My Name

To night I went to an Open House for an (almost) missionary friend (he is leaving in a few weeks, and is one of my best friends older brothers). There were some other people there that we know, and one of them was a little 5 year old girl that I know. She was jumping on the trampoline, and she said "look at me!" And then something that I think was supposed to be my name but I wasn't sure. I said "Millie, what's my name?" To which she replied in a very matter of fact voice, "Robin!" I laughed and said “actually, my name is Larkin”, and she looked very confused. I told her older sister what happened, and her sister said that Millie only knows one kind of bird, and that bird is a robin. (as in, she thinks every bird she sees is a Robin) Her sister said that probably one time someone told Millie that my name was Larkin, like the bird, so that's why she thought it was Robin. I thought that the whole thing was supper cute, and I loved it. Oh, and ten minutes later, I asked Millie what my name was, and all she said was that she didn't know!

I am laughing

Yes, I know it is almost ten o'clock and I know and I have seminary tomorrow, but I just had to write this down. We are a little late in going to bed tonight, so my siblings and I are all in the front of our house reading various things. M.8 is on one couch reading Calvin and Hobbes, out loud. P.10 is on another couch reading another Calvin and Hobbes book, out loud. C.12 is at the dining room table reading the index of the Arabian Night’s book he just finished, out loud. I am on the couch, blogging and reading The Chosen, but I am reading it to myself. I don't know why almost everyone is reading out loud to-night, but it’s funny! Oh, it sounds like they are all going to bed now, so I had better too. I'm still laughing though!

A cute conversation

In the car on the way home from a play rehearsal today, I heard this conversation between two seven year-olds. They are both home-schooled, and their older siblings are in some of my classes. They are friends and have been for years, (as are their families) and I thought it was especially funny because of that. I thought it was super cute, so I wrote it down.

Little boy: I feel bad for my dad sometimes; do you ever feel bad for your dad?

Little Girl: Why would I feel bad for him?

Little Boy: Well, cause he works all day, then he comes home, and the house is a mess, then he gets all frustrated. Does your house ever get messy?

Little Girl: Yes sometimes it gets really messy.

Little Boy: So does ours. Then we clean it. Do you ever clean your house?

Little Girl: Yeah, we clean it a lot and put our toys away, but then we take them out and it gets all messy again.

Little Boy: Is your car always this messy?

Little Girl: Yes, except when we clean it. Do you clean your car?

Little Boy: Yeah, we clean it. First we get a big box and put all our stuff in it. Then we vacuum it.

Little Girl: Do you like vacuuming?

Little Boy: Yes, it’s my favorite part because it is fun.

Little Girl: Oh, that’s good.

Love it!

The Many Uses of Narnia

WARNING: Early exposure to the Chronicles of Narnia books to young children, particularly before the age of seven, and in large doses (i.e. the whole series) may create a life long love of learning, reading, and fantasy. Other side effects may include:

He or She forever loving the world of Narnia

He or She always loving fairy tales, myths, and/or any other fantasy books.

He or She loving the movies, and watching an average of two per month.

He or She Enjoying fantasy so much they will read many other fantasy books before they are twelve. Some of these books might include: The Lord of the Rings, The Dark is Rising, A Wrinkle in Time, and/or Harry Potter.

He or She may also inspire siblings to start reading the Narnia series, including Eight year old sisters.


The many uses of Narnia:

The Books:

The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a great book for an eight year old girl book club (we'll see how that one turns out)

It is a good book to read when you are board.

When you have a few days, you should always take the opportunity to read the whole series.

The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a wonderful allegory of the Resurrection.

The Last Battle can make you cry.

C. S Lewis is an amazing author.

All of the books are absolutely amazing.

The Movies:

The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a great Christmas movie.

The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a great movie to watch on Easter morning.

Prince Caspian is a great movie to watch Easter Evening.

You can feel the spirit while watching The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe on Easter on Easter morning as much as when you later watch general conference.

All the Narnia movies are great Christmas or birthday presents, and when you are a younger, very nice presents from the Easter Bunny.

They are great movies to watch on the way to Utah.

They are great movies to watch with you cousins.

The BBC versions are also great to watch with your cousins. After you finish Prince Caspian, even if it is after 9:30pm, your father and uncle will be begging to watch the next one.

Note: All warnings and advice are from personal experience, and may not be the same for you.

Happy Easter!

He is Risen!

As You Like it

You may or may not recognize that as a Shakespeare play, but it is and I am going to be in it! That is the play we are doing for my local home-school school's Shakespeare class. (Did that make sense?:)) I think it will be really fun, and I am so excited! The problem with our class is that we only have three boys in it and twelve+ girls. So, we had to change almost all of the boy roles to girl roles. The only parts that are staying boys are the the three guys that get married. We are also doing the play as an Island/ship theme, so it will be really fun! If you have read or seen As You Like It, you might remember that there are the two dukes that don't get along, and that one was banished. Well, I am playing the banished duke, named Duke Senior. Except since we are doing an island/ship theme and we changed it to a girl, I am Captain Sonia. I am so excited! I was so nervous waiting to find out who I am playing, I probably checked my email every twenty minutes on Monday afternoon when we were supposed to (and did) find out who we were playing. I am also happy because I have ton of friends in the class, so I will get to see them a lot! Well I am really excited, and rehearsals start next week so I'll be busy, but having fun!

BTW: I think this will be my first post for that school blogging I said I was going to do a while ago. Finally!

Books! (Again!)

Books I have Read or Finished this Winter (From the 3rd Week of December to the 3rd week of March)

I obviously I cant keep up with the start/finish dates very well. I read the books to fast:)


The Mysterious Benedict Society#3 12/25-29

Peter and the Starcatchers abt.12/28-1/3

Under the Lilacks 1/4-1/6

Uncle Toms Cabin (I listend to it, not read it though) (For School)

Romeo and Juliet (by Shakspeare) (For School)

As You Like It (by Shakspeare) (For School)

Macbeth (by Shakspeare) (For School)

Harry Potter book 5

Harry Potter book 6

Harry Potter book 7

Across Five Aprils (For School)

The Swiss Family Robinson

The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse

Percy Jackdon and the Battle in the Labrith

A book on Abraham Lincoln (For School)

D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian