Sarah-Bearah

I love watching my children's unique personalities unfold and take flight and want to share a few of my observations about our Sarah Bear. Sarah is the trickster of the family. She loves to pull a good gag from saying things like, "Mommy, the most beautiful butterfly ever is right above your head!" to telling me she isn't dressed yet because she was too busy playing and then immediately popping out of her room fully clothed. It always ends with her saying, "Tricked ya!" In fact she is so into this that I've come to expect what she says to be a trick before I'll buy it as truth. She says she doesn't do this with her teacher and friends and I'm OK with it as long as it stays at home. On the other side of things she is also our sympathetic soul. She is the first one to run and get Jonah's blue raggies when he is in need of comfort. She says things like, "I feel so bad for Aidan" when he is sick and she is the one that frequently prays, "Jesus, please take good care of Papa Terry in Heaven." She worries a lot about who she'll marry (she's hoping for Drew Moreno-a friend from Houston) and what she'll be when she grows up-switching between a softball player, an artist and a fairy princess on a regular basis. She's smart and picks new things up quickly. The other day we were driving to school noticing the beautiful fall colors on the trees. When we passed one that had lost all it's leaves already, out of the blue she says, "That tree is dormant." I then asked her where she heard that and what dormant means. She said her teacher mentioned it on the playground one day and then Sarah gave me the definition perfectly.

Here's one more funny story about Sarah. Back in September Grandma Peggy came to visit us and we took a trip into the mountains in hopes of seeing the Aspens in golden splendor--unfortunately we were a bit too early for this year but it was beautiful none the less. There is a small chapel off the road we travel on that is part of a Catholic Retreat Center. In the past when we've stopped the chapel has been locked but we took a chance again and this time it was open.

After exploring the chapel Katie was in need of a potty break so we headed to the main lodge of the retreat center. As we approached the entrance there was a sign posted on the door which Aidan began reading out loud, "Beware! There is currently a bear on our property..." and Sarah immediately jumps in with, "So run for your lives!!!!!" Her quick wit had all of us laughing and needing a potty break! (FYI-the sign actually read something to the effect of "Beware! There is currently a bear on our property so please don't leave any food outside or in your cars and take caution.")

This is a Narcissus (Paper White) bulb that Sarah "planted" a few weeks ago at school. All they did was stick the bulb on top of some pea gravel in a plastic cup. We've dutifully watered it and it has been amazing to watch it grow. Definitely our best take home seed project ever.