Candy

Today was the annual school carnival. The kids love the carnival! But it was cold and windy and threatening to rain...and the kids are already getting sick...and Brian hiked to the top of Mount Timpanogos just yesterday, so he's a little beat. We decided we'd better not stay the whole time and -instead- get the kids home and in bed on time.
I told the kids that we were getting ready to leave and now is the time to do whatever last thing they wanted to do. Katie had already used her allotted two tickets on a swig cookie at the concession stand. She looked at me and said, " I don't want to do anything, I just want some candy. Candy is the only thing I'm interested in."
Yeah. I feel ya, sista.

Black Holes

The school year has started, and after school clubs are beginning to be organized. I heard, through the grapevine, that multiple of Rachel's friends were going to be a part of the space voyager club. I knew that wasn't the sort of thing Rachel was interested in, but since her friends were doing it, I though I would ask her if she wanted to give it a try. Her response:
"No, I'm not really interested in space. I only want to know ONE thing about space: Do black holes lead somewhere? Are they like a tunnel to a magical land of fairies or something? Other than that I'm not really interested in it. But do they have an ART club??? I would be interested in THAT!"
Yeah, we won't worry about getting her into the space club.