Oh Be Careful Little Nose What You Smell

Since Maddie started preschool back in September, she comes home about twice a month with a new song she has learned. She goes to a Christian school, so they are typically Bible songs or prayers -- often ones that I remember singing in Sunday school when I was a little girl. One such song goes like this: "Oh be careful little eyes what you see/ Oh be careful little eyes what you see/ For the Father up above is looking down with love/ Oh be careful little eyes what you see." It's meant to teach children to resist things that might lead them into sin, and it continues with four more verses covering all five senses. Certainly, one can readily see how the eyes, ears, mouth, and hands can lead one into temptation...but the nose? Kurt and I laugh and laugh when we hear our little girl earnestly singing "Oh be careful little nose what you smell..." as though at any moment she'll catch a whiff of something sent straight from Satan. Kurt's theory is that perhaps it's an early "Say No To Drugs" campaign...i.e. snort flowers not crack.

Now, I put my foot in my mouth all the time...but not exactly like this :) I think he's training to be a yogi. He's a Portland boy after all.

Mommy sandwich!

Madelyn diving into a cake pop made for Auntie Kelsie's bridal shower. Yum!

Kurt and me at The Allison for our 8th anniversary. We just went for breakfast, but someday (you know...in five or six years!) maybe we'll actually stay the night.

Lemon buttermilk pancakes with strawberry and raspberry compote. Yes we did.

This series of photos is called "Like Son Like Father." Henry has great facial expressions, and we all like to try to copy him (remember Maddie's "gangsta baby" imitation?).