Merry Christmas Salvation Army! Nephis and a midnight donut!

So yesterday for Claire's preschool snack, I was in charge of buying donuts for after the field trip.  The darling kids sang Christmas songs and acted out the nativity for a group of elderly men and women at a local retirement home.  I skipped out a little early and headed to the grocery store with Emma and Hallie.  Once the shopping was done, I went outside with the kids and saw a lovely cheerful man singing and ringing his Salvation Army bell.  I reached into my bag and pulled out some loose change and told Emma to put it in the bucket.  Watching her and smiling, she reached over and put not only the change in, but a wad of green bills.  "Emma! What did you just put in there?!" I looked through my purse, but I have no idea how much she put in! A couple dollars? A couple $20's? I had just gone to the bank and cashed a church check, plus I had gone to Costco and gotten cash back too, so usually I know exactly how much I have (because it's not very much very often!) but right then I didn't know.  And I had to be careful what I said to Emma because it was money for those less fortunate.  So I told her to stay out of my purse and let mommy handle the money.  Oh well, the money could have been thrown away or lost, so to you Salvation army, I say a big fat Merry Christmas!!! :)

I have to throw in something else kind of funny.  I've told many of you about Claire's aversion to undies an tights.  Well finally I found a couple pairs she'll wear (I just have to wash them every night) and believe me, she knows if I give her another pair! We've fought and fought about tights , so finally she agreed to wear them to ballet (it's required).  I discovered that she loves knee highs.  So the other day I told her to put on the clothes I had gotten out for her.  She comes down,"Mom, where are the Nephis?" "Nephis? You mean Nephi?" "No MOM! Where are my Nephis?!!!Finally Emma, the translater, tells me,"Mom, she means her knee highs!" Of course, how did I not get that?

And speaking of translating... about a month ago my girls spent the night with my sister and a friend.  Apparently Hallie woke up in the middle of the night crying and mumbling.  Laura tells her, "I'm sorry! I can't understand you!" Emma rolls over and says,"She wants a drink of water."  A couple hours later Hallie wakes up again and starts crying and mumbling.  Once again Laura can't make out a single word.  In her sleep Emma says, "She says she wants a donut." Laura says, "Hallie, did you just ask for a donut?" She nods yes.  What a hoot, a midnight donut and a translator.

Sorry this was a bit long, but I had to record my kid's oddities! Gotta look back and remember these things to make fun of them with!!!!! :)