The Daintys

I felt the need to record this conversation I had with Leah during snack time today. (Note: Lissyment = Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty) Leah: Mama, we gotta talk about Lissyment, allright? Me: Okay, can you tell me about her? Leah: Lissyment came in and she was like "Raaarrrrrrrrrr!" And she was scary! Me: She is scary, isn't she? Leah: Yeah, and I said, "I want fruit snacks!" And lissyment said, "NOOOOO! You CAN'T have fruit snacks!" Me: Oh, why didn't she let you have fruit snacks? Leah: And then, Lissyment chased the prince. And he was runnin. And then, she ruined my dress! My pretty dress! Me: Maleficent ruined your dress? Leah: Yeah, my pink one. She ripped it. Me: How did that happen? Leah: Um, because. She was a dragon. Me: Oh, okay, that makes sense. Leah: And her broke my necklace! Me: Oh no! Leah: And then...and then...lissyment went "gogogogogogogogogogogogogo" and then Lissyment went "AHHHH!" and she fell ...

This past week we celebrated the Holy Triduum and Easter Sunday. It was a moving experience to observe Leah making sense of the stories we heard and read through her two year old eyes. On Good Friday she exclaimed, "Can we get Jesus down from the cross? So him don't get lots of boo-boos?" On Holy Saturday she said, "Daddy, him in the rock, and Jesus gotta get OUT of the rock!" And on Easter Sunday she sang the Alleluias loud and clear at Mass. Leah got to wear her new pink dress, which she has been gushing about for several weeks now. (The girl LOVES dresses these days. The first thing she says in the morning is "I wanna wear a dress.") We also had a little Easter Egg hunt in our yard, and Leah was hysterical to watch. Once she realized the eggs had chocolate in them she ruthlessly snatched eggs from Ryan's grasp. With every one she found she would yell in her sing-song voice, "I foooouuuunnnd one!" We treasure the fact that sh...