Questions on Marriage...

Sometimes the funniest conversations just fall into your lap. This happened tonight, and it was a real doozey! Last night the twinkies were up talking for almost an hour after we tucked them into bed. They didn't get noisy, but we could tell that they were having quite a talk. Boy, we underestimated just how good this conversation must have been. After supper tonight they decided to tell me what they had discussed. Long story short, they were discussing who they plan to marry. Yep. Six years old and they're planning their weddings.

Doodle is totally convinced that she is going to marry her 16 year old cousin Jonathan. She's got it all planned out. While we did talk about the actual wedding and the need for a wedding dress, we got the most laughter out of listening to them all plan out the whole "taking care of the babies" situation. Doodle wants nothing to do with them. She wants Jonathan to take care of the babies (when he's not at work); she plans to be at Wal-Mart. She also has plans for Jonathan's friend Matthew to be the housekeeper/babysitter. Originally, Boo had planned to marry Matthew but has apparently decided to allow Doodle to have him for a housekeeper. She's still trying to think of another boy she could marry. Hanny has plans to marry Peter, her 22 year old cousin. She says she'll actually stay home to take care of the kids and is willing to take care of her sisters' children as well, if need be. Believe it or not, we're really not trying to encourage inbreeding! :) Although I have to say that there are no two finer young men for them to have crushes on! :) It just went on from there, with Doodle providing the most hilarious material to share. She says she'll just lock the babies in the bathroom and the housekeeper will have to get them out. She's going to just take them to school and leave them there all day. I asked her what she would do if they cried and wanted to stay home with her, and she said it wouldn't matter. She does realize that that's not how she has been raised, though. I asked what she would do if I did that to her and she replied, "But Mama, you would NEVER do that to me!" What funny kiddos!

We had a great weekend even though we only had one day of nice weather. We took full advantage of it, though, and spent all day outside running our legs off. We flew kites, chased cats, hiked through the pastures, took pictures and generally exhausted ourselves. It was a wonderful day! While we had hoped that the girls would get to wear their new dresses for church, it was so cold and rainy that we had to wear pants and sweaters. Maybe by next month they'll be able to dress up again. They always enjoy being girly girls.

Some days bring more smiles and giggles than others. I feel very fortunate that this was one of those days! :)