like a fire

You never know what you’re going to get when you have girls like mine. Jane has been in rare form lately. Probably because her sister, Elizabeth, has been sick, and she hasn’t gotten enough attention. Today was a more frantic version of our day. Cathy had to work 8-4 which means that I have the pleasure of being with our girls most of their waking part of the day. This morning we went to runs some errands and Jane apparently had some things on her mind. She has been very taken with the Backyardigans and her favorite episode is The Legend of the Volcano Sisters. Her favorite song from that episode is, of course, “Huka Pele” (don’t ask why).

Anyway, today on the way to the library, out of no where, Jane tells me she has claws. I look back in the mirror and get a simulation much like the picture above. I nod and ask why she has claws. She says,

“I have claws so I can pick my boogers.”

It’s moments like these that remind me of why I am in youth ministry.