Dear God, thank you for the snow

My little Lutza turned to me while looking out the window watching the snow fall "Mommy, thank you so much for making the decision that we will have snow". I thought it was so sweet ... that in her eyes I can make huge things like snowfall happen. So I told her "oh, no, Mommy did not do that, you should thank God for sending us snow". "Ohhh" she said, "I can do that".

She folded her little hands, put her elbows on the window sill and said a 'grateful-prayer' that just blew my mind away. It went something like this:



"Dear God! Thank you so much for the snow, thank you that it is really coming down now and sticks too. Thank you for the trees and the grass and the backyard! Thank you for our warm house and our clothes. Thank you for my friends and for my stinky brothers (she quoted this from one of her favorite books). Oh, and thank you so much for our soldiers, our good soldiers who fight the bad soldiers to protect us. And thank you for bubble gum!"



Needless to say, I could not listen to her without tears in my eyes.



"Dear God! Thank you for my little Angel who is sleeping away in her bed now so she can play in the snow in the afternoon."

Things that I learned this Halloween ...

Children in costumes remain miraculously still.

Putting the seeds back into the pumpkin is more fun than taking them out.

Eating oranges while carving pumpkins is not a good idea.

It is hard to put frosting on cupcakes without using your tongue.

Princesses don't wear cardigans ... and most certainly don't wear leggings under their dresses.

Friendly neighbors transform ... a lot ... but they are still friendly.

Chubby elephants tip over and they stay that way.

ALSO

Draw whiskers on your pirate boy so he does not notice what you are doing (otherwise he will FREAK out from the sight even though he is super handsome).

Don't underestimate a child's imagination when it comes to monsters - Monsters are everywhere.

Lay off the "What do you say?" after each received candy.

One lollipop can keep a child from wanting to open every single piece of candy.

But three lollipops will give a child the worst tummy ache and never seen tantrum effects.

And finally please, please, please know when to turn around when Trick or Treating.

P.S. Let me know if you need any candy.