Payton's Thoughts

As Payton and I were driving to school one day this week, she was staring out the window, and I could tell that she was deep in thought. A minute later she asked, "Mom, who do you like the most - Bill Clinton, Johnny Cash, or Sam Walton?". How's that for random?? So, I said, "Well, I'd have to say Sam Walton because he's done a lot of good things". She said, "I like Johnny Cash because he's done lots of good things, too. But, he smokes, and that's bad".

Then last night on our way home she said, "Yuck! What is that smell?". I said, "I don't know. What's it smell like?". And she said, "It's like skunk.... with a pinch of cinnamon".

Anyone that knows Payton, knows that she's our passionate one. She gives 110% of her time, thought, and energy to whatever she's interested in at the time. Well, her class has been studying poetry, so she's decided that she's going to be a poet whenever she grows up. She's spent a lot of time over the past few days writing poems, and she'd like to share her favorite on here:

My Treefrog Eats

I have a treefrog
that drinks eggnog.

It's the craziest thing I've ever seen.
Now he's eating paper and a jelly bean.

First he ate some wood.
Then he ate my hood.

I'm tired of him eating
everything I'm needing.