Because last night was so dreadful, and I’m still struggling with a cold, I decided there was no way we could go to our Tuesday Bible Study at Shoreline Church in Santa Barbara. They have a great program for the kids too, and Max especially loves going. So as I told him with my bleary eyes that we would have to miss it, he pouted away. About 10 minutes later he brought me a note: MOM I EM NOT GOIN BECUS YOO DIT LET ME GO TOO SHOLIN CH (Shoreline Church) This is sort of his ‘martyr stance’ – “I’m never going back because we can’t go today!” I just thought it was so precious – yesterday my first love note and today my first grumpy one. He bounced back pretty quick (by mid-breakfast) and was singing to his sister one of his favorite made-up tunes, “Lucy is so beautiful, she is soooo beau-ti-fullllll.” After several stanzas of this, Lucy yells, “I’m not beautiful now!! I’m pretty!”