Fortune Cookies & Grasshopper

Just some cute stories to share...

1. Tonight, after our yummy dinner at Pei Wei, we all got fortune cookies. I took the fortunes out of Lainey's (so I could read it before she inadvertently tore it) and Walker's (so he would not eat it). Walker's fortune said If you put up with small annoyances, you will gain great results. I made some remark about what Walker's should have said, although now that I think about it, his fortune is pretty spot-on. He does put up with a lot of little annoyances at his age. Anyway, Lainey's fortune said Everyone feels lucky for having you as a friend. I thought that was so sweet when I tried to explain it to her, she just looked up at me and said, "Mine should have said I love my Mommy." :) So, of course, I gave her a giant hug right then and there.

2. Every evening, some boys in our neighborhood play cricket. We've seen them playing the game outside several times, and I've repeatedly told Lainey that the name of the game is "cricket" but she continues to refer to it as "grasshopper."

3. Lainey has perfected what she refers to as "mad eyebrows." She furrows her brow (on command) and makes "mad eyebrows." :)

4. Whenever she is tired, she says that she's ready to go "night-night." However, whenever she sleeps, she refers to it as a "nap." Even when she goes to bed for the night. So basically, her days are divided into "before nap" and "after nap" and "tomorrow after my nap." :)

5. Each time she cries, she always asks/looks for something to use to "dry her tears off." Sweet pumpkin. She makes my heart smile BIG.