Marissa

Today I felt liking writing about Marissa. She will be 5 in November and is still just so small. I don't know what I would do without her, she is Brett and my entertainment. If we ever need a laugh we just turn to her. But she is also so very sweet. The other day she did something to hurt Kaylie and make her cry. While having a talk with Riss explaining to her that she can't do things like that and that she made her sister cry, Marissa realized what she had done and was broken hearted, she herself started to cry and went and laid down and cuddled up with Kaylie. Then it was Kaylie who was doing the comforting to her little sister. It was a sweet little lesson that she learned.
My grandma passed away this last January and she had spent the previous couple of months living at my Mom's. Since I was in school there was a lot of time that Riss spent at Mom's with my Grandma. They became good buddies. Since Grandma wasn't moving around much, Riss kept her entertained, by cooking all sorts of things that Grandma was craving but couldn't eat because she had had some cancer cut out of the roof of her mouth and couldn't eat. Anyway, the two became good friends. A few months after Grandma died, Marissa was riding in the car and she and Sophie called Jesus ( on thier pretend phones) Marissa wanted to talk to Grandma Pat and ask her some questions. It was so cute. Later on Marissa asked me "If we water Grandma, will she come back to life." I told her no, so then she asked if we put the water in her mouth, would she. Once again No she won't. So how about if we give her medacine. Poor thing, she really misses Grandma. She is also aware that she is in a box, in the ground. But she really does know that she is in heaven with Jesus.
Many of you may also know that she is going to be a lion when she grows up. And she wants to be Scar from Lion King. Right now she thinks that she is growing lion hair on her arms.
She is such a joy to us and we just adore her.