Today Lydia was frustrated because she is trying to sew a stuffed animal for Mary and came up against some problems. She started stomping through the house. Lately my mom nicknamed her “thumper,” which is a euphemistic, sweet way to describe her loud stomps.
Anyway, today we started joking with Lydia about her thumping and she decided to turn it into a game. She made signs that read, “We are the Marching Thumping Band” and recruited Ammon to march and thump with her around the house.
Then we realized Clarissa was napping and so we asked them to be quiet. Lydia disappeared and then came down with two new signs that read, “We are the quite [quiet] tiptoe band.” It was too cute.
After church we had dinner with the Harpers. Annie and Clarissa were so cute playing together:
And then after her bath Clarissa grabbed the brush and started brushing her hair. We were all so wowed.
Also, Relief Society was great today. We had a lesson on how what we see people is all about perception. It was a great reminder to check my own paradigm and notice that it IS a paradigm, always.
Finally, a note on Mary. She has been perfectly behaved for two days. It’s unbelievable, and it is also very intentional. It’s her birthday week and she is trying to be perfect. I am so thrilled she knows how to be good when she puts her mind to it. Every time we ask her to do something she does it right away, happily. It’s a miracle.