I am a Child of God

Larkin LOVES to sing.

Her favorite lately has been "I am a Child of God"

We sing it every night before bed. We sing it in the car. We sing it constantly.

I recently heard Larkin waking up from her nap, laying in bed, singing ...

"lead I gonna walk inside a .....

teach a tall tall I a do

.....a love a me me me"

the real words: "lead me, guide me, walk beside me .....

teach me all that I must do to live with Him someday"

Larkin has been saying, "Oh my goodness!" this past week. It is so stinking cute. I will show her something, like a marker, and she will get excited and exclaim, "Oh my goodness!" It cracks me up every time!

Or when she spilled her cereal this morning at breakfast she banged her fist on the table in frustration and said, "Oh goodness!"

Larkinisms

Larkin cracks me up every day. She says the funniest stuff. This week she has been telling me to "Close the light off." when she wants me to turn off the light, and when she is in the bathroom and wants privacy she will say, "Close the lid." instead of "Close the door."

I spent some time with Larkin at her school on Friday and noticed a little boy named Luke who was trying really hard to play with her. He even tried to give her a smooch. She seemed oblivious, but I was curious if she did play with him at other times. In the car later I asked her if Luke was her friend.

Her response: Puke?

Me: No, Luke. Is Luke your friend?

Larkin: Puke?

Me: Luke. In your class. Is Luke your friend at school?

Larkin: Oh! Lukie. Yeah. He my friend.

I was cracking up.

{Puke? Is Puke my friend? No mom ... puke is not anyone's friend!}

Larkin loves pretending to put her baby doll to sleep. She carries this baby around all day and tells it "Shhhh" and "I love you baby" so I asked Larkin what her baby's name is.

Her response: Oink.

Me: Oink? Thats what a pig says.

Larkin: Yeah.

Me: Is your baby's name Megan?

Larkin: No. She name Oink.

Me: Your baby's name is Oink?

Larkin: Yeah. Oink Oink.

Me: Okay. I love you Oink Oink.

Larkin: I love you baby Oink.

{I could not make this stuff up if I tried!}

If You're Happy & You Know It ...

Shout HOORAY!

Bummer!

Larkin's new favorite word lately is "BUMMER!" She says it when things don't go her way, or when someone else seems frustrated, or when she or a friend gets hurt.

Larkin is also going through a bossy phase. Just the other day she was bossing her aunts and mom around telling us to put on our skirts and shoes so we could all go to church. Never mind that we didn't need to go to church for several hours. Larkin wanted to go to church, and she set about making sure we were all ready to go. I admire how strong and focused Larkin can be. She knows what she wants, and is seldom swayed from her goal. She is turning out to be a great little communicator, and a master negotiator!

Dear Larkin,

When did you become such a big girl?

On Monday you start school.

Be kind. Be creative. Be yourself.

I know it is only a matter of time until you take over the world!

Love,

Your mother

After a While Crocodile

Larkin and I were leaving the house this morning and as I was closing the door she said, "Bye bye Tucker!" I chimed in, "See you later alligator!" ... she added the final word by saying, "See you la la la la la la!"

Later in the car once dad was home I was retelling the story so Scot could get a good chuckle over how darling our daughter can be, and Larkin piped up from the back seat, "BYE BYE GATOR! BYE BYE GATOR!"

Oh Larkin, you make me happy every day!