Sparkle Rose

The other day, sitting around the dinner table, the kids were talking about the baby and what we should name it.  Since we have a boy name picked out they were mostly focusing on girl names.

My youngest girl, who is six, told me her very special name.

Sparkle Rose
she said that if it was a girl, we could use her “very special name”.

I had a hard time keeping a straight face, I wanted to laugh out loud…Sparkle Rose!?

 However
she was very serious.
Dadzoo and I  then told her, that since it was so very special to her, she ought to save it for her first daughter.

She looked relieved.
It was sweet of her to offer that very special name.



The Big 1-2

On January 28th my oldest daughter turned 12 years old
(I am seriously not old enough!)
Twelve is a big birthday at our house, kind of a coming of agething.  My daughter’s get to have their ears pierced, they can start wearing a little make-up (blush and mascara….period), and we go on a special shopping trip to pick out a special Sunday outfit.
(When children turn 12 in our church they get to go to the youth activities and Sunday classes)
So a few days before her birthday we set out on a shopping trip extraordinaire and picked out a very cute little outfit for her first Sunday in Young Women’s, we bought some make-up and then picked up Dadzoo for the piercing of the ears and a little dinner.

We had a great time.

although.
I am still in a bit of denial over the fact I have a 12 year old!