a new dress from Grandpa John and Grandma Sherry and she LOVES IT! She has worn it three times since she got it last week. She is also very proud of the fact that she can now get dressed all by herself. Each day we put out her clothes and she gets dressed - socks and shoes included. Sometimes we have to turn her dress around or remind her to double check her shoes. The other day she wanted to take a picture to show how she got dressed by herself and to show grandma and grandpa what she looks like in the new dress. Enjoy!

Me and My Big Ideas

Josie was at birthday party last week and she was excited to play a game they had on the wall for the kids. However, the time ran out and they did not play the game. She was very upset and did not want to leave until she got to play. I told her that we would make a game for her to play when we got home. We started with the idea to make a Cars game where you get points by putting wheels on the different cars. She had fun getting blind folded and spinning around then trying to get the most points. This fun lasted a short time before she decided she wanted to make other games. We made a Princess game, a zoo animal game, and a Lion King game. She started writing the names on her own by the third game. Thank goodness we ran out of glue so we had to stop making games last weekend. She has been asking this weekend to make more games - we'll see.

A Nightgown!

Josie loves flannel pajamas - she says they are cuddly wuddly- so she was very excited to get some from Grandpa John and Grandma Sherry for Christmas. Better yet they had Minnie Mouse on them. However, when she realized they were "dress pajamas" she was out of her mind with excitement. By the way she is really into dresses now which explains this reaction. She had to wear them that night. After the first night she decided that she is in love with nightgowns except for the fact that her legs get cold. (She kicks the covers off like her father) To fix this she has decided that she needs to wear leggings to bed with the nightgown. Here she is enjoying the nightgown yet again.