kids make me chuckle.

surprise! i'm unmotivated. i should be finishing my paper due thursday, but instead i thought i'd share a moment from this weekend that brought a HUGE smile to my face and a few (stifled) chuckles.

phone conversation with ethan and emily while they were at my parents' house:
me: hi, dad. can i talk to the kids?
dad: ethan, do you want to talk to aunt stacey? (i hear a "no".) emily, do you want to talk to aunt stacey?
emily: hello?
me: hey, emily! how are you? are you having fun?
emily: yeah...
me: well, you know i'm getting married, right? i'm sort of in need of a flower girl...would you want to be my flower girl?
emily: well...i don't know. i'm planning.
me: you're planning? planning what?
emily: i'm not sure i can...i'll have to ask mommy. what can ethan be?
me: he can be a ring bearer and i'm going to ask him if he'll get on the phone with me.
ethan: hello?
me: oh hi, ethan! hey, you know i'm getting married, right? i'm in need of a ring...
ethan: yes. (me giggling. i haven't even asked yet...)
me: so you think you might want to be my ring bearer?
ethan: yes! i've only been wanting this for nine days now! (more giggling...)
me: well, good! now if you can only help me convince emily to be my flower girl.
ethan: (pauses.) i'm not too sure i'm very good at convincing.
me: oh, it's ok, buddy. can you just put em back on the phone?
mom: hi, stace!
me: mom! what are you doing? i was just going to ask emily to be my flower girl...
mom: oh, ok. i'll put her back on.
me: so emily, do you think you might want to be my flower girl? it would make me really happy!
emily: i'll have to ask my mommy if i can.
me: i've already talked to your mommy, emily. she said it's ok, but it just depends on if you want to or not.
emily: oh. ok. i guess i'll be it.

ethan's so excited he can't even hold his response back until i've asked the question and emily "guesses" she'll be my flower girl. ha. mom assured me they both had big smiles on their face after our conversation however. can't wait to see them both dressed up and adorable in june!!! :)

also, i know i wrote about some possible big life changes a while back...they're becoming more real than i imagined and i feel confused as to what to do. please continue to pray. i'll update about it when i can...

until next time,
stacey