Atoms, God, & Lunch

Sarah at lunch today: "Dad, I thought of one thing that doesn't have atoms."
Me (thinking Mmm, I think everything has atoms, but let's see what she says): "Yeah, what's that?"
Sarah: God.
Me: "I bet you're right. I've never thought about it that way before. Thank you for helping me think something new."
Lisa: "Jesus had atoms when he was on Earth."
Sarah: "I know. That's why I said God."

#ilovethisgirl

Story Love

You are an amazing reader. You can read full pages of MAGIC TREEHOUSE or A-Z MYSTERIES chapter books all by yourself. Every once in a while you need help pronouncing some word like "judgment" or "cease" or something with silent vowels or dipthongs, but that is amazing to me.

And you love reading. You just love it. You love the ideas of stories and getting surprised by what happens next. You love mystery stories.

Just a few days ago, we started paying you $.01 a page you read on your own from your books and $.10 from your Bible. You've earned $.11 on the first day at lunchtime.

Coming from someone like me who loves stories, it's a joy to watch you fall in love with stories and the Big God Story!

~Daddy

Such a Thoughtful & Capable Girl

Recently I was delayed at work on babysitting night and Guffaw was watching you and your sisters until I arrived.  When I got there Guffaw was in the rocking chair with sleeping Joy, who had been sick and throwing up on him. Poema was in the process of potty training and had an accident so she left her wet pants on the entry way floor and was going commando.  The kitchen had food everywhere, and therefore ants because we have had a recent ant problem.

I set down my bag of fast food and the phone rang.  It was your mommy checking to see how Joy was doing and whether you and Poema were in bed.  You were not. I cleaned up the food and the ants, and sat down with my cold fast food.  Sarah, you were so sweet.  You came over and told me that since I was having a hard day you were going to brush your teeth and go to bed really fast.  I told you I would take Joy after I finished eating so Guffaw could come in for your story and prayer.  I finished eating and took Joy, but Guffaw was trying to figure out what to do with commando Poema for bed and forgot about your story.  You got a book with a read along CD and did your own story.  When I went in to check on you you told me you had everything under control.  I love that you are such a thoughtful and capable girl.

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Amazing Race

DADDY:

We've started a new tradition: Every Monday night we watch the Amazing Race TV show together. It's been a lot of fun watching you learn a little bit about the different areas around the world and see the consequences of things the teams learn while playing. Tonight we get to watch your first season finale of a TV show. You're really excited.

Proud Papa

Hey Sarah,

I'm just so proud of the girl you are becoming. You are so smart and beautiful. You are such a patient and loving big sister. You amaze me!

Daddy

Hug From Guffaw

Uncle Steve:

 

I was at your house a couple weeks ago and you gave me a hug when I got there.  An hour or so later I got a phone call from Guffaw, and before he hung up he said to give you a hug for him. 

 

Me (opening my arms):  "Guffaw said to give you a hug for him."

You:  "Do I really have to?  I already gave you a hug."

Me:  "Yeah, but that one was for me.  You don't have to if you don't want but Guffaw said to give you one for him." 

You:  "Ok, fine."  (hugs me)   "And that one's for G-momo and Auntie Amber too."

Looking for hidden words

Guffaw:
 
Almost every time we are together we play some sort of game.  We began when you were an infant,
saying your alphabet with a word associated with each letter as I carried you to and from the "ABC Park"
(your nickname for Mile Square Park).  I especially liked when we got to "L" since you would say "love" and 
give me a hug.  Many of our games are word play.  Among the games we play are:

• the "opposites" game, where I say a word and you say its opposite,
• the "rhyming" game where I would say a word and then we would come up with as many words as we could that rhymed with that word,
• "I spy," where you would see something and I would try to guess what you saw,
• "I see," where we would identify things we saw, avoiding saying we saw the same thing twice, and
• the "homonym" game where I would say a word and you would come up with a word that sounded the same but had a different meaning.

Last week, I was driving you to kindergarten and we came up with a new one.  We were talking and a word came up that had another word in it. 
I commented on that fact and that other words also have words hidden in them.  I said that it could be a fun
game if I were to write some words down and let you look for the hidden words in them.  You thought that
sounded like fun so I started writing some down as we walked to school.  I left them on your desk at our house and
you did your first hidden words search, which is shown below.  You are pretty clever, especially for a five-year old with
barely more than two months of kindergarten!