Tonight Jessa drew a picture of her BFF and herself at the prom, each with a date. I noticed that their dates were only half their height so I inquired about it. With one hand on her hip and her head tilted she answered, "Mom, have you seen how short the guys are in my class?" She finished by rolling her eyes.

I pray for the "shrimp" that takes her to prom!

"Mom, when I told my Shade Tree friends today that 'I was leaf-ing', it was probably my last tree joke I will ever tell," said my sweet Jessa with tears rolling down her checks as she laid her head down on her pillow on the eve of her last performance of "Over the Moon."

Jessa had to give a presentation on her heritage today at school. She made kneopfla soup to serve her classmates and practiced a few German words to impress them. In her speech, after each statement she deemed to be humorous, she followed it up with, "That was a little joke" and a giggle so the audience knew how to respond to her "funny."

Jamison came in and woke me up at 2:42 a.m. to tell me he had NOT fallen out of bed!

Jessa returned from the Butterfly Ball with a full report including a tally of how many girls were wearing high heals, wedges and flats.

This morning Jessa asked me what was wrong with my voice because it is barely audible. Jamison answered for me, "Duh Jessa, she has a sore throat and her kids don't listen to her."

Yesterday all the students at the kids' school wore pink for breast cancer awareness. Jessa was sick yesterday and missed school. So, today she dressed in all pink, complete with pink streaks in her hair, because she wanted to make sure that everyone knew that she is against people having breast cancer!!