Ceithlinn's Impromptu Talk

A couple weeks ago in church Ceithlinn decided to write this talk. She then asked to speak in Primary (the children's group). The leaders were happy to oblige and were very impressed. I was, too. She never ceases to amaze me. I will type it as written.

"Hevenly Father sent us Here on Eath. The chrch makes me feel like I'm in heven with Jesus Christ of Latter day Sanse. He loves us all very much. We lern aboaut Jesus at chrch. god and Jesus made us all speshl and to love others around the world. I love god and Jesus and I will love them forever."

Written May 3, 2009 -- age 6

Duck, Duck, Goose

Have you played Duck, Duck, Goose lately? We did, just last night. Ceithlinn was in charge of choosing an activity for Family Home Evening. She chose Ring-Around-The-Rosies and Simon Says. Matthew decided on Duck, Duck, Goose. We played all three games for quite a while. We really enjoyed just being together as a family without any electronic device on. The kids laughter is better than any laugh track on a sitcom. I triple dog dare you to play...

The Tooth Fairy

Ceithlinn decided to write a letter to the tooth fairy last night. She placed the note and two small treasure boxes with her teeth under her pillow and quickly went to sleep. Her letter says this, "How big are you? Were do you look like? (then she says, I forgot to write what) Were do you liv? Love, Ceithlinn P.S. I belyv (believe) in you!" She also drew a pictures of the tooth fairy with a wand.

The tooth fairy left a note for Ceithlinn on the back of her letter. It reads, "Dear Ceithlinn, Thank you for the beautiful picture of me! I am this big. I look like this. (self portrait) I live in Neverland with Tinker Bell. Thank you for believing in me. Love, The Tooth Fairy P.S. Tinker Bell says, Hi!!" The self portrait includes a bag/purse that says Teeth on it and a wand. The tooth fairy also has a necklace with a little tooth on it. Ceithlinn decided that the tooth fairy took the teeth and made jewlery and then sold them to her other fairy friends, and kept some for herself, too.

When Ceithlinn read this note she said something like, I knew Neverland was real! She was so very thrilled for the note. The tooth fairy also left $5... didn't have anything smaller and since there were two teethand they were the first and in good condition... Honestly, Ceithlinn was more thrilled with the note than the money. The note is definitely a keeper.

Lost Teeth

It had been a couple months since the great discovery of Ceithlinn's loose tooth and it still was in. I didn't remember it taking that long to lose a tooth so I decided to take a look inside her mouth to see what was going on. I discovered that the tooth still wasn't very loose and the permanent tooth was growing in behind. So, made an appointment with the dentist to see if he needed to pull it or what else needed to happen.

We went there today and Ceithlinn explained that she had a "shark" tooth. Then went on to explain the sharks had rows of teeth and that is what was happening with her mouth. That is some pretty good thinking if you ask me.

After looking at the tooth he decided that it and the one next to it, which was also loose and having the permanent beginning to grow, needed to be pulled. Ceithlinn was very nervous and asked that I hold her hand. So, I did as they numbed up the gums and then gave the Novocain...she screamed at that part. Once things were a bit numb the dentist pulled out her two teeth. The fear was replaced with elation that the tooth fairy is going to come!

Here are a couple pictures of what she looks like. She looks different with her teeth missing, and listening to her speak with a little lisp is pretty cute.

Hair Today...Gone Tomorrow

As a few of you know I am preparing to walk 60 miles in Septemeber in the 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk (for those that don't know you will know more very soon). So, I have been thinking quite a bit about what I can do to raise money and help other battling cancer lately. Well, I was getting pretty tired of my hair so, I decided that I would cut it off and donate it to Locks of Love the web site is listed here if you want to know more about this organization. http://www.locksoflove.org/ There is another organization called Wigs for Kids (http://www.wigsforkids.org/) that is similar. I chose to donate my hair to Locks of Love because it benefits men, women and children. Though, next time I do this I may donate to Wigs for Kids.

Here are a couple pictures. Honestly I was really excited about doing this until my hair was in the braid and she picked up the scissors. At that moments I got a bit nervous and realized how much hair was really going to come off. She hesitated a bit until I reassured her that I was truly okay with this and that I knew what I was asking her to do. She cut off about 13 inches of hair!

The beautician did good job with the hair style. I am quite pleased. What do you think of the new do?

(do you like the goatee?) :0)

Ceithlinn's Jog-A-Thon

Every year Ceithlinn's school hold a jog-a-thon to raise funds for the PTO. Money can be pledged as a flat rate...$10 or by lap...$1.00 a lap. This money goes to the school for new playground equipment, field trips and other activities for the kids.

I like the jog-a-thon because it isn't selling overpriced junk or junk food. This is encouraging the kids to be a bit more healthy and using their own bodies to raise money for the school. I can get behind this one 100%.

The plan for the jog-a-thon was that Josh would take a couple hours off work so I could run with Ceithlinn and he could take pictures, watch Matthew, and mark laps. Our car had another idea. The starter went out half an hour before the jog-a-thon began. So, Matthew and I hoofed it up to the school...20-25 minutes later we arrived just in time to it to get started. Poor Matthew was a little tired by the time we got there. I carried him for part of it, but with him being 40 pounds, and me out of shape....

So, the jog began and Ceithlinn was pretty strong. I told her that Matthew and I would join her on lap 3 or 4. That we did. Matthew was pretty rested and enjoyed the little run. As you can see by the pictures she was getting pretty tired... well, at least the diva part in her. Look at the picture with the two kids and you will see what she really looked like during the jog.

Honestly, I was a little disappointed to not run with her. I did run another lap with her and had her (and some of her classmates) chase me. Seeing a mom run gave these kids motivation to kick it into gear at least for a little bit.

By the end Ceithlinn was able to complete 9 laps in 30 minutes... that is about 2 miles. Not bad for little legs and a girl recovering from a cold and with an ear infection. We found this out the next day when we brought her to the doc for pink eye. We are so proud of her! Way to Ceithlinn!

A story by Ceithlinn

Ceithlinn dictated this to me. She wanted to enter a writing contest the local PBS station was putting on. In the end she changed her mind about entering the contest, but I thought the story was worth keeping. What do you think?


Once upon a time a leprechaun named David SpaghettiO'Patrick lived in a tree on 33 Leprechaun Street.

David had a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. He used the gold to obuy clothing, food, blankets and candy for children.

One day the rainbow disappeared and took the pot of gold with it to 33 Garbage Street.

David saw his gold was gone and started looking for it. He went to the gardening place first. the pot of gold wasn't there. Then he went to the Leprechaun Park. He saw his friend Lizzie. She said she saw a rainbow with a pot of gold at 33 Garbage Street.

He went to 33 Garbage Street and found his pot of gold. He carried it home with Lizzie's help. He was happy.

He lived happily ever after.

THE END