A Haircut ...

What is the difference between a haircut and a shortcut?

I guess it depends on who you are asking. Larkin asked me the other day, "Mom, you go to the salon to get a shortcut?" and whenever I pull out the clippers to cut Scot's hair she will declare, "You giving dad a shortcut."

Larkin asked me today, "Mom, you know how to save my life?"

I was a little shocked and unsure of how to answer her question. I told her, "Yes. I know how to save your life." and then I thought, 'as long as it is basic first aid or CPR we are talking about, and not curing cancer or an organ transplant.

My eyes filled with tears as I thanked my Heavenly Father for a healthy little girl who can run, and jump, and ask deep questions, and paint pictures, and sing, and dance, and make me absolutely insane at times.

Dingle-door

A few Larkinisms from this past week ...

"I'm starv-ed!" Not starving, not starved, but starv-ed. That's my growing girl. She says it with two syllables. It makes me smile every time she says it. When she is hungry she will say, "I have some food please?", and when I ask her what kind of food she wants she will put her finger on her lips and think for a moment before saying, "just food".

Last night we were driving to the store to pick up a few supplies for a project I'm working on. In the backseat Larkin was chatting away on her toy phone (which rings). Every time the phone would ring she would say, "My dingle-door is ringing!" Scot and I looked at each other and laughed so hard. I asked her, "Is your door bell ringing?" and she responded, "Yeah. My dingle-door is just ringing and ringing."