Spotlight on Lexi

Lexi never stops thinking...I'm serious.  I really can't imagine what it must be like inside her head.  Lately, my new retort to her questions has been "you should ask God when you get to heaven."  My friend actually told me I should write a book about all the questions she should ask God in heaven.  Here's a sample conversation:
Lexi: Mom, why does God make volcanoes?
Me:  I don't know.  He makes all kinds of cool things.
Lexi:  But volcanoes erupt and squirt out fire and hurt people.
Me: True.  But when God made volcanoes there weren't people living near them.
Lexi: But now there are so why do they still work?
Me:  Well, most of them don't, but I guess God doesn't really understand why people would live near something that squirts out fire.
Lexi:  That is pretty silly.  I wouldn't want to live there.  But, mom, why are there volcanoes?
Me: What do you mean?
Lexi: I know why there are people, because God loves us.  And there are plants for us to eat healthy foods.  But mom, why are there volcanoes?
Me: I don't know.
Lexi:  I guess that's something I'll need to ask God when I get to heaven.
Me:  Exactly.
Now to brag on my sweet girl.  Today in the store she asked if money was important.  I said yes because we need it to buy things.  She said it wasn't the most important thing.  I responded, "oh, really."  She said, "No, it's not.  Caring is the most important thing."  I asked who told her that, and she said she just thought it up all on her own.  Love that kid!

The Races

Every year we have the Triple Crown here.  We get to go to the first two legs - Time Trials and Steeplechase.  We always miss Polo because of Lexi's state gym meets.  We are blessed with great friends who invite us to hang out and socialize.  Here are some pictures from our fun the past two weekends.

Fun Times with Great Friends

Fun in the sun with the Desmonds at the Time Trials

All the kids at Steeplechase - well and one big kid :)

We love Ms. Pat!

 

 Still having fun after the races!  Love that Ms. Hollis!

Spaghetti Squash

To preface this post, I will say that I have taken Eric's advice and started a "sister" blog.  It's meant to be a way to share recipes that I've found that can be made organic and that are kid-friendly.  The sister blog will be a lot less personal and not include names.  My hope is that by removing the "recipe sharing" portion of this blog it will go back to just being family and friends wanting to keep up with the kiddos.  If you would like to see my other blog, it's very new, but you can see it at:
http://lifeofanorganicmom.blogspot.com/

So, tonight's experiment was spaghetti using squash instead of noodles.  I made it through the entire cooking experience without the kids having any idea what I was doing.  Lexi yelled out, "What's for supper?"  I yelled back, "Spaghetti."  This, of course, elicited a "YAY!" response.  Then, much to my dismay, she came running into the kitchen.  She saw the squash and she saw me pulling strands out of them.  "What's that?"  I said, "noodles."  She replied, "I didn't know noodles came from potatoes.  Why are they so wet?"  (Note here that I had no idea that the squash would be so moist and this would be my main complaint...I need to figure out how to dry them out some)  I said, "I don't know what happened, but they'll still taste the same."  She seemed ok with this answer (see how I just lied by omission). 

When it was time for dinner, Jack came running when I told him it was spaghetti.  He ate it up!  Lexi seemed less impressed.  She couldn't really explain what was different and she certainly wasn't going to assume that I was lying...so, they had to be noodles.  She ended up eating it all, but I'm still not sure she bought it completely.  Either way, at least I got a spaghetti dinner that won't increase my waistline ;).