Camp Clark Conversations

This is WAY past due!! I know so because my little notepad sheets on which we write LTD's hysterical comments & conversations are piling up and taking over my office. So it's about time to share them once again.

CAMP CLARK

Preschool Field Trip to Como Zoo

One of LTD's BSF teachers (they have two total) pulled me aside about a month ago after class and said to me "did you know it is such a joy to have your children in class? Their kind hearts are a reflection of your mothering and that Jesus is alive in your home; great job, mom!" (Dad is a BIG influence too :)

About a week or so later, their other teacher grabbed me after class to share a quick, uplifting story about Dylan (which she just shared today on our last day with the entire BSF group). They were talking to 4 & 5 yr olds about death and that believers in Jesus will get to go to Heaven and how perfect it will be. Dylan was just shaking with delight with a big smile and shouted out to the group of children "I just can't WAIT to get to Heaven!" (I think we'll keep him on loan for quite a while longer if that's ok God?)

LINDSEY

"Lollipop" Dance Photo

To Taylor while cuddling in bed with mom one morning, "Taylor, come see the horizon with me.....it's GORGEOUS!"

"Aaaahhh Dylan, isn't that the cutest thing I ever saw." (when he pretended to feed his stuffed kitty and kissed him)

Dad tells her that her little bubble butt is not quite fitting into her shorts (from last summer) and she says "Oh, I know, that happens all the time."

"Mom, I love you so much, I love you to Heaven and back - that's ALOT ALOT!"

Dylan yells out, "hey, there's a Smart Car!" Lindsey looks at the car and slightly rolls her eyes and says "well, it's not THAT Smart" (guess who's been listening to Dad?)

"DYLAN! This little lady isn't in the cart yet! (as she was trying to get in our cart out shopping while Dylan was eager to push it)

As we are on a Sunday drive around the time the ice was almost melted off the lake, Dave points at the lake and says "oh look, there's an island of ice out there". Lindsey corrected him "NO, it's a GRASS island." (Lindsey was right)

"Taylor, it sounds like you are whining this morning. Is somebody a little grumpy?"

At prayer time before bed, I asked who Lindsey wanted to pray for tonight and she smiled "I want to pray for Jesus. He died for our sins so we can all live in Heaven together. I love him SO much!" ( AMEN)

"It's all good!" (one morning when I woke up and all their beds were made already)

"I'm hotter than a pistol" (Oops, she got that one from me)

At bedtime one night "Mommy, I will always love you but won't always be able to see you." I asked what she meant and she said "I hope you will be a grandma someday but if not, I will always love you." (of course, the tears welled up)

"Oh sweetie, grab your blankie and come cuddle." (to Taylor one morning)

"I want to pray for all the children in wheelchairs cuz they need help and can't always walk."

TAYLOR

Lollipop Dancer #2

"Mommy, I'm hungry. May I have a snack please? You want me to grow, don't you?"

Dad said he needs a haircut and Taylor says "why? cuz you got BIG hair?" (aka helmet head)

"Mom, come look!! Triplets!! (as she shows me 3 baby turds in the toilet)

At dinner one night, she said "I'm full". I ask her to finish her wheat bun and she says "I don't want to get gas."

At bathtime "Daddy, can't you listen to me? I just HAVE to have my little mermaid, PLEASE."

"But mom, I like taking gerbil pieces off my eggs" (as she eats her eggs with her fingers one morning, one little piece at a time)

"Quit your whining, Lindsey. No crybabies allowed!"

"When Grandma comes to watch me dance, I'm gonna smile so much my cheecks will turn red."

"Grandma's going to be SO happy to see us!"

"Fantastic hit, slugger!" (To Dylan as he smacks a baseball)

"I just HAVE to keep my child safe!" (out biking with her baby doll strapped in the doll seat)

"Aren't I beautiful? I'm a princess indeed!" (while playing dress-up)

"Can we pray for that person in the ambulance?" (as an ambulance whizzes by us)

DYLAN
Fascinated with BUGS!

"Where's the fire, woman!" (as a minivan speeds by us on the highway)

"Who wants to see me play basketball? (the girls shout "I do").....OK, grab your pom poms!"

"Taylor, did you see that hit? (as he smacks a baseball across the street)....it was AMAZING!"

"I have GREAT eyes. I can see North Dakota from here!"

"It's not T-Ball, it's BASEBALL!" (anytime I say the word T-ball for his games)

"Is Dad speeding?" (Dave is ahead of us on the highway in his Vette; we are in hot pursuit in the minivan). I respond "it looks like he might be." Dylan says "Aaahhh, I wish I were Dad."

"I go so fast on my bike, I squeal out!"

After dinner one night I tell them we are going to head "straight" upstairs for a bath. Dylan jokes "aren't we going to run into the table?"

"Mom, I have a new rule for our house.....nobody can pick us up and throw us off the deck, ok?" (Uh, ok.....unless I have a bad day :)

"Did you know bats eat mosquitos? I LOVE bats. Can we get one - I'll take care of him." (not in this lifetime)

After eating a large meal, Dylan lifted up his shirt showing his belly and said "Am I a daddy now?"

While driving across the Minnesota River which was really high, he shouts out "Hey, I know, it's the Minnesota OCEAN!"

"Did you see me spank the ball?" (after he hits the golf ball with his new club)

"Did you know that God's love is bigger than the WHOLE world? Isn't that AMAZING!"

"Lindsey and Taylor......you look beautiful today! But what's THAT on your eyes? (as we head out the door for dress rehearsal for their dance recital. The girls were are all dolled up with make-up per the recital instructions)