So there is a song in the Primary Children's Songbook called, "Our Bishop." I was just listening to it with Estelle and Sarah as I was putting them to bed. Estelle mentioned that there was a part in the song that sounded like this, "He's so viscous." Then it talked about "kindly words." She asked me if they were saying, "unkind words." Then she wanted to know if the song was about Satan, which, by the way did not make sense to her. We usually sing songs about Christ and families and love in Primary, not about Satan and she could not believe that there would even be a song about Satan. I proceeded to explain to her that in fact the child was singing, "He's our bishop." I immediately started the song over and sang it as best as I remembered it from when I learned it in Primary. We both had a good laugh about it and I'm sure that song will bring a chuckle to my lips every time I hear it in the future.
So yesterday I ranted about the expectations for St. Patrick's Day being too high. And After Estelle had spend hours preparing to catch a leprechaun and lying awake the night before with equal parts excitement and worry about the leprechaun coming she decided when I was putting her and Sarah to bed to announce to the world, ie Sarah, that there were no such things as leprechauns, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy...etc., etc., etc. I have actually been expecting to have a conversation about that with her for months, but she always seems to pull herself back into the believing crowd. I am fine with whatever she chooses, I just want to let Sarah discover for herself without the blatant telling from her sister. I quieted her as quickly as I could and told her that we would talk about it later, meaning when Sarah was asleep and we could slip out of the room unnoticed. She has been questioning since long before last Christmas, but she always tells me she believ...
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