Romeo and Juliet 11/26/08

Today we went to Wichita to do some early Christmas shopping with Jill and the kids. In the car on the way home, Lauren was listening to her new favorite song - "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. She has a Build-a-Bear bunny named Juliet, and she was telling me that she'd like to go back to BAB and get another animal to name Romeo.
As she was listening to the song, she asked, "Aren't there 2 stories about Romeo and Juliet, one where they are brother and sister and one where they die?" I couldn't figure out WHAT she was talking about. I said that there are different versions, but that they are never brother and sister in them. She said, "You know, the one with them throwing pebbles." I was thinking about the song she was listening to, and trying to remember if there is a part where Romeo is tossing pebbles at her window, but I couldn't figure it out. Lauren added, "You know, where their parents take them into the forest and try to lose them, but they use pebbles to get back..." AH-HA! I said, "That would be Hansel and Gretel, not Romeo and Juliet." Silence reigned for a moment from the backseat... "never mind."
It cracks me up, how she has such a combination of exposure to all different kinds of things, swirling around in that little brain...

Fall 08

This year seems to have gone so fast - such a cliche, but so true for me this year! I feel like our school year has just started, but I've suddenly realized that I need to begin thinking about Christmas shopping! Lauren is almost 8, and is so excited about the approaching Christmas season and her birthday. She has already begun making her mental gift wish list! :) We are borrowing a go-kart from some cousins right now, and Lauren is having a blast with it. She thinks that she might want to drive a Jr. Dragster, and so we are "test-driving" the idea. She needs to start learning how to control a vehicle if she wants to race! A big exciting thing for us this fall is that Stuart set the National Record in his racing class. It was an awesome weekend, racing in KC! It's pretty cool to open National Dragster every week and see his name listed as the record holder - and he put my name and L's name in on his "thank-you" line, so we get to see our names, too!
L is trying to decide if she wants to try out for the school Christmas program. She would do a great job, I think, but the idea is making her pretty nervous! She changes her mind about every 30 minutes - yes, I can do it, no, I'm too nervous...