A Couple Cute Moments

I have no pictures to commemorate the occasions, but I wanted to share a couple cute stories. The other night, Cam and I were going through the nightly ritual with Finley in our attempt to get her to go to sleep (not much luck yet). We read Finley her books (Piggies her current favorite), maybe sing some songs, and say her prayers. After the regular "Lay Me Down..." we go through the "God bless's." Finley ALWAYS blesses Megan first, then Phil, then Sadie if she's lucky, but usually just Megan about 3 more times. Then, Cam and I help her with the rest of the list. One of the "tricks" we've been trying lately to get her to relax is to list as many things she's thankful for as we can think of in really soft voices after the "God Bless's". We'd been doing this a few nights, and Finley was really struggling a couple of nights ago. We started whispering things like teachers and full bellies and cozy beds and blankies, etc. We stopped after awhile and were just laying there quietly. Very quietly, I heard Finley whispering "keputz (ketchup) and lakes and duckies and MommyDaddy." I shed a little tear...

Then, last night, I was in the bath while Finley and Cam were out watching tv. As you all know, Cam has a slight addiction to Coke (the drink). On this rare occasion, we happen to have a case in our fridge but I only "allow" him one a day. He tries to sneak them by me, so when I heard (miraculously, no doubt, since I still can't hear out of my left ear) the can pop open, I shouted from the tub, "I heard that!" Finley yelled back from the living room, "What?" Then, "What?" again. When I didn't answer, she came to the door and said, "What, Cassie?" Cam came in a second later with an amazed look on his face and said, "I did NOT tell her to say that!" That stinker.