Sunday, July 24, 2011

52 card pick-up

Do you know anyone who has ever played 52 card pick-up more than once?  I do... my kids!  I asked them if they wanted to play 52 card pick-up and with Adam smirking in the background, I threw the cards in the air.  I expected to hear the exasperated "Mo-om" instead the two laughingly hopped around the ground gathering up the cards and handing them to me said "Can we do it again?"  So for the next half hour, Seth and Ryan took turns throwing the deck in the air and picking them up, yelling "CARD!" every time they missed one and leaping after it.  They weren't even counting them to see who won! 

What did you learn in church today?

During dinner, in answer to the weekly question, "what did you learn in church today?", Ryan was explaining that she learned about being responsible.  Her teacher gave each person something to be responisible for.  "She gave one person a plate of cookies... (dramatic pause) that person would be me (said with pursed lips and a tilt of the head).