emma has been working really hard doing chores to earn money for this princess watch she really wants. on saturday we were mopping the floor together, and emma had been working REALLY hard, so after awhile i said, "emma, you've been working really hard. you can take a break for awhile if you want."
emma: "mom, i'm too busy cleaning to hear you right now."

emma's family prayer last night: "and please bless that max will learn not to hit people because he thinks it's funny, but it's not funny, and it really hurts, and he needs to learn that it's not nice to hit people, and please bless that he can learn to be nice to people."

last night when putting max to bed he called out, "good night choo-choo book! good night dumbo!"

emma loves telling secrets and hearing secrets so we usually tell her secrets like, "you're a pretty girl" or "i love you" and then she responds with a secretive "thank you." max likes to join in too, so he leans in close to our ears and then whispers, "secret."