Laughing with Lizzy

Lizzy, our three year old, has always been a very verbal young lady. Lately she's been spouting out some really funny things. Here's a sampling:

* Lizzy - "My eyes kept opening and closing during the prayer." Mom - "Oh, you should try to keep them closed during a prayer." Lizzy - "I didn't do it! They were opening and closing by themselves!"

* Lizzy watches daily a show called Boo-Bah. I have no idea what it's about and have never seen it, but she calls me at work and tells me about it every day. (Here's a very entertaining Boo-bah site: http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html). The other day, her comment was, "That Boo-Bah is REALLY FAT! He's even fatter than you and mom!" If that's not a hint that we need to lose weight, I don't know what is.

* We were staying at a motel recently - Anna and Lizzy were sharing a bed. Lizzy was saying family prayer and had asked that I help her think of things to say. So, I would whisper things for her to repeat. I'd say, "Say, 'Please bless us that we will sleep good tonight.'" and Lizzy would repeat. At one point, I said, "Say, 'Please bless that Anna and I won't fight in bed tonight.'" With that Lizzy stopped and looked up at me with a VERY confused and frightened look. I repeated, "Say, 'Please bless that Anna and I won't fight in bed tonight.'" Another confused look, then, with a sigh of resignation Lizzy says, "Please bless that Papa and Anna won't fight in bed tonight." It was difficult to finish that prayer with a straight face.

* Lizzy's name is Elizabeth Cherrine Finch. Her middle name is my mom's first name. Anna's name is Anna Darleen Finch. Her middle name is Tammy's mom's first name. So the other day, Lizzy asked Anna. "Anna, what's your whole name?" "Anna Darleen Finch" "You're named after the DEAD grandma! I'm named after the LIVE grandma!"

* We try to read a little in the scriptures with the kids each morning. One morning we were reading about some battle where it said something like, "And the army did march forth to battle." Lizzy perked up at that and shouted. "Hey, that's my BIRTHDAY!!!" Indeed, March 4th is her birthday.