Alexis' Christmas List (first draft)

(To be read with a tranquil tone like those used in general conference)

With the Christmas season upon us, we all hope that we have instilled in our children the lessons of charity and giving to others. We desire that they will be more thoughtful of others and not selfish.

So it is with me.

Enter darling Alexis...


(Normal tone)

She presented me with a list for Santa that she wanted to clear with me before sending. After reading the list we decided that it would make a great first draft. I have taken the liberty of translating it for you below with all of the original spelling and grammar.

(Stuck up tone)

Dear Santa,

(I want a) petshop, 20 barbies, 30 barbie clothes, all the barbie tv shose, and A DVD player of my own, and lipsticks that are sparcaley blue, a sparcaley purple, a sparcaley pink, a sparcaley red, a sparcaley green and could you make them all dark? thanx, good by.


After we discussed that Santa had to get permission from mom before he can bring DARK makeup, then she decided not to even ask.

(Where did I go wrong? tone, i.e. a tone of despair)

But no, that is not the saddest part about this letter. Only bratty kids on TV ask for so much from Santa. Only the spoiledest of rottenest kids would think of asking for all of this. Laura Ingalls would never ask for so much. She wouldn't even ask her father for a penny, ONE stinking penny to get a pencil for her slate that she needed for school!

(Relief tone)

Oh yes this is just a FIRST draft. Santa can not see this first one. I have to help her see the light is all. Yest that is it. She just needs to see the light. Maybe if I give her the Island Princess movie tomorrow she will feel all better and wont ask for so much.

"I thought it was cute!"

Jordan and I were making dinner, sharing mommy daughter time together when she decided to tell me about a girl at school. This girl had apparently put a stripe of PINK highlight in her hair...

Jordan: Yeah the principal told her she couldn't come back until she took it out.

Me: Did he send her home?

Jordan: Well, he just told her she couldn't come back until she fixed it.

Me: That's great! I'm glad he isn't letting her get away with that.

Up until this point I thought we were on the same page, but she was not letting on that she is actually on this girls side. She was talking casually like she was seeing whose side I was on, then she hit me with...

Jordan: WHY is THAT great?!?!? I thought it was cute!

At this point my world started to spin and my thoughts were turned to a Jordan with black lipstick and fingernails. Then the picture added a nose ring before I could delete it!

{insert picture of Gothicy looking Jordan. I went to search for an Internet picture and was disturbed by what I saw. I never (or couldn't) pictured her quite like that}

My mind was scrambling to put a lecture together but because of the shock of this new Jordan, I couldn't seem to express my disbelief in a motherly way.

Me (stuttering, with each sentence getting louder and louder): What do you mean it was cute? Pink highlights were not okay when I was going to school. It wasn't even cute! Pink highlights are not okay when you are going to school and it's still NOT cute!!!

Jordan (rolling her yes, shaking her head and barely audible): Well I think it was cute.

Me: What did you say? Speak up when you are talking to me!!

Nobody: Silence...

I wonder if this will be similar to what I will send as OUR picture someday. After all green is CUTE isn't it?

I passed!!!

Wow! I took the last part of the test last night and it was so hard!!! It was timed but open book, so you should have seen me. I had 4 dictionary pages open and each one was looking something up for me at one time. It was funny but very nerve racking. After I submitted the test I got an instant score of...

90%!!!!!!

That could qualify me for the jump start program in which I will be able to do to an internship and hopefully get a good referral! I almost doubted that I would make it into this program.

Here is an email I got back from my test reports that I sent in: (Different than the second part of the test that I took last night.)

OK, Bonnie, very nicely done. Am sending you the small list of errors or "improvements."
You may take the final whenever you are ready. It takes about two hours. Here is the login...

They are still going to review the test themselves and the score could still change...

I will keep you all posted!