Just so I don't forget...

Annie: "Mommy, I just need you to hug me and kiss me."

This was out of the blue, and, therefore, completely heart-melting.  Like a mass, gooey heart glob all over the kitchen floor.  In the administering of said hugs and kisses, I think I wore out my welcome.  She started squirming off of my lap.  Some kids just don't know a good thing when they get it . . . 

(Maternal instincts don't come naturally to this guy, hence my sweet surprise with this picture.  "Naturally" for Lincoln is more like G.I. Joe survival mode.)

Lincoln: "Dieter, Dieter, Pumpkin eater . . ."

This was during general conference weekend.  He was walking around the house unaware of his adorable altering of this beloved and slightly disfuntional-marriage-ish nursery rhyme.  It was so sweet.  I'm thinking I should write President Uchtdorf and tell him.  I bet he'd smile.  Maybe he'd even talk about it in October conference!?  There's got to be some connection between flying an airplane, the Gospel, and eating pumpkins, right?