Cute Girls

I have to share a few cute things about the Bearden girls....


Last night we were playing Apples to Apples. The word we were all trying to describe was "Calm". Ellie was the judge, and the words she had to choose from were: Camels, Dolphins, potato chips and high heels. When Ellie chose Camels as the winner, Annie got a little mad. (in true Annie fashion) She thought hers would win for sure! I asked which one was hers. "It was high heels!" she said in a frusterated tone. I tried to think of a way that high heels could be considered calm. Before I came up with anything she explained by saying, "you know,... cause the grass up there is really softly blowing..." After a couple seconds of puzzlment, we all burst out laughing. We realized that she thought the card meant, "High Hills". Annie laughed at herself too. It's so cute when first graders start to read by themselves! :-)

A couple of days ago, Ellie wouldn't listen to me when I told her it was time to leave play practice. She wanted to play with her friend instead. As I have done many times before, I pulled out the ol'......"Ok, I guess you want to be in Ana's family now,...see you later." Ellie LOVED this idea! The next day at breakfast she brought it up again. She asked if I could take her to Ana's family that day so she could be their new sister. I then tried to bring her back to real life by saying, "But Ellie, wouldn't you miss your mommy?" She got a bit thoughtful and said, "mmmm, no, I think I've had enough time with you."


I got a message on my phone the other day from Annie. She had forgotten her homework folder and needed to turn it in that day. She called from the school and said this: "Hi Mom...this is Annie...I forgot to bring my homework folder to school today....I also forgot to DO my homework...so...could you please do my homework and bring it to me at school?" I laughed out loud and still haven't erased the message.